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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,508 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 76 of 126

Commercial. Singleton Markets. Special Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 4

Grainger and Falkiner Ltd. report having held a special cattle, sale at the Shire yards on Friday last, 22nd inst., when 1532 head were yarded, and 1484…

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Climbing Sheep Will Scale 6Ft. Walls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 7

If you ask a townsman what sort of livestock would in his opinion, be most difficult to handle, he will probably Bay horses or cattle. But ask the farmer…

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Cattle Case Settled. HAMBURGER v. McRAE

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 5

At Gloucester Police Court on Friday, August Hamburger proceeded against Robert McRae, for the recovery of two badly bullocks, which…

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Wheat Pool. Queensland to Take Referendum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 3

Mr. Gillies, Minister for Agriculture (Q.), stated that it had been decided to held a referendum to determine whether they should continue the pool…

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Snug Dairy Farm

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 2

Attention is drawn to the sale of 100 acres, situate at Gouldsville, close to Singleton, account Mr Wm. Brady, being portion of the Mount Hope Estate…

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Australian Dairying. Conference Decisions. Mr. Meares' Review

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 4

On his return from the interstate dairying conference in Melbourne Mr C.E. D. Meares, general manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative…

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Wheat Pool. Proposed State Guarantee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 5

The proposal of a guarantee on behalf of the State for the forthcoming wheat harvest and also the question of the representation on the Voluntary…

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The Weather. Extensive Rains. Wheat Areas Benefit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 4

The storm resulting from the recent warm and sultry conditions was the of the most pronounced for many months…

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Where Farming Pays and Why. Facts About Denmark. Worthy of Consideration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 4

Here are three facts about Denmark quoted by the "Irish Statesman" which are worthy of more than passing attention:—(1) Denmark is the second richest country in the world, as her national wealth in proportion to her population in larger than that of…

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Wheat Pool. Question of Representation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 3

Mr. J. M'Mahon, vice-president of the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture, recently made a claim for the representation of the Chamber on…

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Incidence of Cancer Effect on Men and Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 2

Rain failed to damp the ardor of the visiting scientists at the Science Congress, which opened at Adelaide University on Tuesday…

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Denman's Butter Factory

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 4

The interesting report furnished by our Denman representative, and which appeared in our last issue, became somewhat mixed up in the…

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Hand-Feeding Sheep.. Experiments at Bathurst Farm

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 5

Sheep-feeding experiments are being carried out at the Bathurst, Experiment Farm with the primary abject of testing whether it is…

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Home-made or Dairy Butter. Method of Manufacture

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 6

Presuming the cream and a hand chum is available, let the cream ripen until it is sour, to the taste, then put it in the churn at a temperature of, say,…

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Sheep Killed for Skins

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 5

A number of lambing ewes, belonging to Messrs. Martin and McGlynn, and running on a farm near the Alectown west railway siding, on the…

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Continues Dull. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 6

The wheat market in Sydney continue dull. Holders of bagged wheat asked 6/ yesterday, but buyers' ideas were /2 or /3 below that figure…

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Wool Season. Arrivals in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 2

Arrivals of wool in Sydney by rail and sea during the week ended on Thursday amounted to 27,634 bales, bringing the total so far this season…

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Butter Sectional Committee MR. J. M. Campbell Elected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 1

"The ballot for representatives for the butter factories sectional committee Primary Producers' Union, closed on Monday last, In the ballot…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 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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Wool Profits. Payment to British Government. Mr. Bruce Explains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 6

The Estimates were further considered in committee in the House of Representatives. Mr. Seullin (Vic.) moved the…

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