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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 126

Voluntary Wheat Pool. Support Urged at Orange. (By Telegraph.) . Manildra

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 2

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Orange District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association Mr G. T. Petersen declared that the…

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Pastoral Fluke in Sheep. Danger in Damp Pastures

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 6

Fluke is the name given to a parasite that infests the livers of sheep, cattle, and other domesticated animals, and in some cases causes heavy…

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Fall in Butter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 3

Consternation was caused throughout Sussex-street on Monday, (says the S. M. Herald') by a further fall in butter prices. The New 'South' Wales Advisory…

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Sentenced for Stealing Cattle

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 4

At the Taree Quarter Sessions before his Honor, Judge Mocatta, Richard Harold Hill and John Kneller were charged hat they did steal two bullocks, the…

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Sydney Wool Market Super Wool Slightly Higher

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes : On the l8th inst., we brought forward a catalogue drawn chiefly…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 9

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane office "Sales op[?]ned to-day with average to good selection of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report, 21st March : — The March series of sales closed on Wednesday and buyers are now on their…

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Taree Sessions. Sentenced for Cattle Stealing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 5

At the Taree Quarter Sessions before his Honor, Judge, Mocatta, Richard Harold Hill and John Kneller were charged that they did…

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Cattle Disease. California Affected. New York, March 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 5

News comes from San Fransisco that foot and mouth disease in Alameda, Contracosta, and Solana counties, California, is…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 3

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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervisi[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experience of the Department. DAIRYING…

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Sydney Wool Market. Super Wools Slightly Higher

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers arid Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes: On the 18th inst., we brought forward a catalogue drawn chiefly from the later shearing…

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Wool and Top Values Raw Material the Factor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The dominance of raw material in dictating prices is further evidenced by recent experiences. Two weeks ago…

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Rich Estates. Dairy Farmer and Merchant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 6

Mr. Alexander Lamond, dairy farmer, of Nowra, who died on December 23 last year, left an estate which, for the purposes of probate, has been…

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Electricity on the Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 1

Recently we had occasion to relate how two orchardists in America got rid of the fruit pests by means of electricity. Now we learn that we…

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Severe Hailstorm at Dartbrook. Crops Damaged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 4

A severe hailstorm passed over the Dartbrook Soldiers' Settlement yesterday afternoon. Most of the crops were damaged. A thousand cabbage…

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Dairying in New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 4

Mr. P. A. Searr, manager of the Raymond Terrace Co-oprerative Company, was present at a meeting of the directors, and reported upon his tour…

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Tenants Wanted. for Irrigation Area Farms. Leeton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 5

On the Murrumbidgee irrigation area farms are offered at a rent of ten shillings a week each, with a house thrown in…

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North Coast Dairying

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Dairy Factories' Association, at Lismore, Mr. F. H. Bartlett was elected president, Messrs. J. P Stephen, and J. Sullivan…

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Dairying. Milk for Cheese. Contamination by Utensils

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 3

Contamination from utensils improperly cared for is a prolific source of milk contamination, and with the common practice of taking whey…

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