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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 126

Tilba. Tub Silage. Model Dairying District

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 4

Tilba Tilba, a small district on the South Coast, has gained a worthy notoriety among dairying districts in the State for its use of silos for the conservation of fodder. There are 33 registered dairy farms in the district, and 31 of these are…

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Cotton Crop. Date for Delivery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

Cotton grown this season under certain, conditions is subject to the guaranteed price to be paid by the Department of Agriculture. such…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 2

There was a normal yarding at Alexandria market yesterday. It consisted mainly of oaten and wheaten chaff, the quality of which was mostly good…

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Minimum Prices. for All Dairy Produce a Scheme of Co-operation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 7

A matter Unit excited considerable discussion at the conference of delegates cC the Northern District Bureaux was one introduced by Mr…

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Agricultural. Potato Moth. Protecting the Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 9

The Importance oF carly control of potato moth was discussed. in these notes some week's ago when it was pointed out that the battle should…

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Warwick Farm Races What the Tipsters Fancy. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 6

The A.J.C. (Warwick Farm) meeting will be held at Randwick to-morrow. THE "SUN" TIPS: Hurdle Race.—Palbi, Fierabras,…

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Hygienic Dairy Utensils

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 3

Cleanliness is inseparably connected with the operations of the dairy, and it is not advisable to be negligent in this respect, the inspector always being on…

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Composite Government. Victorian Farmers' Action

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 6

The present arrangement between the Victorian Nationalists and the Country Party will end with the life of this Parliament so far as the State…

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Bowthorn Butter Factory Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 6

Sir,—my attention has been drawn to an account of the above meeting, in which the chairman of directors (Mr. J. J. Pearse) is reported to have said,…

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Homebush Sales. Cattle Market Down. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd, report Cattle: 3300 yarded, the bulk useful quality. The market was cheaper Sheep: 13,000 penned, the bulk useful…

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Crop of Burglaries. Reported in Sydney. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 5

A large number of week-end burglaries has been reported to the police the stolen booty in the aggregate being valued at several hundred pounds…

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Dairying. "Unclean" Flavor in Butter Faulty Farm Practices That the Expert Grader Detects

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 4

The term "unclear." as applied by a departmental expert to a sample of butter may be understood to mean that the butter has a dirty…

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London Butter Market

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 3

A cablegram from London states that the position of the butter market is an extraordinary one, described by a leading importer, as never…

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Making Longer Wool

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 1

Mr H. Bliss, director of the Wool Research Association, speaking at Bradford, disclosed a discovery by which wool may be stretched while wet…

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Butter London Parity and Sydney Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 6

Saturday's market cables reported London sales of Australian butter at a very low price of 156/ per cwt. for best. This collapse in the London…

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Strong Inquiry. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 7

A keen market ruled at Monday's wool sales, in Sydney when a good selection, totalling 7311 bales, was offered at auction. Sales at auction…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 4

These 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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Wool and the Franc Values Only Slightly Affected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: All eyes in the wool trade have been centred on the French franc and the developments which its fall from the…

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Wool and the Franc. Values Only Slightly Affected

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 13th March: — All eyes in the wool trade have been centred on the French franc…

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Hot Water in the Dairy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 4

A plentiful supply of warm and scalding water, is a necessity for washing the separator and milking machine parts, also cans, etc., and…

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