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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 96

Sheep Mortality. Losses in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

Sir Matthew Nathan Governor of Queensland, returned to Brisbane on Wednesday from a tour of Queensland, including the far north and…

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Wheat Market. Flour for the East

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

Farmers lots of wheat continued to sell on the basis of 5/ a bushel, turks, Darling Island, on the Sydney market on Friday…

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Country Wheat Silos. Faulty Construction Alleged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 11

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., at a meeting of delegates of brandies of the Wagga District Council of the Fanners and Settlers' Association,…

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Butter Factory. Features of Export Season. Excess Weights

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 16

At the conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association, Mr. [?]. Wigan, senior Commonwealth…

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Sheep Mortality. Losses Through Cold. Dead in Heaps

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 1

A Charleville (Q.) report states that when Drover Brown, in charge of 18,000 sheep, was about three miles from Augathella, in the…

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Wool Trade. a Buoyant Market. Record Year

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 14

The supply of 28,891 bales of wool brought forward at the past week's Sydney sales met a demand quito capable of absorbing larger…

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Farming by Electric Light Better and Bigger Crop Than in Sunlight

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 7

Lettuces and other vegetables have been successfully "forced" in Germany by the aid of electric light. Over a plot of lettuces five lamps…

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London Wool Sales. Home Buyers Active. London, June 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

The "Times" correspondent reports that 13,500 bales of Bawra and free wool, mostly crossbreds, were offered at yesterday's sales. There was active…

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Agricultural. Bigger Wheat Yields. About the Possibilities of the Central West

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 16

The first portion of a paper entitled "Can Our District Wheat Yield De Doubled?" read by Mr. W. Watson of Tichborne, Parkes, before the…

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Bountiful Rain. Hunter Valley Again Benefits. Relief for Famished Lands. Wheat Areas Favoured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 3

Bountiful rain, supplementing the week-end registrations, have fallen throughout the Hunter Valley and in other parts of the State, bringing relief…

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Dairying. Feeding and Care of the Calf

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 12

The calf should be allowed to return with the cow for two or three days. In this period the calf learns to drink, and is subsequently handled with greater…

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Abduction Charge. Farm Labourer Committed. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

Robert Clyde Dugan, described as a farm labourer, was committed for trial at Dubbo Police Court on a charge of having abducted Thema…

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Charge of Abduction Farm Laborer Committed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 6

At the Dubbo Police Court, Robert Clyde Dugan, described as a farm laborer, was committed for trial on a charge of having abducted Thelma Grace…

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Butter Market. Interstate Position

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

In Sydney the price of butter is unaltered at 224/ per cwt for choicest quality. The seasonal decline in production continues. The Northern…

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Export Wheat. Rain Makes Stocks Available

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 4

In view of the reassuring outlook created by recent rainfalls, large stocks of wheat are now available for export in New South Wales…

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Indignant Minister. Resents Criticism of Wheat Silos

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 2

The Minister for Works (Mr. Ball), at Albury, said, that he and the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Chaffey) took strong exception to a…

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Warning to Dairymen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 4

Mr. William Bogan, of "Clifford," Gresford, brings under notice the loss of four head of dairy cattle in unusual circumstances. He had…

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Wool Values Compared. German Buying Activity

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 28th June:—A part from local scoureds, little wool is now available for sale in…

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Wool Values Compared German Buying Activity

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Apart from local scoureds, little wool is now available for sale in Sydney. Most of the wools passed in at…

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The Wool Industry. Grazier's Vigorous Speech

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 2

At a function held in Sydney in connection with the annual Sheep Fair, last week, the "Sheep Breeding Industry" was…

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