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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 96

Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., report, 12th April:—The resumption of sales this week showed a highly satisfactory result. Catalogues…

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Victorian Butter. Peculiar Position. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 5

Victoria is faced with a peculiar position. She way in the near future be an importer from oversea of her own butter. Notwithstanding the…

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Barrington Tops. Once Home of Cattle Duffers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 4

The agitation to open up the Barrington Tops at the head of the Allyn and Williams Rivers, as a tourist and health resort for residents in…

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Wool Sales. Advance in Sydney Maintained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 7

At the wool sales on Thursday, 8015 bales were offered at auction and 7006 sold. Private sales totalled 3001…

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Wheat Harvest. Much Reduced Yield. Statisticians Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 6

The final returns of the wheat harvest for the season 1922-23 have been received by Mr. H. A. Smith, Government Statistician, and the quantities…

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Australian Butter Shipments to France. Better Than Dutch Product

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 2

"A cable message has been received by the Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Chapman) from Brussels, which states that large quantities of…

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A Chance to Sell Your Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 2

In our advertising columns Mr. H. R. McWilliam, of Eldon Chambers, Pitt-street, Sydney, is advertising for a first class farm up to…

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Cotton Crops Not Immune From Grubs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 4

Referring to the report from Quirindi of some cotton crops that have been injured or destroyed by grubs, or boll worms, Mr. Crawford…

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Disappointed Farmer Attempts Suicide. Recovers Under Treatment. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 5

Because he received only £100 instead of the £400 he had anticipated for his cotton crop, a young fanner at Dawson Valley, Queensland, decided to…

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Agricultural. Lucerne for Wheat Farmers. Possibilities in the West

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 7

Experience is showing that the western districts are more hospitable to the growth of lucerne than was once imagined. The time of sowing is…

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Cattle Industry. Slump in the Argentine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 12

A great crisis has fallen upon the cattle-raising industry of this Republic, and the "[?]" or pastoralists, ordinarily the richest and most…

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Sheep Swims River a Voluntary Effort

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 8

A party of fishermen on the Macquarie River were surprised to sec a heavy-woolled sheep take to the water and start for the other side. It swam…

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Butter Supplies Arrivals From New Zealand Likely

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 6

The slump in the London butter market has prompted New Zealand, holders to offer considerable parels to Australia, and first quality could be…

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Butter Supplies. Arrivals From New Zealand Likely

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 7

The slump in the London butter market has prompted New Zealand holders to offer considerable parcels to Australia, and first quality could…

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Cattle Trade. Australia's Disadvantages. London, April 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 2

Not only is Australia unhappy in her geographical position compared with the cattle-producing countries of South America, but her railway…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Firm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 4

At the wool sales in Sydney 8075 bales were offered, and 7549 sold. Private Bales totalled 1937. The Sydney wool-selling brokers…

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Weight Controversy Wheat and Flour Sacks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

Controversy in regard to the weight of wheat and flow sacks has been revived in Melbourne by a letter read at the meeting of the Trades Hall…

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Girl in Man's Clothes Ate Poisoned Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 13

A girl named Kitty Moore has been to Perth Hospital suffering from strychnine poisoning in peculiar circumstances…

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Cotton and Wool. Big Shortage of Cotton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

Advices received by the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture from authoritative sources in the United States show that the cotton crop has…

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Extensive Loss. Dairy Factory Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 7

The New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Factory at Pukekohe, one of the largest in the province, has been to- tally destroyed by fire. The outbreak…

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