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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 126

Rural Problems. Claims of Farmer Junior

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

An entity the importance of whom is becoming steadily more generally recognised by far-sighted students of agricultural problems is that…

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Cotton Culture. a Promising Crop

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

A very promising cotton crop to he seen on the property of Mr. W. F. Summerville, of "Chester Hill," Ashlen. The area is not a large one, but…

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Correspondence Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 8

Sir,—Kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to answer Mr W. Fitzgerald's letter of the 7th inst. Ah Mr Fitzgerald, your boot pinches; I…

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Homebush Sales. Cattle Values Advance. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 5

Winchombe, Carson, Ltd. report:—Cattle: 2400 yarded, consisting of plain and medium quality and prime were £1 better; others uncharged…

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Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Dairy Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

Grainger & Falkiner Ltd. report having conducted a special dairy sale on Friday last, Bth inst. On account of the heavy rains and creeks being…

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Increased Butter Yield

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 1

The Muswellbrook butter factory is now manufacturing between four and five tons of butter each week. Prior to the recent rains the production had…

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To-day's Cattle Sales Splendid Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 2

At Messrs. Higgens, Parkinson and Co's. cattle sale to-day the first pen of 50 bullocks offered realised £7/8/0 a head…

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Spirited Market. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 6

Spirited competition was manifest at the eleventh series of the wool sales which opened in Sydney on Monday. The number of bales offered at auction…

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Butter Trade. Will Market Come Back? Position in Queensland and Victoria. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 5

The powers that be in the butter trade are closely watching queensland and Victoria. The questions, agitating the trade…

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Inspection of Dairy Factories

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 1

An inspector from the Department of Agriculture last week made an inspection of the district butter factories. The new Act makes it…

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Farmers' Markets. Sussex Street Sales Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

In Sussex-street to-day butter made 168/ cwt; eggs, new laid, 1/10 doz, rails and rivers 1/7: honey 3d to 6d 1lb, beeswax, 1/6 to 1/8 1b, local large 10d…

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South Africa's Unemployed the Duty of Farmers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly in Gapetown, Mr Reitz emphasised the duty of farmers to give employment to "poor whites." He outlined the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

The following applications for patents connected with farming and pastoral industries have been accepted at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Co., Ltd. Large and Lively Meeting New Directors Elected

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 3

Never in the history of the local Dairy Company has it had such a large and interested annual meeting as that held on Saturday last at the Arcadia…

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Homebush Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 4

Buyers competed keenly for prime cattle at Homebush on Monday last. Prices for them rose 20/ per head, Mr. H. Laurie Gloucester, secured to…

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Good Wool Firm. Short Staple Easier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales 8082 bales were offered at auction, and 7776 sold. Private sales totalled 1497 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Wheat Claims. Letter to Attorney-general. Premier's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 6

The Premier, Sir. George Fuller, had something to say regarding the statement made by Mr. H. V. Thorby, M.L.A., president of the Farmers and…

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Agricultural Bureau. Farmer Junior. a Fine Field of Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 4

The Agricultural, Bureau has a fine field of service where it will probably do some of its best work in connection with the young people whose enthusiasm can be evoked by those who know how to go about the business to striving after excellence in agriculture…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory Ltd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 4

The Bowtherne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., will hold its thirty-fourth half-yearly meeting of shareholders at Morpeth, on Friday,…

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Attractive Offering Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 6

At the wool sales in Sydney 5971 bales were offered at auction, and 5466 sold. Private sales totalled 426 bales. The Sydney Wool selling Brokers…

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