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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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British Trade Review. Wool and Butter

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 2

A London cable of Saturday last says:— The feature of the wool trade, [?] the reviving Yorkshire demand for…

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Firm Wool Market Japan Buying

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus, The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Secretary Farmers & Graders' Co-operative Co reports:— At our sale on the 10th inst., our catalogue comprised an average…

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Butter and Stabilisation To-day's Conference in Newcastle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 1

A conference was held in Newcastle to-day between delegates of the Hunter River factories and others interested in a scheme which is intended…

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Agricaltural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 6

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 and the Franc. Inquiry Gathering Strengtf

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Experiences in the Sydney wool trade during the past week supply additional evidence of the…

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Silage Means Security. a Seasonable Reminder to the Dairy Farmer

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 4

Pasturing 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…

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Denman District the Dairying Industry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 1

The northern representative of the "Sydney Morning Herald" writes as follows to his paper:—The Denman district, which has…

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Denman District. the Dairying Industry

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 3

The Denman district, which has made rapid strides in settlement and production in recent years, is suffering from the long dry spell…

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Pastoral Industry. Relief in Queensland Rentals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 6

Mr. M'Cormack, Minister for Lands (Q.), stated that it was the Government's intention during the present session of Parliament to introduce a…

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Butter Export. Shipments to London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 6

Butter shipments from Australia to the United Kingdom in August were considerably in excess of those in the previous month, 274,300lb…

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Wool Sales. Recent Advance Maintained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales 8377 bales were offered at auction, and 7339 sold. Private sales totalled 1012 bales…

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Inverell Estate. Training Farm for Immigrants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 2

Recently the Government arranged to lease the Arawatta Estate, near Inverell, as a training farm for immigrants…

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The Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 4

In all parts of the district there is evidence of the need of a good fall of rain the continuous westerly winds having dried the surface of…

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Butter Lower. Reduced Threepence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 5

Butter was reduced by 3d per lb. to 196/ a cwt, in Susses-street to-day…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Cattle Market Weaker. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report: Sheep: 46,000 penned. Good wethers and lambs were firmer, but ewes were weaker. About 20,000 lambs…

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Wool Sales. Animated Market in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 6

At the wool sales in Sydney 9800 bales were offered at auction, and 8848 sold. Private sales totalled 999 bales…

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Sugar Supplies. Sale of 1923 CROP. 4½d Pound for Cash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 6

It is announced that the Commonwealth Sugar Board has made arrangements that will enable sugar to be sold in the capital cities where…

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Tragic End. Farmer Dragged to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 5

Charles Littrell a share farmer on Springmount, near Guyra, met his death in tragic circumstances. Littrell went to a paddock some…

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