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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 126

Approaching Sales (As advertised). Store Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

Store cattle sale, February 26 at 2 p.m. Higgens, Parkinson and Co. CATTLE SALE. Friday, 29th February, 2 p.m…

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Better Tone. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales on Monday, 5127 bales were offered at auction, and 4742 sold. Private sales totalled 585 bales…

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Batson Captured Limi's Exhausted to Dairy. "I Am Settled.' Seized by Farm Hands

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

Claude Batson has been captured. His capture was [?] without bloodshed. In fact, Batson practically…

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Butter Supplies. a Week's Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 4

The butter market is week, and it is believed that some of the large Sydney distributors are buying at something below the official quotation of…

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Keen Market. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales on Tuesday, 5668 bales were offered, and 5421 sold. Private sales totalled 696. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Dairy Herd Aristocrats. Tales of the Test. Spurs to Excellence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 4

It is to be hoped that our dairymen take an interest in the reports that are published month by month by the dairy branch of the Department of Agriculture of the tests of pure-bred cows for yields of milk and butter fat…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 4

Swaddling and Maynard report having yarded 700 head at their sale on Tuesday last, to a representative attendance of buyers. The whole of the…

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British Butter Market Glut of Unsalted Australian

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 1

A commercial report from London at the week-end states that the butter market has been dull under the influence of heavy supplies, and prices…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep Market Firm. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 4

Winchombe, Carson, Ltd. report:—Cattle: 3500 yarded, the bulk plain and medium quality. Prime were unchanged; plain and medium…

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Wool Record. Brisk Sydney Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 3

The twelfth series of wool sales, which commenced in Sydney on Wednesday, embraces 50,000 bales, to be offered on six selling days…

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Fish-Fating Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 4

Several of the landholders on Wallis Lake and the neighbouring rivers are complaining of losses sustained by cattle eating different varieties of…

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Peculiar Cattle Diet

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

Several of the landholders on Wallis Lake and the neighboring rivers are complaining of losses sustained by cattle eating different varieties…

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Winter Fodder Crops. a Profitable Investment for the Dairy Farmer

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 6

The great value of fodder crops to the dairy-farmer in the winter and early spring might lend one to expect that every farmer would have at least…

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Export Butter Prices Regulation Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Scone branch of the P.P. Union Mr. Tucker said he had been asked by a member of the Aberdeen branch, which would…

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Wool Sales. Boom in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 4

The Sydney wool market continues to boom, high prices being obtained Sales during the week amounted to 30,675 bales, bringing the season's…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 5

Those notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Note. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 6

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

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Sydney Wool Sales. a New Record

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

Though the best grades of merino wool have been generally a shade easier in value at this week's Sydney sales, American operators are…

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Dairying. Dairy Farm Buildings. More Points in Their Construction

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 6

The general principles to be observed in the construction of dairy buildings, and certain features in relation to milking yards in particular, were discussed…

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Sydney Wool Sales Best Wools Easier. Records for Pieces and Dead

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 8

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd report 16th February: — Sales have been progressing during the week, and the catalogues have included…

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