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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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Sheep for London. the Empire Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 8

The Empire Exhibition Commission has decided that live stock exhibits should he confined to merino rams, the maximum value of each not to exceed…

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Wheat Pool. the 1916-17 Accounts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 2

In the course of a statement, Mr. Chaffey, Minister for Agriculture, stated that the recommendations of the committee that the accounts…

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For Handling Wheat. Claim for £22,000, SYDNEY, Monday/

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 5

The claim for £22,000 by the Lindley Walker Co-operative Wheat Company, Limited, from the N.S.W. Government entered upon its 23rd day…

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Homebush Markets. Cattle Dearer-sheep Firm Rouchel Bullocks to £34 6s

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 2

At the Homebush sales yesterday 2011 cattle were yarded. Prime cattle were scarce, and the market was 20s dearer. Best beef brough 60s to 65s. second…

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Prime Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 4

A further instance of the rise which has taken place for prime quality cattle was experienced at the Campbell's Hill saleyards on Monday,…

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Commercial Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 1

Shearing has commenced and soon will be in full swing. Indications point to a shearing season free from the worries and troubles of last year,…

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Costly Wheat Case 33rd Day of Hearing. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 3

The claim for £20,000 by the Lindley Walker Co-operative Wheat-Co., Ltd., from the Government of New South Wales has now entered on its 33rd…

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A Woman Farmer Multifarious Duties

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 4

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

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Branxton Dairy Co. Fifth Annual. Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 6

The fifth annual meeting of share holders in the Branxton co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was held in the School of Arts hall, Branxton, on saturday…

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The Dairying Industry. Choose Only the Best. a Sound Motto in Resation to Dairy Stock

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 1

We take the following from "Agricultural and Pastoral Noses," issued by direction of the Minister for Agriculture:—…

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Demonstration, of Winter Dairying

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 2

Attention is drawn to an advertisement in another column by Simplex Machinery Company, Ltd. inviting dairy farmers' to a demonstration of…

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Branxton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. Fifth Annual Meeting

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 4

The fifth annual meeting of shareholders in the above company was held in the School of Arts hall, Branxton, on Saturday. The chairman of…

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Dairying Industry in New South Wales. Levelling-up Expected. Where Will It Start ?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 4

The stage is set for a levelling-up of the dairying industry in New South Wales It is not to be expected that our dairymen will for lons tolerate our present position of inferiority to Denmark in the matter of productiveness per head of cows in our dairy herds. *'…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Auctions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 4

Prices were still firm and good at the Alexandria market yesterday, despite a large yarding that coutained a big proportion of inferior forage…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 4

The following applications for patents connected with farming and pastoral industries have been accepted at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Prime Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2

A further instance of the rise which has taken place for prime quality cattle was experienced at the Campbell's Hill saleyards on…

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Wool Market. the Draft Trouble

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 1

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 28th July: A recent London cable tells us that the Associated Wool Buyers on that side are instructing…

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Soone Butter. to England and Back—still First Grade. Sceptics Effectively Answered

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

Just as the old truism, "No man is a prophet in his own country,'' stands to day, so are there critics in every community. According to…

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Pastoral. Foot-hot in Sheep. Free Pamphlet for Pastoralists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 9

Foot-rot in sheep is a disease to the development and spread of which rains and moisture are most conductive, and it is therefore in good sea-…

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Central Australia. Fine Pastoral Country

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 11

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

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