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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 126

Farmers' Markets. Sussex-street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

To-day's quotations in Sussex-street were Butter, 186/8: eggs, new laid, 1/6, rails and rivers 1/3; honey 3d to 6½d; beeswax, 1/6 to 1/8; cheese, local,…

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Money in Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Super fleece wools have of late come into their own in decided fashion. For a time this season they were…

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Gloucester Police Court. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 5

At Gloucester Police Court on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, before Mr. F. W. Potts, P.M., the case of police v. A. Hamburger, was…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing. a Remarkable Case

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 7
Also in The Scone Advocate

At the Bathurst Police Court on Monday, Arthur Henry Casey, a well-known cattle-dealer, was charged with having stolen 74 head of cattle,…

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Cattle Die. Anthrax at Nyngan. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 5

An outbreak of anthrax occurred among 700 head of cattle at Niall Brothers' Buckngay station, Nyngan. Nineteen deaths have already taken…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Another Record

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers report on Tuesday:—The market was excited, and values ruled at the highest point of the season for all good wools,…

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Season's Record. at Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 7

American operators established a fresh season's record for the Sydney market for merino wool on Thursday, paying up to 41d for a five-bale parcel…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

Those notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorable the Minister for Agricultures and are based mainly on the…

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Aberdeen News (From our Correspondent). ABERDEEN, Wednesday. Butter Stabilisation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 8

Experience has taught us that any scheme for the stabilisation of butter prices must be of a comprehensive and Federal character…

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Albury Wool Mill Selling Agreement. Albury

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 8

Several hundred shareholders in the Amalgamated Textiles of Australia, Ltd., met the directors of the company at the Town Hall on…

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Still Progressing Muswellbrook Butter Factory. Ice Section to Be Enlarged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 5

The Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Coy. has had a very trying time since it was established as far as weather conditions have ben…

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Tobacco Crops. Affected by Blue Mould

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 6

Much trouble has been caused to to-bacco growers on the Upper Murray by the recent cold snap, Blue mould has also attacked many crops. This is a…

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Poor Grape Crop

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 7

The grape crop this season trill be very poor all round. The rain came too late to fill the berries out, and with some growers the season…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 12

Pitt, Son and Badgery report: The anticipations expressed concerning the prospects of wool values at the opening sales of the new year were fully…

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Sheep Die. From Castric Paralysis

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 14

A mob of 2200 owes in Splendid condition was untrucked at Narrabri a few nights ago, on their way back to Mascotte station. After being driven…

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Wheat Pool. Final Payments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 5

The Voluntary Wheat Pool Committee announces that the final payment in the 1922-23 voluntary pool will be available to growers on Wednesday…

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Wool Sales. High Prices in New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 6

The Wellington wool sales commenced on Tuesday. When sensational prices were realised. In some cases buyers appeared to have no limits…

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Turnips As a Catch Crop. a Suggestion for the Mixed Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 9

The cheapness of the seed, and the ease with which a crop of Swedes can be grown in the tableland areas, offer considerable…

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Country Milk. the Farmers' Price

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 16

The price of milk to the farmer for the city trade was discussed on Monday at a meeting of the council of the Milk Suppliers Association in…

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