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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 84 of 96

Wheat Claims. Case for Progressives. Delay in Presentation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 3

The delay in presenting to the Auditor-General the case for the Progressives in connection with the payment by the Government of…

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Dairy Cows Poisoned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 4

During the past week two well-known dairymen have had the misfortune to lose severaly head of dairy cows through imphee poisoning…

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The Farm Garden. Pumpkins, Marrows and Melons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 9

The production of pumpkins, marrows, and melons is somewhat similar and so simple is it in our climate that this class of vegetable is often…

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Irrigation. Farming Under Irrigation Methods. of Applying the Water

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 9

In a discussion of the possibilities of irrigation farming in New South Wales, some space as devoted in these notes last week to the…

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Fodder Advances. Assisting Struggling Dairymen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 16

The serious plight of some dairying districts owing to drought conditions makes it necessary for assistance still to be sought through the Rural…

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Stud Farm. Bangaroo to Be Sold

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 1

The Bangaroo stud farm of 5000 acres, near Canowindra, which was purchased for settlement under settlement purchase conditions for £11…

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The Drought. Aid to Farmers. in Stricken Districts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 11

Sir George Fuller, State Premier, made an important announcement regarding the assistance the Government intended to render to farmers…

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Cotton Crop. American Shrinkage. Vancouver (B.c.), Nov. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 12

Advice from Washington says that a decrease of 767,000 bales in the prospective cotton crop, as compared with a month ago, is shown in…

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Dairying Industry. Lessons From Droughts. Will They Be Learnt?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 4

During the past year many it not most of the dairying districts of the State have suffered severely, much more severely than they would have suffered if reasonable provision had been made against them, from droughts, and the question arises whether in the future due attention will be given…

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Farming Under Irrigation. Possibilities in New South Wales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 6

There are many localities in New South Wales where water is available in sufficient quantities to admit of considerable areas of excellent land…

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Dairying. What Are Your Cows Worth? Milk Records Supply the Best Answer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 6

Although the value of testing dairy cows for both milk and butter-fat results has been proved over and over again, the majority of those engaged…

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Electricity on the Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 1

For several years past, some remarkably successful experiments in the application of electricity to farming have been conducted by a British farmer…

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Wheat-growing. Influence of Rain. London, Nov. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 November 1923 · page 8

A problem of vital importance to the proposal to push Australian wheat growing beyond the 10in rain belt was discussed to-day by the Royal Society…

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Abandoned. Butter Stabilisation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 6

The New South Wales butter stabilisation committee at a meeting held on Thursday, Mr. C. E. D. Meares presiding, definitely decided…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 6

The final sales of the fifth series of wood sales was held at the Sydney Wool Exchange, when 9125 bales were offered at auction, and 7012 sold…

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Wool Sales. Inferior Staple Irregular

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1923 · page 6

The sixth series of wool sales opened in Sydney on Tuesday, when 8574 bales were offered and 7556 sold. Private sales totalled 855 bales…

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Dairy Industry. Conservation of Fodder. Tilba Tilba's Bright Example

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1923 · page 4

The Select Committee on Agriculture of the Legislative Council (1921) under the leadership of Sir Joseph Carruthers in the dairy industry section of its report has the following:…

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Wool Sales. Very Keen Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 3

At the wool sales on Wednesday, 8,421 bales were offered at auction, and 7,827 sold. Private sales totalled 1983 bales…

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Differential Rating. Town Improvement Area. Farmers Will Prepare Map

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 3

Mr. R. J. Dilley presided at a meeting in Miss Chamberlain's rooms last evening of those interested in differential rating. There was a…

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Rouchel Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 8

Mr. W. Freeman Caban's "Landslip" clip, frm Rouchel, was among the offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney sales last Tuesday…

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