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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 96

Wheat Pools. Another Payment to Be Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 10

Mr. Chaffey, Minister for Agriculture announced that a further advance of 3d per bushel on wheat in the 1917-18 and 1919-20 pools will…

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London Wool Sales. Keen Competition. London, March 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 13

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

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Dairying. Hints for the Thrifty Dairy-farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 10

An elementary knowledge of the use of the soldering iron is of particular value to dairy-farmers. No farmer has to use tinware of…

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Upper Hunter Show. Increased Horse Exhibits. But Falling Off in Cattle. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 5

The weather plays a big part in the success of shows, but the committee of the Upper Hunter Pastoral, and Agricultural Association…

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PICNIC At Spiers' Point. Fruitgrowers and Farmers Outing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 2

The fruitgrowers, fruit buyers and farmers of the Maitland district held a most successful picnic and sports at Spier's Point. A special train was…

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Educating the Canadian Farmer. a Demonstration on Wheels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 12

On its six weeks' tour of the Province of Quebec during the past summer over 100,000 people visited the Better Farming Special Train, which was organised…

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The Farm Garden. How Liming Benefits the Soil

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 10

The importance of seeing that the farm garden is well drained in anticipation of winter rains is of considerable importance at this time of…

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City to Farm. Agriculture in Schools

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 16

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

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Composite Ministry. Views of Victorian Farmers Union

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 6

At the Victorian Farmers' Union Conference, Mr. Gibson, Postmaster- General, defended, the Bruce-Page Government. He declared that it…

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A New Tractor for Farm Work

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 14

At a recent agricultural exhibition one of the leading British firms showed a new form of tractor for which many practical advantages…

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Cotton Crops Fail in Western Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 6

The catton crop which was to provide at least a little silver for the "cockie" to Jingle in his pocket has (writes a correspondent from…

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London Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following cable from their London agents:—"Wool sales closed firm. America operating freely. Compared…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 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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Dairying. Save It with Solder. Some Hints for the Thrifty Dairy-farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 4

An elementary knowledge of the use of the soldering iron is of particular value to dairy-farmers. A farmer has to use tinware of various…

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Dairy Farmers Sir Granville Ryrie's Attitude

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 3

Mr Syd. F, Wilkinson, Singleton writes:—"At a shareholders, meeting of our local Butter Factory here some little time back remarks were…

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Characteristics of the Dairy Shorthorn

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 2

Characteristics of dairy Shorthorn cows and heifers as defined by the Council of the Dairy Shorthorns Association of N.S.W., are as follows:…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 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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Farmers' Markets. Sussex Street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 4

In Sussex street to-day, eggs, new-laid made 2/2 dozen, case 1/9; butter, 205/4 cwt.; cheese, 1/1½ to 1/2½ lb.; honey, 3½d to 5½d lb.; beeswax, 1/3…

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Wool

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 1
Also in Singleton Argus

The Secretary, Farmers and Graz-fers' Co-op. Co., writes:— Some 2600 bales of wool have been disposed of by us privately…

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