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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 96

Farmer Killed. Level Crossing Disaster. Motor and Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 3

A motor car, containing three persons, was struck by the engine of a train at the Cloac East (Vic.) railway crossing…

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Farmers' Markets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 5

There was another small yarding at the Alexandria market yesterday. Lucerne hay was available only for private sale, and lucerne chaff was…

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Farmer Killed. Head In. the Mud

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 2

A fatality is reported from Bribbaree, near Young, a well-known farmer, named Robert Miller, aged 59, being killed. He was driving to his farm…

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A Woman Farmer Multifarious Duties

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 2

A woman named Dora Pout, 36 years of age, in the Mount Morgan district of Queensland, is something out of the ordinary as a worker…

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Central Australia. Fine Pastoral Country. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 5

Telegraphing from Barrow Creek to Malbourne, Edward Cook, head of a party, which is walking across Australia to Darwin, says he failed to…

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Detention of N.z. Butter Mr. R. Green Sees Minister

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 1

Mr. Roland. Green, M.H.R. had a further interview with tho Minister for Customs regarding the shipment of New Zealand butter dotained…

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Farmers and Settlers Agenda Paper for Conference

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 1

The agonda papor of the Farmors and Settlers' Annual Conference, which opens in Sydney on August 13. has be on made available…

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Cleaning Wool Tests

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 9

In order to compare the grease and dirt contents of various wools and to improve wools in these respects, a ned method has been devised of…

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Below Standard. New Zealand Butter

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

"With reference to your personal representations relative to certain New Zealand butter, which has recently been imported into New South…

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Butter Position. No Increase in Price

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 9

It has been made known in Sydney that the butter advisory committee and met and that it had been decided that for the present at least there…

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High Prices. Cattle From New Zealand

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

The second shipment of bullocks from New Zealand, numbering some 700 head, arrived in Melbourne in excellent condition. Herefords and…

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Country Party. Government and Wheat Claims

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 13

Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., in addressing a meeting of farmers at Parkes, said that the Progressives would not hesitate to vote against the…

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State Nationalists. Pre-sessional Meeting. Wheat Policy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 6

The pre-sessional meeting of the State National party was concluded on Friday. Afterwards Sir George Fuller. Premier, said the meeting had been…

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The Railways. Progressive Party Attitude. Main Roads and Wheat Pools. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 7

At a meeting of the Progressive party yesterday, Colonel Bruxner was unanimously elected leader, and Mr. Buttenshaw deputy leader, withy Mr…

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Dairying. Only the Best

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 11

Nature has been very kind to dairy-farmers in this State, providing ample feed for all normal conditions but there is one direction in which…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Auctions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 4

The yarding at the Alexandria market yesterday, though the largest of the week, was still below the average, and short supplies fear of country…

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Dairying. Cleanliness in Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 16

As the great majority of the defects of milk and dairy, products generally are caused by lack of cleanliness, the dairy-farmer can scarcely give too much…

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Dairying Industry. Cultivation and Conservation. Essentials to Success

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

In many If not most of the dairying countries of the world, cultivation and conservation of fodder must have a prominent place in the dairyman's activities because of the severities of the winter climate. The need is not so pressing in Australia because of the comparative…

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Farmers' Foes Dingoes, Foxes and Eagles

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 3

A report from Byron Bay states that T. Kink, a dairy farmer there, last week poisoned, ten dingoes that had been an expensive nuisance to the residents for…

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Branxton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 6

The annual meeting of shareholders in the above will be hold in the School of Arts. Hall, Branxton, to-day, commencing at 10 a.m. The report to be…

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