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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 96

High Butter Yield. a Queensland Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 7

Heather [?] of Hillerest an Illawarra Milking Shorthorn heller the property of Mr. A. G. Pavne, of Chatsworth, Gympie (Q.). and bred by Mr. J. E…

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Butter Values Thelessons of the Year

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 1

The Cosstal Fattners Co-operative Society, Ltd., writes—Almost withour exception each butter season, different conditions…

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Gaol Escapee. Walked Off Gaol Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

Alfred John Lucas was committed for trial at Bathurst Police Court on a charge of having escaped from Bathurst Gaol on October 30 last…

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Rural Industries Board. Farmers' Indebtedness

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

Sir,—Reference was made at the Narrabri Show to certain farmers being prosecuted for the amount owing to the Rural Industries…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 May 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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Fight on a Farm. Shot Gun and Hammer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 3

A farm at Goomeri (Q.) was the scene of exciting incidents on Friday. Shooting look place, and it is alleged that a man had to be quietened by a…

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Farmers Feel the Pinch

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

The district farmers who made biweekly visits to Cessnock with produce for disposal at the local unions, are feeling the strike. The…

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"Down on the Farm"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

The many picture goers who have been waiting to see the great Mack Sennett comic "Down on the Farm," will have their longing satisfied on…

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Shunting Accident. Many Sheep Killed. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 5

During shunting operation in the railway yards at Kooweerup two trucks, containing sheep, were derailed and toppled over an embankment…

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Wool Industry. Decisions of Graziers Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

The marketing of Wool was discussed at the Grazlers' Conference, and the following resolution ware agreed to:…

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Graziers Complain. Wool and Sheep Charges. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

The Graziers' Conference has decided to move to have revised the charges for the handling, warehousing and storing of wool, and the charges for…

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Butter Supplies. Dropping Back Each Week

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 3

Supplies of choicest fi[?]esh local butter in Sydney are dropping back each week, Prescott, Limited, reports, and the market is firm at 224/ per cwt…

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Accident to Sheep Trucks. Heavy Mortality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

During shunting operations in the railway yards at Kooweerup (Vie.), two trucks containing sheep were derailed and toppled over an…

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Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 6

Sir,—Your articles on the dairying industry and metropolitan milk supply have been very interesting but as many of the authorities you…

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Local & General News. Producers' Co-operative Bacon and Dairy Co., Ltd

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

The attention of all shareholders in the above is drawn to an important notice in this issue, relative to the proposed amalgamation of the two…

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Butter Values

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 2

Almost without exception during each butter season, different conditions—seasonable and otherwise—are experienced necessitating a changed outlook, fresh…

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Australian Meat Chicago Expert Critical. Argentine Cattle Superior

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

Mr. L. F. Swift, head of the great Chicago meat packing concern, interviewed on his arrival in Sydney, said that Australian cattle were not so…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

Those 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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Dairy Produce. Slump in Oversea Markets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 2

Mr. G. D. Macfarlane, London director for the New Zealand producers' Co-operative Marketing Association, writing in regard to the slump…

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Bobs Farm, Anna Bay

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 3

The concert promoted here by the school teacher in aid of the piano fund was a great success, and a full measure of praise should be Riven to Mr. Nichols…

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