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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 96

Low-priced Cattle. Market Over-supplied. Result of Dry Conditions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 4

Owing to the dry conditions throughout most parts of the country many owners of stock are sending their cattle to the Homebush…

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Advances to Farmers. Applicants for Relief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture. (Mr. F. A. Chaffey, M.L.A.), stated yesterday that this attention had been directed to complaints of delay in making seed…

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Mildura Fruits. Crop in Excess of Last Year

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 3

The total tennage of dried fruits delivered at the peaking-sheds at Mild[?]ra (Vic.) to date this season is slightly less than 15,000 tons…

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Farm Workers Strike Successful Intervention. London, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 5

according to the "Times" lobbyist a novel development in the norfolk farm strick has occurred…

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Dairymen Concerned. Importations of New Zealand Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

Mr. MacGregor, Director of the Council of Agriculture (Q) has written to the Tariff Board in Mclbourne, st[?]iting that Queensland dairymen…

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Ninepence a Head. Unprofitable Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 7

Ninepence a head was realised at Homebasic for a consignment of 38 cattle from W[?]lgett after freight and other expenses had been deducted…

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Victorian Butter. Peculiar Position. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 16

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

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Butter Factory Construction in New South Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 4

The standard of requirements e-uforced by inspectors of the dairy branch, Department of Agriculture, in regard to the construction of dairy…

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Keen Demand. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 3

The final sales of and present series of wool sales was hold at Sydney on Wednesday, when 8552 bales were offered at auction, and 8109 sold…

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Wool Sales. Merinos Show Advance

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 9

At the wool sales in Sydney on Monday, 7088 bales were offered at auction, and 6096 sold. Private sales totalled 3722 bales…

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Wheat Harvest. Much Reduced Yield. Statistician's Figures

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 16

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. Letter Than Dutch Product

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 16

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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Agricultural. for More Maize. the Advantages of Winter Ploughing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 8

Much of our maize land is still left unploughed during the winter months, although almost all reason is against the practice. It is almost an invariable…

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War-time Wheat Pools. Fuller Confident. London, April 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

The Premier of New South Wales (Sir George Fuller) stales that the is confident that he will be able satisfactorily to wind up the accounts…

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Gundagai Maize. Farmers Busy Harvesting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 7

According to a report submitted by Mr. H. Wenholz, B.Sc, Agr., officer in charge of maize-breeding. maize-pulling and threshing is…

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Extensive Loss. Dairy Factory Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 16

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

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Disappointed Farmer Attempts Suicide. Recovers Under Treatment. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 16

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

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Differential Rating. Farm and Grazing Land. Council to Be Approached

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 9

The question of the differential rating of farm and grazing land within the municipality was further discussed at a meeting of property…

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Dairying. Rugging Dairy Cows

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 13

In the colder parts of the State winter is not now such a far call, and fanners will alreday be giving some thought to the winter…

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Farm Lands Municipal Rating

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 3

The much-vexed question of the rating of farm and grazing lands within municipal areas was discussed at a meeting in Maitland of farmers…

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