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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 126

Butter Control. Eliminating Overlapping

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 11

Messrs. G. W. Gorden and F. H. Bartictt attendence the Darry Factory Managers Conference' in Sydney, from the Primary Producers' Union…

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Sale of District Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 12

Rates for practically all classes of cattle showed a downward trend at the Homebush sales last Tuesday. District offering included bullocks from…

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Butter Grading. Factory Manager's Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 4

The recent criticism by Mr. Wigan. Commonwealth grader of New South Wales butter submitted for export in past season, was referred to by Mr. L…

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Milk and Butter Tests. Purebred Cows

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 11

Some excellent milk and butter yields have been recorded among the cows which completed their tests during May. Apart from Melba XV's total…

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Butter Marketing. Primary Producer's Union Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 8

"That the executive of the union take immediate steps to compel the amalgamation of the three co-operative distributing companies." This…

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To Improve African Wool

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 5

Mr D. Wynne- Parry sailed from Melbourne on the Suevic on Wednesday, taking with him 100 merino rams to South Africa…

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On One Farm 500 Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 12

On the farm of Balhalgardy, near Inverurie, Mr. Maitland, the present tenant, and his forbears, all Maitlands, have been successive tenants since the…

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Branxton Co-op. Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 4

It is announced that nominations are called for the position of directors of the Branxton Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., in place of the three at present…

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A Bitter Lesson. High-priced Farms. New Zealanders Strike Trouble. Wellington. (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 5

The purchase of farms at values based on high market values for dairy produce, followed by a slump, has been a bitter lesson to a number of…

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Gloomy Picture. the Dairy Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 5

A gloomy picture of the dairying industry was painted by Mr. C. Stoner, president of the Co-operative Dairy factory Managers and Secretaries…

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Dairy Conference. Position of the Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 8

A brief paper, dealing with the present position of the industry and the necessity for efficient co-operation wasd read at the Dairy Factory…

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Coastal Citrus Crop. Co-operative Concerns. Gosford's Pioneering

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 4

Our citrus growers are learning the necessity for improved grading and marketing in order to secure the due rewards of their industry. The time is not far distant when they will need to send a large part of their production abroad, but at present the more profitable home market needs to be…

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Warwick Farm Races What the Tipsters Fancy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 6

The A.J.C. (Warwick Farm) meeting will be held at Randwick to-day. THE "ARGUS" SELECTS: June Hurdle Race.—Tuckbridge,…

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Dear Butter. Advance of One Penny

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 4

An advance of one penny in the price of butter came into operated to-day. The decision to increase the price was arrived at on Saturday. The…

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Rise in Butter

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

The Butter Advisory Committee mot in Sydney on Saturday, and decided to increase the wholesale price of butter by 9/4 per cwt, as from yesterday…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 26th June: The wool season of 1923-24, which closes on 30th inst., will be remembered as a truly,…

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Wool Values in the Future

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 1

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes:—The mid-winter series of wool sales in the Sydney market has…

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Wool Values in the Future Room for Optimism

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 1
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-op Co., writes:— "The mid-winter series of wool sales in the Sydney market lias passed,…

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Dairying Problems. Avoiding Oveblapfung. Conference Decisions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 4

Resolutions, which if put into effect will prove of a far-reaching character, were passed by the conference of Butter Factory Managers…

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