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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 126

Alleged cattle stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 4

At carrabolla, Daniel David cowley, was arrested by constable hughes of the gresford police and charged with stealing one heifer, and property…

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Growing Feed for Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 4

A Parkes message says : — Mr. David Kelly, of Wirrochra delivered an address on the "Hand Feeding of Sheep" before the…

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Crossbred and Merino Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 4

Discussing the question whether merino or crossbred sheep was a better proposition for the mixed farmer, Mr. F. B. Hinton, sheep…

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Butter Market. Position of Uncertainty

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 2

Two quotations for butter continue. The council of the Primary Producers' Union telegraphed to butter factory managers intimating…

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Butter Market. Two Prices Prevail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 7

The batter position in sydney is quite uncharged the coastal farmers' co-operation society continning to sell at 163/4 ewt, while…

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Pastoral. De-tailing of Lambs. The Correct Methods

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 6

There are two methods of de-tailing. (1) by use of the knife and (2) by the searing iron. The principal claim for the later method is that searing seals…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

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 23 May 1924 · page 6

These Note are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experiences of the Department. LIVE STOCK…

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The Wool Situation. Its Main Strength

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 16th May : — Recent happenings in the wool market offer distinct evidence of…

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Value of Wool. BLANKETS 104 Years Old

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 3

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

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The Butter Market Attitude of C. F. S. Advisory Committee's Price to Stand

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 6

In connection with the debacle in the butter market, it is officially stated that the Advisory Committee's price for butter is to stand,…

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Blairmore Estate Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 3

Eleven farms of the famous Blairmore Estate at Aberdeen will shortly, about July 5, be made available for settlement on very liberal terms…

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Farmers' Markets. Sussex Street Sales Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 4

To-days quotations in sussex—street were:— Butter 172/8 eggs new laid 3/ rails and river 2/9 ; cheese local large 11d on 11/1 honey to 7½d…

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Taint of Judas. Farmers' Union Criticised. Ishmaels .Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

The Victorian attorney—general, speaking at warragul last night, said the farmers' union was a band of political ishmaels and only one…

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Singleton Dairy Co

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 2

Mr. G. T. Moxey, of Mt. Thorley, Singleton, is the new Chairman of Directors of the Singleton Dairy Co. Mr. Moxey is a Williamtown native, and knows the best…

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The Farm Garden. the Question of Drainage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

Briefly, the objects of drainage are—(1) to enable as much water as possible to percolate through the soil, and (2) to prevent the…

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Winter Schools for Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 3

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for farmers to be hold at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 24th June to…

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Dairying. Concrete Dairies. Advantages of the Slab Type

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 6

Almost ninety-nine out of every hundred the dairies in this State are built of wood with a galvanised-iron root, the floors being, or course, in all…

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Agricultural. the Farm Garden. How to Make a Hotbed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 6

The first requisite for the making of a hotbed is a quantity of stable manure. Shake this out loosely — rejecting about are apt to create un unmanageable heat…

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The Wool Trade

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 3

Groat activity in raw materials continues in the wool trade. There is very little wool left unsold, from overseas sources, and until the new clips…

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