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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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Producers Co-operative Bacon & Dairy Co., Ltd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

An advertisement in this issue notifies that general meeting of the above will be held on Tuesday, 30th prox., the business including the…

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Fat Stock. Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative at Flemington

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

For the month of December the Farmers mid Graziers' Co-op, Co., again sold the most sheep at Flemington, disposing of no less than…

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The Farmer. INBREEDING

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

Some of the best producing cows were obtained by inbreeding. While inbreeding is a short cut to establishing desirable characteristics of…

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Night Farming

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

Farming at night is an innovation just introduced by a Galifornian farmer. He has ' two staffs of six men each, and has been ploughing…

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Irrigation Farms. Progress at Murrumbidgee Year's Output

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

Duing last year 355 farms were granted on the Murrumlidgee [?] area, 233 of them being taken up by returned soldiers. The total…

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Italian Immigrants. Mostly From Farming Provinces

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

Commander Vitali, Italian Consul at Sydney, stated that of the 257 [?] immigrants who arrived by the steamer Re d'ltalia on Monday, 57 had…

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Price of Butter. Advance in Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

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

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World's Wheat. United States Estimate

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 11

The world's wheat yield, as estimated by the United States Department of Agriculture, is 3,012,293,000 bushels, [?] final estimate for last year…

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Wheat Market. Mill Offal Cheaper

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 3

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

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Wheat Silos. Report Ready for Cabinet

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 14

The sub-committee of the Cabinet which is investigating the construction of the State wheat silos has, it is understood, completed its inquiry and…

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Skin-wool Case. Appeal to Privy Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

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

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The Dairy Farmer As a Profiteer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 1

An-article in a Sydney weekly paper, which professes to light the good fight for democracy a gainst the bloated capitalist and all his wicked ways, is…

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Agricultural. the Farmer's Bread

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 11

In an article in the "Agricultural Gazette," drawing attention to the advantage of a grinding mill on any farm on which wheat and orts are…

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Rural Credit. and Community Settlement. Farmers and Settlers Interested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 6

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

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Rural Credits. Views of Farmers and Settlers. Favourable Attitude

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 9

The executive members of the Farmers and Settlers' Association are giving careful attention to the provisions of the Community Settlements and Rural…

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Crossbred Sheep. Bathurst Experimental Farm Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 3

According to Mr. G. May. manager of the Bathurst Experiment Farm crossbred sheep sold form the farm in the past year included Dorset…

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Butter Markets. Interstate Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 3

in Sydney last week the butter market remained at 168/a cwt. From today the market will advance [?] a lb., making choteest 172/s it owt, Butter…

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Pastoral Prospects. Not Yet Assured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 2

Convincing evidence that the season in the pastoral area of New South Wales is not yet assured is supplied by the large number of…

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Butter Results. Some Queensland Figures

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 4

There more good butter records have been made by Queensland cows. The Jersey, Oxford Golden Gem (2445), owned by Mr. E…

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Butter Stabilising Proposal Opportunity Is Knocking at the Hook Ok the Dairying Industry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 1

A few factories-did not sign the stabilising agreement on the acore of not understanding the scheme. Others are wailing to see what the…

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