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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 126

Wire Netting. for Necessitous Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 16

A conference was held between Mr. Austin Chapman, Minister for Customs and Mr. Wearne; State Minister for Lands, in connection with the supply…

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Dairying. Success with Silage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 16

The methods adopted by farmers in the Tilba district in relation to ensilage have already been mentioned in these notes, for in this…

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Cereal Crops. South Australian Statistics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 5

In a preliminary report on the cereal and hay crops of South Australian for 1923-24 issued by Mr. Johnston, Government Statistician, the final…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep Firm—cattle Unaltered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Led., report: Cattle: 3000 yarded. the bulk medium and useful quality. The market was weaker. Good to prime beef made…

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Price of Butter. Difficulty in Clearing Stocks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 3

The Butter Advisory Committee, sitting in Sydney, decided last Friday that the price of butter should remain unchanged owing to the…

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Farmers' Markets. Sussex Street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 4

In Sussex—street to-day, butter made 172/8 cwt; eggs, new laid 3/ dozen rails and rivers 2/9; cheese local large 11d 1b. honey, 5 to…

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Butter Down

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 1

Butter has fallen a Id per lb just after it had taken two rises in a few weeks. Op Saturday morning, the Coastal…

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Alleged Cattle Duffing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

The three men arrested in connection with alleged cattle-duffing in the hills, near the Queensland border. were in court at Tentorfield, and the case was…

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Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Dairy and Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

W. Bailey and Sons report having conducted a highly successful sale of both dairy and store cattle at the Shire saleyards on Friday last, when 500…

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Commercial Singleton Special Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., Singleton, report having yarded about 1750 head of cattle at their special sale at Singleton last Thursday, 15t. inst…

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Hidden Valleys Cattle Duffers. and Horse Planters

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 6

The romantic story of the hidden valley in the New England district, alleged to be associated with cattle duffing, and the sensational arrests…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 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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Butter Surprise One Firm Lowers Price. Advisory Committee Defied

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

A bombshell was thrown in the butter trade last week, when the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society announced that it would…

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Value of Wool. Blankets 104 Years Old.'

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 5

In the Bylong Valley are an English emigrant farmer and his family, named Dix, who came from the Cotswold Hills in England. Among the…

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Butter Debacle Imported Product. "Throttling the Market." Mr. Meares States Case

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

Mr C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the Coastal Farmers' Cooperative Society, referred to what he characterised as "the present…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

The factory report of the Raymond Terrace Co—operative Dairy and Produce Co. for April states that the market returns for butter were 1/34…

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Electricity. Use on Farm. Growing Practice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

The use of electricity. on the farm is rapidly growing, and it is rapidly growing, and it is doing much to make farm work less laborious. It does a great deal to lessen the contrast as to comfort and conveniences between the town and the country home…

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Imported Tobacco Keeping United States Farmers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

The latest figures, cbheorning Australian tobacco are as follow:—From July to March, 1922-23, the Tobacco Combine imported £1,062,407 wortli of…

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Butter Market. Position of Uncertainty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 7

Two quotations for butter continue. It is stated that the council of the Primary Producers Union has telegraphed to butter factory managers…

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The Butter Price

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 3

The advisory committee controlling local butter prices decided on Friday last, to leave the Sydney wholesale quotations for choicest unchanged at 172/8 per cwt…

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