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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 96

Advances to Farmers. Applicants for Relief

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 11

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

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Cotton Crops. Ginning in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

The British-Australian Cotton Association reports that it has received in Queensland, for the first month in which the ginning [?]ants have been…

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Farm Lands. Differential Rating Question Deputation to Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 3

A deputation consisting of Messrs. O'Hearn, M.L.A., R. Dilley and W. P. Walsh waited on West Maitland Council in connection with…

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Dairy Herd Improvement. Something Startling. Herd Testing, Etc

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 4

With reference to dairy herd improvement, Mr. L. T. McInnes, the Government Dairy Expert, made the following statement at the Orange Conference held in March on the Rural Credit and Community Settlement Bill on the benefits of herd testing :—…

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Dairying Microbes and Milk. Bacteria in Relation to Dairying. (Issued by the Department of Agriculture)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

There is no industry which has a closer connection with the work of bacteria than the dairy industry, points out a writer in an American farming…

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For Clean Dairy Utensils

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

A most satisfactory method of providing a plentiful supply of hot water on a dairy farm is the use of an ordinary bath water that will…

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Warwick Farm Races What the Tipsters Fancy. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 6

For Warwick Farm races to-morrow "THE SUN" TIPS:— Hurdle Robert, Tom Raigon, John Shell…

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Wool Realisation. Annual Report of Bawra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 6

The directors of the British-Australian Wool Realisation Association have issued a report for the your ended December 31, 1922…

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Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

There was great competition in the Jersey class this year, perhaps the greatest experienced for many years. The competition was not…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 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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Blackmaail. Farmer's Story Believed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 1

Silas Reginald Thrift, a well-known and successful farmer, and a Justice of the Peace at Parkville, Scone, was, at the Maitland Circuit…

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Local and General Notice to Dairymen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 2

The Dungog P. and D. Milk Co. makes in this issue an announcement to dairymen of Salisbury and Underbank. See advt…

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The Alleged High Price of Dairy Products

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 2

The recent increases in the price of butter have caused the usual stir in certain sections of the city press, which never fail to raise their voices…

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Dairy Produce

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

In the dairy produce section, Singleton and Dungog Co-op, factories competed, the former winning. For the best hand-made…

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Farm Produce

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

The farm and garden section surprised most people. On account of the drought, it was thought that the quality and quantity would both…

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Cotton Crops

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 4

The British-Australian Cotton Association reports that it has received in Queensland, for the first month in which the ginning plants…

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Last Consignment. of Bawra Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 4

The British-Australian Wool Realisation Association reports that the steamer Leitrim loaded at Melbourne 332 bales of wool, consigned by the…

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New Settlers. Two Thousand Farms Needed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 6

The Victorian Minister for Lands (Mr. Oman) states that, in order to meet the demands for land by returned soldiers, immigrants and…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

At the London wool sales, 13,000 bales were privately offered and readily sold at the best prices for the series. Victorian merinos clip, best…

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