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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 126

Dairying. Unclean Separators. And Inferior Quality Cream

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 6

Next, to lack of cleanliness on the part of the milker as a cause of inferior quality in cream, probably comes a badly cleaned separator. In this…

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Assisting Farmers. Storing Ensilage. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 5

The Commissioners of the State Savings Bank consider that the proper medium for financing growers, who desire to obtain advances…

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Butter Manufacture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 4

For the month of January, 125,028lbs, of butter were manufactured by the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Coy. The milk despatched…

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Wheat Claims. Farmers and Settlers Case. Ministerial Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. F.A. Chaffey, interviewed with reference to the complaints made by the Farmers and Settlers Association…

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Wheat Claims. Government and Farmers. Conflict of Opinion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 6

A serious conflice of opinion is revealed in a letter sent by Sir George Fuller to Mr. F. A. Coghlan, Auditor-General, concerning the claim made on…

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Butter Recovery. Surplus for Export

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 16

A short time ago New South Wales was considerably short in her better production on account of the drought, but the late rains have…

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Butter Market. Reduction in Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 6

The principal item of interest in connection with the Sydney produce marget on Tuesday was the reduction in the price of Victorian butter, the new…

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Cheaper Butter Big Increase in Production

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 5

The wholesale price of New South Wales butter was reduced on Thursday to 168/- a cwt. The fall, which amounts to Id a lb, primarily is due to…

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Fire at Warwick. Butter Factory Gutted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 14

The Dairy Company's factory at Mill Hill, Warwick was gutted by a fire which broke out at 6.30 on Saturday morning…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 9

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report.—For our sale last Wednesday, a highly satisfactory range of values ruled. Catalogues submitted have…

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Wheat Fleet. Bunkering at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 16

A fleet of vessels has been chartered to lift wheat from Victoria and South Australia, and many of them are bunkering at Newcastle. The…

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Committed for Trial Charges of Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 9

Eric Joseph Duff, cattle dealer of East Maitland, was charged at the Gresford Police Court, 8th inst, before Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., with…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. I Cases at Gloucester

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 16

At the Gloucester Police Court John Kneller was charged with stealing one red bullock, the property of John Sambell…

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Dairying. Dairy Farm Buildings. Construction and Outlay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 9

Sooner or later the problem of constructing new premises in connection with the operations of a dairy farm confronts every owner. If the land is…

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Dairy Farm Buildings Points in Their Construction and Outlay

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 3

The following is issued by the Department of Agriculture:— Sooner or later the problem of constructing new premises in connection…

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Wheat Compensation. Case for the Growers. Presented to Auditor-general

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 9

The case for the growers in connection with the claim for £549,214 compensations in connection with the 1916-17 wheat harvest as presented to the…

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Assisting Farmers. Financing Fodder Conservation. Storing Ensilage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 3

The Commisisoners of the State Savings Bank consider that the proper medium for financing growers, who desire to obtain advances…

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Dairying. Unclean Separators

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 14

Next to lack of cleanliness on the part of the milker as a cause of inferior quality in cream, probably comes a badly cleaned separator. In…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 6

Private sales again monopolised all choice forage at the Alexandria market yesterday, and again prices paid were not high. Lucerne chaff was 25/ per…

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Storm on the Manning. Damage to Crops and Houses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 9

On Wednesday afternoon last a very heavy storm occurred at Wingham and at various centres on the Upper Manning, (writes our Wingham…

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