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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 126

Price of Milk. South Coast Dairyman Disappointed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 2

Dissatisfaction is general among the producers on the South Cost at the unprecedented situation in the milk trade. Three out of the seven…

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Sale of Farm Lands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 4

Mr. E. W. Sparke conducted a sale of farm land yesterday at the Victoria Hotal, Hinton, when two of Mr. J. Stanley Christan's Mount pleasant…

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Bobbs Farm Phone

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

S. L. Gardner, Esq., M.P., has been informed as follows:—I have to intimate that as the telephone operator at Bobbs Farm (Anna…

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Butter Factory Managers' Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 6

Mr. R. V. Fulkner, manager of the Muswellbrook co-operative Dairy Company, was at the conference in Sydney, elected president of…

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Butter Stabilisation Counter Proposals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 9

The State dairy produce stabilisation, committee met oh 27th ult. to consider counter-proposals suggested by the Federal Government, and which will be…

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Butter Price. Advanced in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 3

Queensland has fallen into line with Victoria and advanced butter to 168/per cwt.: which is 5/8 lower than New South Wales. It is currently…

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Butter Grading. Factory Manager's Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 9

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

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Butter and Cheese. Export Statistics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 11

At a conference of butter and cheese factory delegates in Brisbane, Mr. Wallace, the senior Commonwealth grader, gave statistics of butter and…

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Butter Factories. Managers' Meeting. Useful Results

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 4

Last week the nineteenth annual conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association was held in Sydney. This association is rendering great assistance to the industry which is one of great and growing importance to the State…

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Dear Butter. Advance of One Penny

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 14

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

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Meat Bounty. Payment on Cattle Exported

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 3

The Federal Government the Prime Minister announced in the Federal House has decided not to pay the Australian Meat Council a bounty on…

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Wheat Stack Fire. About Three Hundred B[?]damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 14

A wheat stack of 17,000 bags in [?]railway yard at Young, the property[?]Dalgety and Co., caught alight[?]Friday. The stack was draped arou[?]…

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Opening of Sheep Show Quality Higher Than Ever. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 6

The sheep show was officially opened to-day by the State Governor. The Acting President of the Royal Agricultural Society (Mr L. S. Martin)…

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Scientific Dairying. New Zealand's Methods. Marketing and Manufacture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 11

That the uniform adoption of one pasteurising system has made possible that standardisation of quality which New Zealand butter factories are now…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 7

Although private treaty sales were at late rates, business was exceedingly dull at Alexandra market yesterday. Practically nothing was done at…

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Branxton Dairy Coy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 4

It is notified that Messrs. Reginald William Baker, William Anthony Bendeich. Henry Gibbs, John Hatcher, and Edward Moore have been…

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Money in Tomatoes. to Produce Early Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 9

The tomato has [?] cultivated in recent years, but it has advanced so rapidly in public estimation as a useful wholesome, and…

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National Brand. for Dairy Products

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 11

The Australian Dairy Council, an advisory council for the purpose of advising the Minister for Trade and Customs, and the State Minister for…

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Factory Payments. the Dairy Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 11

Attention was drawn at the conference of Dairy Factory Managers, to the matter of the basis of factory payments for butter, manufactured from…

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A Bitter Lesson. High-priced Farms. New Zealanders Strike Trouble

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1924 · page 9

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

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