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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

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Wheat Pools Final Payments

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 January 1924 · page 2

Arrangoments have been completed by Mr Chaffey (Minister for Agriculture) with the State Treasurer and the Commonwealth Bank for the final…

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Splendid Wheat Yield an Interesting Record

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 January 1924 · page 3

Mr W. Graham, of Evadale, Grenfell, has stripped 22 well-filled bags of Penny wheat off a measured acre. This 66 bushel yield is considered a record…

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Desperate Fight. Fire Damages Victorian Town Valuable Crops Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 3

For six hours on Monday, residents of Wahring, near Nagambie (Vic.) waged a desperate fight against a fire which started in some grass near the…

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Optimism and Pessimism. Medicine for Farmers. Must Be Rightly Taken

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 4

The writer recently discussed farming in general with an experienced farmer who has had a long career, with many ups and downs, on the Hunter, but who haw ultimately made good…

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Wool and Cotton. France Aims at Independence. Promoting the Industries. London, Jan. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 5

M. Loucheur (a former Minister for Reparations), in a speech on France's colonial policy, says Reuter's Paris correspondent, deprecated…

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Rinderpest. No Sheep for Empire Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Owing to the outbreak of rinderpest in West Australia, the arrangements for the despatch of 50 merino sheep to the Empire Exhibition. In…

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Wheat Pool. Claim for Compensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

A meeting of the executive council of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association was held when matters connected with the claim for…

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Prospects for Wool. Market Strength

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 3rd January, 1924:— Though the current selling season commenced with wool values on…

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Splendid Wheat Yield. an Interesting Record

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. W. Graham, of Evadale, Grenfell has stripped 22 well-filled bags of Penny wheat off a measured acre. This 66 bushel yield is…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experiences of the Department. AGRICULTURAL…

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Price of Wheat. Fixed for Victoria. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

Under the agreement made by the Victorian Wheat-growers Corporation, Ltd., and the flour millers of this State, the price of wheat for the first…

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Much Sold Sheep. 1500 Head Change Hands Three Times in Ten Days

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

Some time ago 1500 2-tooth merino ewes were sent from Moree to Muswellbrook for agistment. Since the rainfall occurred last month there…

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Farm Tragedy. Young Labourer Killed. Head Battered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

The T[?]ihape (N.Z.) police have received word that a man named Gordon John Gemmell had been murdered on a farm adjoining the town, and owned…

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Bob's Farm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

Prior to the break-up of the holidays the pupils of Bob's Farm gave a concert programme which demonstrated the local talent in the concert line to be…

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Dairying. Cheese Mites. How to Control Infestation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

To the average consumer the cheese mite is merely an object of curiosity, though many suppose that it is only to be found on a good cheese. But the…

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The Dairyman's Greatest Enemy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Dairymen sometimes lose the best cows in their herd through the disease known as mammitis. The prevalence of mammitis in…

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Pastoral Industry. in the Commonwealth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Interesting figures are furnished in the latest Commonwealth Year Book concerning the enormous growth of the pastoral industry in…

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The University. Catholic Pastoral Letter. "Dangers to Be Avoided."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 16

Catholic and [?]sity Education is the subject of a pastoral letter issued by the Roman Catholic Archbishop and Bishops of New South…

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State Wheat Yields 1916 Best Year

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 8

In recently published statistics of primary production, 1916 stands out as New South Wales' record wheat year. The area, 4,188,865 acres, was the…

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Australian Butter. Sold Mainly to Blenders. London Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Objection has been taken to the statement made by Mr. A. Wilson, who in visiting Melbourne as the representative of the London and…

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