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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 76 of 96

Imported Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. O'Hearn M.L.A., asked the Minister for Agriculture whether he was aware that statements were in…

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Butter Stabilisation

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 4

"The Northern Leader", published at Tamworth, has the following on the butter pool proposal:—"At the conference recently held in Sydney for the purpose…

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Butter Stabilisation Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 7

An important meeting of the Aberdeen P.P. Union will be held at the A.C. and F. Company's offices on Saturday evening to deal with the…

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Price of Butter

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 10

In reply to questions asked in the Legislative Assembly by Messrs. McKell and Perdrian, regarding the price of butter, the…

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Sheep Market Strong

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 6

The firm level of sheep prices at Homebush last Monday was rather unexpected. Supplies only totalled 22,000 head but a large penning is…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd., report 17th October:— The wool market continues very firing and heavy clearances are daily made at…

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Why Butter Slumped. Improvident Shipments

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 4

That the gradual demoralisation which has taken place in the European political situation has affected to an unusual extent, both…

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Butter Stabilisation Scheme Hunter River Joins Up

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 1

A conference of representatives of the Hunter River-Gloucester Butter Factories Association, and member's of the Butter Stabilisation…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 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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The Sound Wool Position. Prices in America

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 18th October:— Wool is apparently the most fortunately situated raw material in…

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Dairying. Silage Means Security. a Seasonable Reminder to the Dairy-farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 6

Pasturing is no doubt the easiest method of feeding a herd, but it is within the mark 10 say there is hardly a single district in the State…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, October 19 1923. LOCAL and General Farmers' Excursion Trains

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 4

The Railway Commissiosers are going on with their policy of providing more frequent opportunities for country people to avail…

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The Cunning Farmer and the Dwarf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 3

A farmer, whose land included a little hill, decided that this should not lie idle, and so began to plough it up. Immediately, a dwarf who…

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Seasonable Dairy Utensils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 9
Also in Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser

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

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Dairymen and Income Tax

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 3

Mr. Ewing, Federal Commissioner or Taxation, met a deputation at Murwillumbah, on Friday, who placed before him several matters affecting the fanning…

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Pastoral. Lucerne As a Grazing Crop. Important Precautions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 9

The value of lucerne as a grazing crop must commend itself to stockowners in dry districts. Being very drought-resistant, it often provides…

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Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 10

Australian Mercautile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd, report: On 8th inst, we brought forward a large and representative catalogue, comprising…

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Pastoral Industry. Relief in Queensland Rentals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 3

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 Lower. Reduced Threepence. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 5

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

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