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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 96

Wheat Compensation Colonel Bruxner Replies to Premier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 3

Colonel Bruxner, M.L.A., leader of the Progressive party, commented on the Premier's statement regarding the Wheat Pools and the question of the…

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Brisbane Show. Slump in Cattle Industry Reflected, District Exitbit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 3

Gold but fine weather prevailed for the first day of the Royal National Show, which opened at Brishane on Monday. The judging of stud horses,…

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Improving the Dairy Herds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 4

At last month's meeting of the Tweed-Richmond Jersey lierd Association held at Mullumbimby, a letter was received from Mr. Barlow, of the…

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Farm Apprentices. British Lads Reach Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 8

Another contingent, of farm apprentices arrived at Port Adelaide by the Benalla. The lads, who numbered between 50 and 60, were given…

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The Farm Vegetable Patch. Plant Potatoes Now in Coastal Districts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 4

Growers in coastal districts who have not yet planted their potatoes should put them in without delay. The aim should be to bring the crop…

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Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Dairy Sale. Grainger & Falkiner Ltd. Report

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 4

We conducted a special sale of dairy cattle on the 3rd inst., when we yarded about 330 head, and sold right out. The majority of the stock was only in…

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Soldier Poultry Farmers Official Control Lifted

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 3

Mr Wearne, Minister for Lands, has decided on a drastic change in regard to soldier poultry farm settlements, which should be acceptable to the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 4

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

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Butter Market. Victorian Production Increasing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1923 · page 6

No alteration has been made in theprice of butter, and each day thoro is a strengthening of the opinion that Clio peak has been…

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Sheep Tick and Sheep Lice

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 3

At the Singleton Pastures Protection Board's meeting yesterday the following report on sheep parasites and the necessity for action regarding same…

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British Farm Apprentices Batch for South Australia

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 4

The steamer Beualla brought another contingent of farm apprentices to Adelaide on Tuesday. The lads, who numbered between 50 and 60, were…

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Winter Dairying Sanitary Simplex Machines a Successful Demonstration

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 2

A very successful demonstration of winter dairying was held on Tuesday afternoon at Mr W. T. Moore's farm at Kelso, Singleton. A large number of…

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Sheep for Every Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 4

"All farmers should have a few sheep. They never fail to pay. They are good scavengers. They require little or no trouble to work…

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Imported Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. W. P. O'Hearn, M.L.A., brought under the notice of the Attorney-General, the recent importations of…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report 3rd August:—There is no business of any great moment passing in the local market, the only…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 4th August:—Showery weather has prevailed over a large area of the State this week, the aggregate…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 August 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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Wool and Cotton. American Mills Active

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report —In years gone by, cotton was fairly plentiful in regard to the demand existing for it. As a…

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Good News for Dairyfarmers

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 4

The prices of "Alfa-Laval Cream Separators, which have alawys been fixed on the lowest scale possible, have again been most substantially reduced. This…

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Carpentry on the Farm. How to Sharpen a Saw

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 4

Before being sharpened, all saws should be run over from handle to tip with a flat file, and old mill-saw file being the best for the purpose…

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