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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 126

Motor Tax. Farmers Desire Amendment. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 5

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference to-day discussed the question whether the tax on motor cars should be based on the weight instead of the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Settlers. "Little Better Than Serfs." (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 2

That settlers on the Murrumbidgoo irrigation area are little better than serfs, and that the scheme is doomed to failure under present management,…

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German Farmers Ready to Come to Australia

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 4

An officer of (the German freighter Westfalen, which has arrived at Sydney from Hamburg, said that if they were permitted, German fanners would…

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Rush for Farms Northern Land Hunger

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 8

A total of 329 applications were lodged for four blocks ranging from 2250 acres to 2700 acres, known as Keera blocks, situated 20 miles from…

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Butter in Cold Storage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 4

In reply to a question by Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., in the Assembly, "In view of the quantities of butter being imported from other States into…

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Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 4

The thirty-fifth half-yearly, meeting of shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., will be held at the Company's…

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Butter Blending. Queenslander's View. London, Aug. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 5

Interviewed by the Australian Press Association regarding the blending of Australian butter. Mr. Joyce said that apparently between…

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Record Claimed. Bulk Loading of Wheat. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 5

Between 8.30 a.m. yesterday and 4.50 p.m 5300 tons of bulk wheat were poured into the holds of the steamer Dagfred, which leaves…

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Wool and Money the Price of Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Inquiry for wool privately in Sydney has been a little quiter during the past week, but that fact cannot be…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and, M. A. Co., Ltd., report 13111 August: The chief topic of interest during the past week has been the declaration…

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Wheat Loading Record

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 7

The records of the Sydney terminal elevator show some instances of fast loading of vessels, but these were all exceeded on the 8th inst., when the…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 5

Schute Bell and Co., Ltd., report 7th August: Rather more activity has been noticeable in wool circles this week, but enquiry has been…

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Pastoral. Fat Lamb Raising. What Departmental Experiments have Proved

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 6

For a number of years the Department of Agriculture has been demonstrating at different experiment farms in the wheat belt what a profitable…

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Wheat Pool. State Guarantee. Cabinet Approves

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 2

The request from farming interests for the provision of a guarantee for the forthcoming wheat harvest was considered at a special…

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Butter Prices. the London Market. London. Aug. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 5

Tooley-street read with astonishment a cabled report of Dr. Earle Page's speech to the Farmers and Settlers' Conference in Sydney, in which he is…

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Agricultural and pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experience of the Department. AGRICULTURAL…

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For Clean Sheep. The Advantage of Co-operative Dipping

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 6

With the shearing season at band, attention may be drawn to the value of dipping cheep within a reasonable time off shears. Though the operation can…

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Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. a Record Year

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 4

The seventh annual meeting of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company was held in the Railway Institute, Sydney, on the 11th. instant,…

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The Dairying Industry Mr. Gardner's Address

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 1

Mr. S. L. Gardner, M.H.R., followed an address delivered by the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives with the following remarks:—…

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To Reduce Operating Costs. More Points About Farm Planning

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 6

The lay-out of a farm, as pointed out in those: notes last week, has a very definite relation to the cost of production. A, number of factors must be…

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