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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 96

Butter Prices Conference Next Week. Attitude of Hunter River Factories

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 7

It is improbable that any consideration will be given to the wholesale price of butter till after the stabilisation committee meets the…

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Money in Millet Hunter District Crops

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 5

One of the most prolific and profitable crops grown in the Hunter district of late years is millet. Farmers are now busy preparing their…

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Seasonable Dairy Utensils

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 4

The heavy milking season will soon be on us, necessitating a heavy demand for such commonplace, but very necessary, articles…

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Wool and Butter. English Markets. London, October 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 13

At the Bradford sales, wool was quiet, with no new business. Nominal quotations were sixty-fours 60d, super sixties 53d, fifty-sixds, 36d,…

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Dairy Congress. Butter Production. Washington, October 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 3

Two thousand delegates, representing 43 nations, attended the world's dairy congress, at which Mr. Mackinnon (Commonwealth…

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Singleton Wool

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 6

A parcel of comeback fleece wool from Mr F. J. R. Dight, Glen Nevis, Singleton, was among the offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney sale last…

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Wheat Payment. Farmers and Settlers' Complete Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 3

Mr. Thorby, M.L.A., speaking on behalf of the Progressive party, said that the Farmers and Settlers' Association had carried out its…

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Price of Butter. Advocate of Stabilisation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 16

At a meeting in Murwillumbah. Dr. Goldsmid said that it as recently stated in the Legislative Assembly that butter was selling retail…

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Gloomy Prospects. Toowoomba Wheat Yield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 11

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

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Wheat Harvest. Failures in Nar[?] District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 3

Reports which have been obtained by Mr. Chaffey, Minister for Agriculture, in regard to the prospects of the coming wheat harvest show that…

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Wool Claims. Settlement Effected. a Compromise

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 11

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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Wheat Pool. Over 4/- a Bushel Expected

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 16

Addressing a meeting of wheat growers at Molong Mr. Field, a member of the Voluntary Wheat Pool Board, said unofficially that he…

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Silage Means Security a Seasonable Reminder to the Dairy-farmer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 1

The following is issued by the Department of Agriculture:— Pasturing is no doubt the easiest method of feeding a herd, but it is…

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U.S.A. and Canada. Wheat Duties. Vancouver, Oct. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 3

A message from Ottawa states that the action of President Coolidge in ordering an inquiry into the proposal to increase the duty on wheat from…

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British Farming. Serious Depression. London, October 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 5

A farmers deputation wanted on Mr. Baldwin at Downing-street, requesting an immediate statement concerning the Government's intentions…

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Dairying. Silage Means Security

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 9

Featuring is no doubt the easiest method of feeding a herd, but it is within the mark to say there is hardly a single district in the State where that…

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Farmers' Markets. Aleandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 4

Though the yarding at the Alexandria market yesterday was small, and contained forage of fair quality, prices remained low, buyers being very…

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Training Farm. Acquisition of Arawatta Estate

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 16

At a meeting of the Invevell Immigration and New Settlers' League, a resolution was carried complimenting the Government on acquiring…

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Increased Production in Dairying

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1923 · page 8

You would materially increase the milk yield and butterfat test of your herd by methodically drenching each cow alter calving with Sykes'a Drench. Do not overlook this,…

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Wheat Crop. Voluntary Pool Favoured at Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 October 1923 · page 6

The Wagga District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has decided to support a movement for the continuance of the voluntary…

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