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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 126

Woodlands Stud Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. H. R. Flanders has resigned the management of Woodlands stud farm. Mr. Flanders held the position for two years, and during that…

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Warning to Dairymen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

We have been reliably informed that instructions have been received by the Board of Health Dairy Inspectors to make frequent inspections of…

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Canadian Farmers Coming

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

Ten Canadian farmers arrived in Sydney by the Niagara this week, and twelve by the Tahiti on her last trip. They want to settle in…

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Help for Distressed Farmers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

Mr Chaffey, the State Minister for Agriculture, has arranged for officers of the Rural Industries' Branch of his department to visit those districts…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

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

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New Records. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales 7150 bales were offered and 6805 sold. Private sales totalled 2124 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 4

Oaten chaff was a shade firmer in a small yarding at the Alexandria market yesterday. Other forage prices showed little variation. The manifest…

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Phenomenal. Butter Recovery on North Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 5

On the north coast, the increase in out turn of butter has been so rapid since the recent rains that men who have been engaged in the trade for a…

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Keen Demand. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 3

At the wool sales in Sydney on Wednesday 5723 bales were offered at auction, and 5514 sold. Private sales totalled 468 bales…

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Migration. Conference in Melbourne. Farm Training Depots

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 3

The conference of Commonwealth and State representatives on immigration was continued at the Prime Minister's Office in Melbourne…

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New Records. Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

At the sales on Monday, 7150 bales were offered and 6805 sold. Private sales totalled 2124 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 6

Ah the wool sales in Sydney on Tuesday 7350 bales were offered and 6570 sold. Private sales totalled 548 bales. The Sydney Wool selling brokers…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 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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Rinderpest. More Favorable Report. Wool Export Permitted. Perth

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 8

No further cases of rinderpest, or even cattle sickness, have been reported to the Board of Control. Arrangemens have now been made to…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Record Prices Local Clips Realise High Figures

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

The ninth series of sales were continued at the Wool Exchange yesterday, and again there was only one seller—the Farmers and…

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Aberdeen News (From our Correspondent). ABERDEEN, Wednesday. Government Experimental Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 10

Mr. Alex Johnson, secretary of the Dartbrook Soldier Settlers' Association, has been advised that the Government has decided to establish an…

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Concrete Floors Use in Dairying. Methods of Mixing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 1

The best methods to use in making concrete and setting it for use in cowbails and dairies are described in some notes on the subject…

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Agistment Law Owner and Agister. Mutual, Obligations. (J. H. M. Nolar, Barrister-at[?] Law, in the "Farmer and Setler.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 6

Agistment is a very common form of contract in all country districts, in connection with stock; and a considerable amount of misapprehension…

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Sale of Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. James Kirkwood, in conjunction with Mr. J. Enright, reports having sold by private treaty, a farm, comprising 35 acres, situated at…

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The Dairyman's Greatest Enemy

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

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

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