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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 96

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4

These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorably the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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The Toll of the Drought. Dairy Farmers Hard Hit

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4

The drought in the North Coast dairying districts is causing a very serious position. "Out butter output is down 70 per cent., and it…

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New Zealand Baby Farming Case. What Happened "Over the Hill."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

The tral of the Coopers, husband and wife, on a charge of murder, is proceeding at the Wellington (N.Z.) Criminal Court…

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Bees and Honey. the Future of Bee-farming. Some Important Factors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4

Although the bee-farming business is small compared with such industries as wool and wheat growing, writer the Senior Apicultural…

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Dairying. Variety in the Pastures. Some Suggestion's for the North Coast

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4

In a recent number of the Agricultural Gazette the manager of the Wollongong Experiment Farm gave gave an interesting outline of how…

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Improving the Quality of Dairy Products

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4

Some twelve months ago it was brought under the notice of the State Dairy Expert by the manager of one of our largest and most…

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New Zealand Baby Farming Case What Happened "Over the Hill." (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

The trial of the Coopers, husband and wife, on a charge of murder, is proceeding at the Wellington (N.Z.) Criminal Court…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales 7574 bales were offered at auction, and 6610 sold. Private sales totalled 1142 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Butter Supplies. Continue to Decline

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 7

The quantity of butter available for export continues to decline. The Commonwealth graders examined for export for the week ended March 10,…

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Agents Sentenced. Charges of Stealing Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 4

The case was concluded at the Wagga Quarter sessions, before Judge Bevan, in which George Clark and James Herbert Curtis, agents,…

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Wool Sales. Brisk Competition in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 7

At the wool sales in Sydney 8083 bales were offered at auction and 7101 sold. Prtyate sales totalled 924 bales…

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Australian Wheat. Two Cargoes Sold. London: March 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 5

A cargo of 6530 tons of West Australian wheat in the Raysdaal has been sold at 4s/6, and, 31,500 quarters of South Australian grain afloat…

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Migration. Farmers with Capital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 2

Mr. F. E. Vigars who is leaving by the Narkunda for England, addressed the monthly meeting of the council of the New Settles' League,…

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Farmer's Awful Fate. Gored to Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 4

John Ellis, aged 80, a farmer, of Oberon, was killed by a bull on Saturday. He had gone to a well for water, when the bull, evidently mad, attacked…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 3

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

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Serious Pastoral Outlook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 4

Stock-Inspector Cotton reports that matters pastoral were a serious aspect, Good general rain is anxiously looked for, and unless it…

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Butter Production Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 4

Reference was recently made to the record established in this State by a Shorthorn cow, but particulars have been received of a performance…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Irregular

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales 8453 bales were offered at auction, and 7005 bales sold. Private sales totalled 975 bales…

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London Wool Sales. Keen Competition. London, March 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 5

Eleven thousand bales were offered at the wool sales to-day. Competition was keen at current rates, though the full limits again caused…

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The Dairying Industry Good Prospects for Australia. a Visitors' Impressions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

Sir Thomas Clements, chairman of Andrew Clements and Sons, Ltd., importers, of London and Glasgow, is at present in Sydney, after…

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