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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 126

Homebush Sales. Cattle Market Dearer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 5

Winchcomb Carson Ltd., report:—Cattle—2200 yarded, the bulk useful quality. Prime were better. Sheep 17,000 penned, the bulk useful quality…

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Dairy Company's New Manager

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 6

Mr. G. F. S. Leo has been appointed manager of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., from among 25 applicants. Mr. Leo, who has been…

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Beef Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

Mr. J. R. Higgins, Judge of this section, remarked that the entries were not large, but the quality was good. The pen of three oxen (won…

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Australian Butter Control

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

The special Committee appointed in Queensland by the Council of Agriculture to investigate the question of the betterment of the dairy…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

A.M.L. and F Co., Ltd., report 29th March : The clearing-up series of sales in [?] centre will be held next week, from March 31 to 2nd…

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Butter Markets Inter State Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

The price of butler in Sydney was reduced 2 per lb on March 24, and choicest quality is now quoted at 44/s per ewt, plus boxes 1 /3 each…

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Sheep in the Gloucester District Favorable Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 2

The secretary of the Agricultural Bureau, Stratford, is in receipt of the following from the Department of Agriculture:—I append…

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The P.P. Union. Butter Stabilisation. Closing Session

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 4

The conference of the Primary Producers' Union was concluded or Friday (says the "D. Telegraph "), after sessions extending over four…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, April 1, 1924. Local and General Butter Stabilisation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 2

Mr. C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the Coastal Farmers' Cooperative Society, visited Muswellbrook to-day and delivered an…

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Dairy Output All Round Decrease Last Year

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 6

The Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) has made available statistics showing a comparison in dairy production for the past two…

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Dairying Classes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

Competition in the dairy classes was very keen, and the judges, Mr. A. C. Brown and Mr. S. Ebbeck, had considerable difficulty in separating…

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Farm and Garden Produce

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

A noteworthy feature of the show was the grand display in the farm and garden produce section, and in particular the two exhibits of Mr. C…

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Wheat Scrip. Produce Merchant's Failure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 3

Frank Chin, formerly a produce merchant, of Sussex-street, Sydney, in the Bankruptey Court said that the cause of his bankruptey was the…

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Very Firm Market. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday, 9022 bales, were offered at auction, and 7296 sold. Private sales totalled 2458. The selection was again…

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Wool Sales. Demand in

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 7

The final of April clearing-up wool sales was held on Wednesday, when offered. At the auction 6738…

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Dead on His Farm

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 3

Mr J. H. Pye, a retired police officer, was found dead on his farm at Sunny Corner on Monday night, leaning against a log in a potato field…

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Sheep on the Wheat Farm. An Indispensable Factor

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

Sheep must be regarded us an indispensable' factor on the wheat farm. They are valuable as part of the working plant of the farm for the control…

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Pastoral. Foot-rot in Sheep. a Useful Pamphlet for Pastoralists

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

Foot-rot in sheep is a disease to the development and spread of which rains and moisture are most conducive, and there is always a possibility, therefore,…

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The Sheep Industry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 3

Mr. W. .E Abbott, of Murrulla, writes to Thursday's "Daily Telegraph":— Will you let me say a few words…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions. Maitland, on Tuesday, Eric Joseph Duff was charged with having on January 25, at Gresford, stolen one cow, the…

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