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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 126

Singleton Dairy Company's Output

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 7

During the month of April the factory of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co. manufactur[?] 152,402lbs of butter, 1/1 per lb being paid…

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Many Robberies. Sydney's Week-end Crop

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 16

Numerous robberies were reported to the Sydney police during the week-end residences in various suburbs being entered, Money, juewllery, clothing…

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Queensland Maize Crop. Next Year's Surplus

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 11

After a meeting of the Provisional Maize Board in Brisbane, Mr. Plunkett, the chairman, stated that the board had gone into figures relating…

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The Farm Garden the Question of Drainage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 13

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

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Electricity. Use, on Farm. Growing Practice

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 4

The use of electricity on the farm 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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Farm Tragedy. Appeal Against Death Sentence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 9

Roy Thomas Mitchell, aged 16 years, who in April last was sentenced to death, on a charge of having murdered Richard Pothybridge on a farm…

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Butter War. Deduction in Price

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

The butter "War" ended on saturday, when the Butter Advisory Committee reached the decision to reduce tho wholesale price by / [?] a [?], to…

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Butter Position. Inter - State Markets Reviewed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 6

In a review of last week's interstate and New Zealand butter markers, Messrs, Prescott, Ltd., write:— Melbourne; The price is unchanged…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Cattle Better — Sheet Unaltered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report. Cattle: 2700 yarded; bulk medium to useful quality. Market better. Good to prime beef 24/to 28/…

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Dairying in New Zealand. Benefits of Co - Operation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

Oh Friday evening, May 10. at Gresiord, Mr.T. G. Rogers, of Hamilton, New Zealand, in response to the invitation of the Agricultural Bureau…

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Sheep Brands

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 4

Questions of sheep branding were discussed at the Pastures Protection Board's convention in Sydney. A Tamworth delegate instanced cases…

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Herds of Wild Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 1

In the back country of Marlborough, New Zealand, a round range of hills known as "The Bounds," there are great herds of sheep, led…

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Price of Butter. Dispute Ended

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 2

At Saturday's adjourned meeting of the Advisory Committee on butter prices, it was decided to reduce the official quotation of 163/4 per…

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Numerous Applications. for Wheat Growing Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 7

A total of 257 applications [?] been lodged for two tow homestead farm blocks of 1020 acres and 980 acres, sithated 8½ and 12 miles respectively from…

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Wool Prices and Profits. a Struggle for Dominance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: —Apparently the next few months is to witness a tussle between wool prices and textile prices. Either values…

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Wool Prices and Profit. a Struggle for Dominance

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 22nd May : — Apparently the next few months is to witness a tussle between wool…

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Butter Down 1d. Advisory Board's Decision. "In General Interest of Industry."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 6

At a meeting of the Butter Advisory Committee on Friday and Saturday it was decided to reduce the price of butter by 1d lb fromster…

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The Singleton Argus Tuesday, May 27th, 1924. LOCAL & General News Price of Butter

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 2

The Butter Advisory Committee, which met in Sydney on Saturday, decided to reduce the price of butter by one penny per lb as from yesterday…

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Dungog Dairying Twenty Years' Progress. a Solid Industry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 4

The extension of dairying has been the greatest factor in the development of the Dungog district. It has meant closer settlement on…

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Empire's Cotton Crop 178,000 Bales Last Year. (Reuter's Cables.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 2

The British Cotton Growing Association's annual report states that bales of cotton were grown in new fields in the British Empire last year…

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