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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 79 of 96

Dairy Show. Success of Australians. London, Oct. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 5

In the colonial butter sections at the Islington Dairy Show Australian exhibitors have swept the board in the salted and unsalted classes…

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Agricultural. Farmyard Manures. Their Value to the Vegetable Garden

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 5

Of animal manures, each has its particular utility, but availability is a big consideration, and use must be made of whatever kind is handy, for…

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Found Dead in Bed. Allandale Farmer's Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 7

Mr. Rupert S. Kibble (Bert), a well-known farmer of Allandale, was found dead in bed at the Aberdare Hotel. Cessnock, on Wednesday…

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Pastoral. Lucerne As a Grazing Crop. Important Precautions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 6

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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London Dairy Show N.s.w. Butter Leads

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 5

London, Wednesday.—In the Colonial butter competitions at the London Dairy Show, Islington, the of the honours for butter were gained…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 11

Australian Mercantile, Land Land Finance Company Ltd, report: On Tuesday, 16th instant, we brought forward a catalogue of 6,800 bales. The…

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Sheep Perish. Losses in New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 9

The sudden change in weather during the middle of the week had a disastrous effect on many stations where sheepshearing operations had been…

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Russian Wheat English Market. London, October 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 12

The "Evening Standard" says that influential quarters in the city regard the, Russian wheat agreement as the most far-reaching commercial…

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Can Wheat-growing Be Made More Profitable?

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 3

The answer to this question has been answered in the affirmative by the fact that in certain parts of Australia today considerably more than two bushels…

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Dairying. Concrete or Wood? Silo Points for the Dairy-farmer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 6

Although the pit method of eniling is sometimes practicable for the dairy-farmer the difficulty of obtaining a suitable site in coastal…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 3

The smallness of the yarding at Alexandria yesterday was party accounted for by a breakdown in the railway transport facilities at…

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Dairying. Conservation of Fodder. the "More Silos" Movement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 9

A conference arranged by local branches of the Agricultural Bureau in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture with the object of…

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Agricultural. Farm Yard Manures. Vegetable Growing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 9

Of animal manures, each has its particular utility, but [?] ability it big consideration, and used last be made of whatever kind is [?] dy, for…

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Training the Farmer Agriculture Staff Increased

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 5

The State Cabinet has recently approved of the appointment of nine additional officers to the field staff of the Department of Agriculture Of…

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Warwick Farm Meeting What the Tipsters Fancy. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 6

Tho Warwick Farm Club will hold a meeting at Randwick to-morrow:— THE "SUN" TIPS:— x' Hurdle Race.—Yandarlo, Wilgowrie,…

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The Business of Dairying

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 5

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

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Butter Markets. Interstate Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 October 1923 · page 3

The Sydney butter market is unchanged at 196/ per cwt. for choicest quality, plus boxes 1/3 each. Further scattered rain was…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1923 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report, 26th October:— The October serious of sales in this market concluded on Wednesday. Roster…

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Butter Stabilisation Scheme Scone's Attitude

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 October 1923 · page 7

At the monthly meeting of the Scone branch of the Primary Producers' Union, the secretary (Mr. R. W. Marshall) briefly outlined the…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1923 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report —We submitted a small catalogue on Tuesday (23rd), including Mullah (Trangie), Yarran (Young)…

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