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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 72 of 96

Butter Stabilisation. Upper Hunter Opposition

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 2

It was definitely stated on Tuesday (says the "Sun") by a member of the N.S. Wales Butter Stabilisation Committee. that the wholesale…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man of the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 4

These 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 Claims. Settlement Effected. a Compromise

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 3

The British-Australian Wool Realisation Association has issued a statement in which it says that the Central Wool Committee, in course of…

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Wool Values Generally Firm. Keen French Buying

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 5

The Secretary Farmers and Grsziers Co-operative Co. report:— At our sale on the 2nd inst., we brought forward a fairly good catalogue…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Keen Demand—excellent. Prices

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 2

Sales were resumed in Sydney on Tuesday. The Sydney wool selling brokers report: There was a more general demand for the better…

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Wool Sales. Firmer- Tendency for Good Wools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 3

At the wool miles in Sydney, 8866 were offered at auction, and 7785 sold. Private sales totallers 130 bales…

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Wheat Crops. Increased Area for Grain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 8

Mr. H. A. Smith, Government Statictician, has received particulars relating to the areas sown with wheat in New South Wales during…

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Cattle Trucks. Minister Denies Cornering

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 8

The Minister for Railways (Mr. Ball) recently called for a report from the Railway Commissioners concerning a statement appearing in the…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Meeting at Gresford

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 11

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the the Bowthrone butter factory was held at the office of the East Gresford factory in accordance with the decision…

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Gloomy Prospects. Toowoomba Wheat Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 7

The general opinion of those in a position to judge at Toowoomba (Q.) is that the coming wheat yield will be very limited, and that the…

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Stabilisation. in the Butter Industry. Agreement Reached

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 11

A conference of manager and directors of butter factories, butter shippers, and others interested in the industry was held in the…

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Wool Values Generally Firm Keen French Buying

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 5

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports:— At our sale on the 2nd inst., we brought forward a fairly good…

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The Butter Factory. a Co-operative Concern. How Can It Be Made More So ?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 4

Our co-operative butter factories have done a great deal for the benefit of the dairy industry in the improvement of methods of dealing with that which is brought to them from the farms of the suppliers. The question might well arise whether they could not be made much…

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The Business of Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 9

Your business as a farmer must be to strive for the maximum output and a higher butter fat test. Methodically drenching each new after calving, with Sykea's Drench, is a big…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 4

Wheaten and oaten chaff gained firmer prices at the Alexandria market yesterday, one result of a smaller yarding. Rates paid for soft,…

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American Cotton. Present Crop Prospects. New York, Oct. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 2

The "Journal of Commerce," America's leading commercial newspaper, basing its estimates on the reports of 1600 special correspondents in…

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Basic Wage. on Queensland Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 3

The determination of the Queensland Labour Ministry to apply the provisions of the Arbitration Court to farms cannot fail to have a…

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Dairying. Milk and Cream Quality. Menace to Rusty and Dented Cans

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 6

All dairy-farmers should see that their milk and cream [?] are in a conditions fit to contains these products. It is not sufficiently…

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Arawatta Estate. Training Farm for Immigrants

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 16

Mr. Wearne, Minister for Lands, after conferring with the owner of Arawatta Estate, Inverell, as to the terms of taking the property over…

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What Every Farmer Should Know

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 8

The regular use of Sykes's Drench at calving time ensures a perfectly healthy herd. Your mind is relieved of the worry of bad cleansing, milk fever, mammitis and…

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