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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 96

Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 5

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report, 22nd March:— The market during the week had shown improvement on that of the previous…

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Butter Prices. Another Advance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 2

The price of butter rose 1d per lb to-day. The price is now 214/8 per cwt…

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Our Butter Praised by Expert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 6

"I have not seen any bad butter in Australasia. New Zealand, and with the high qual"The industry generally is…

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Butter Dearer. Advance of 9/4 Cwt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 3

The Easter demand for dairy produce in the Sussex street wholesale markets on Wednesday continued strong. Buyers were securing…

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Cotton Crops at Young

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 4

The success to date of several men in the Young district with cotton experiment furnishes some evidence that the industry can be made a very payable…

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Fuller in London Pastoral Interests. Important Conference. LONDON, March 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 5

The Premier of New South Wales (Sir George Fuller) hart a long conference in London with representatives of New South Wales pastoral…

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Dairying. Hints for the [?] Dairy Farmer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 11

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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The Farm Garden. How Liming Benefits the Soil

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 11

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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Cotton Crops Fail in Western Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 11

The cotton crop, which was to provide at least a little silver for the "cookie" to jingle in his pocket has (writes a correspondent from…

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Picnic at Spiers' Point. Fruitgrowers and Farmers' Outing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 9

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

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 6

Australian Mercantile, Lund and Finance Company. Ltd, report:- The market during the week has shows improvement on that of the…

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A Tibetan Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 8

A wool market which is held annually at patseo in the wilds O'Tibet, is described in "The Graphic' by the Hon Mrs. C. G, Bruce wife if…

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Assistance to Farmer Useful Birds and Animals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 2

Considerable interest was displayed in the lectures delivered, at the Sydney-Show Ground, by Mr. A. Le Souef (Curator; of Taronga Park)…

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British Farmers' Precarious Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 4

Bearing on the cables that are just to hand on the farm labourers' strike in Norfolk, the following extract from the letter of the London…

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Farm Labourers. Strike in Norfolk. London, Aprill 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 5

Trim figures in breeches, gaiters smocks, and slouch hats, ploddin[?] along at the rear of two-horse ploughs is becoming a more and…

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Another Advance. in the Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1923 · page 6

Although the price of butter was increased by 9/4 owt, on Thursday, it was again subjected to a similar advance on Tuesday, making the…

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Forty Resolutions. Farmers and Settlers' Requests. Drought in the West. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1923 · page 5

[?] carried at last conference of the Farmers and Settlors Association were introduced to the Acting-Premier (Mr. Oakes) to-day by…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Auctions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 4

Owing to a decrease in the number of offerings at the Alexandria market yesterday values for all lines of produce were very firm. Wheaten and…

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Farmers and Settlers Deputation to Acting-premier. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 2

Resolutions carried at the conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association were presented to the Acting-Premier (Mr Oakes) to-day by a…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report 28th March:—The next series (commencing on 9th April) will include 64,000 bales, a large…

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