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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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Butter Markets. Inter—state Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 8

The Sydney butter market is unaltered at 168/ per ewt. prescott, Limited, report:—Very light scattered rain has fallen in parts of…

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Queensland Wheat. Advance to Growers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 3

The chairman of the Queensland State Wheat Board has announced that the first payment for the 1922-23 wheat crop will be made by the…

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Dairy Statistics. Health Department's Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 3

The chief dairy inspector attached to the staff of the Director-General of Public Health, reports that during the first eleven months of 1922, 371,351…

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Farmers Loss. Year's Harvest Destroyed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 5

A shed containing farming plant and the whole year's wheat crop of Robert Allen's farm, at Mogo Forest, was tototally destroyed by fire…

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This Season's Wheat Voluntary Pool. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 5

Those in touch with the wheat business do not expect that more than three steamers will be fixed to load this scason's wheat at Sydney…

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Butter Stabilisation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

The president of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr. C. J, M'Rac, who will be accompanied by Mr. Gordon, of the executive, has arranged an…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report:—Since the auctions for the present year closed on 19th instant for the…

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Wheat Market. Mill Offal Cheaper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 3

The Sydney wheat market continued quiet on Tuesday. Voluntary Pool wheat changed hands at 6/bushel, Darling island basis, and…

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Merino and xbred wool Cheaper Raw Material Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: —Though the wool trade is enjoying a welcome respite alter the busy days of the past few rianths,…

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Rural Credit. and Community Settlement. Farmers and Settlers Interested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

Sir Goorge Fuller, State Premier, stated that it was gratifying to find that the executive of the Farmers and Settlors' Association and the various…

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Butter Marketing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 2

The president of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr O. J. M'Rae, who will be accompanied by Mr Gordon, of the executive, has arranged an early…

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Price of Butter. Advance in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 4

A further advance the price of butter has been decided upon by Melbourne selling agents Last week rates were increased by 10/ a cwt…

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Skin—wool Case. Appeal to Privy Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 3

John Cooke and Company Proprietary, Limited, of Melbourne, who were the Plaintiffs in what is known as the skin wool case, against the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 2

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been accepted at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 30th December:—If only the second half of the selling season results as satisfactorily as the first, 1922…

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What Causes Butter Color

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

In view of the recent market objections to high-colored butter, a series of nineteen experiments were carried out at the Bega butter factory. They were…

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Wheat Market. Pool Reduces Price

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

The Voluntary Pool quotation for wheat for local consumption was reduced on Thursday to 5/9½ bushel, Darling Island basis. Otherwise the…

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Butter Position in N.S.W. Reduced Production

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

Messrs. C. J. McRae and G. W. Gordon, of the executive of the Primary Producers' Union, have arranged a series of meeting with…

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Merino and Crossbred Wool Cheaper Raw Material Sought

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Though the wool trade is enjoying a welcome respite after the busy…

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Butter Stabilisation MR. McRAE to Visit Hunter District. Suggested Pool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 1

The president of the Primary Producers' Union Mr. MeKae, will shortly make a tour of the Hunter district butter factories with a view of…

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