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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 96

Dairying Improving the Quality of Dairy Products

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 1

Some twelve months ago it wan brought under the notice of the State Dairy Export by the manager of one of the largest and most…

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Sheep Incinerated. Disastrous Fire at Yanko

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 11

A disastrous fire occurred at the Yanko woolshed, where preparations were being made to start erutching during the day…

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Wheat Carrier Aground. London, March 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 13

The Commonwealth liner Australmouut, with a cargo of grain, has gone aground at the port of Bari, on the Italian coast, about 70 miles…

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Produce Market Advance in Butter. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

Following are latest quotations:— Eggs.—New laid 2/- dozen, case 1/8. Butter 205/4 per cwt. Cheese J/. to 1/2 lb…

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Australian Wheat. Bulk Handling Advocated. London, March 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 13

The president of the Liverpool Corn Exchange, addressing the Australian Fruit Trade Delegation, advocated the bulk handling of wheat, as…

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Gored to Death. Beron Farmer's Awful Fate

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 16

John Ellis, aged 80, a farmer, of beron, was killed by a bull on Saturday. He had gone to a well for water…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 14

In a recent number of the "Agricultural Gazette" the manager of Wollongbar Experimental Farm gave a ninteresting outline of how the…

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Cotton Ginnery. Treatment at Newcastle. Crops Withstand Dry Weather

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 11

Mr. Crawford Vaughan, managing director of the Australian Cotton Growing Association, stated that the cotton ginnery nt Newcastle would be…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Sunday 18 March 1923 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 10th March:—Little change in the market has thus far been apparent at the Brisbane sales,the range of…

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Agents Sentenced. Charge of Stealing Wheat

The Scone Advocate · Sunday 18 March 1923 · page 5

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

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Cessnock's Butter Output Reduced

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 2

The drought conditions which ruled for the beter part of the half year closing December, 1922, had the effect of [?]estricting by almost one half the…

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Shearing Extraordinary. 400 Sheep in Nine Hours

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 3

Four hundred and six sheep, and wet ewes at that, were shorn by Mr. William Higgins recently in nine hours. The shearing was done under ordinary…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Improves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 2

In Sydney on Monday, S374 bales of wool were catalogued and sales, Including private transactions, to-talled 9585 bales…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

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

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City to Farm. Agriculture in Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 3

The Minister for Education (Mr. Bruntnell), in the course of a Speech at Naremburn said he had that morning received a deputation which,…

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The Dairying Industry. Good Prospects for Australia. a Visitor's Impressions

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 1

'Sir Thos. Clements, Chairman of Andrew Clements and Sons, Ltd., importers, of London and Glasgow, is at present in Sydney, after…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

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

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Upper Hunter Show. Fine Dairy Cattle Display. Poultry Improvement Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 4

The Upper Hunter Show opened this morning in cold, cloudy weathere. A shower of rain yesterday afternoon gave 40 points in the…

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New Invention. Likely to Revolutionise Butter Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 8

Mr. J. W. Bott, of Coulstown Lakes (Quecnsland) has invented an appliance for aerating and cooling milk, cream, etc. The contrivance is of a most…

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Firm Market. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales 9858 bales were offered at auction, and 8942 sold. Private sales totalled 551 bales…

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