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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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Removing the Butter Factory

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3

Mr. E. J. Lavis, of Williamtown, writes as follows:—Sir,—With interest I road your article, also Correspondents letter re the removal…

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Butter Market. Question of Stabilisation. Mr.chaffey's Advice

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Chaffey (Minister Fr Agri­culture), in reply to the members for Byron, who made representa­tions on behalf of the…

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The Need for Wool. Consumers' Requirements Unsatisfied

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 23rd December:— At closing December wool sales some irregularity was at times…

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High Grade Dairy Utensils

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The wide range of dairy utensils supplied by us is not equalled by any other firm. There is nothing we cannot supply and the quality is always the best…

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Farmer's Death. Evidence by Children. Wife Committed for Trial. Adelaide

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 1

On Saturday last Leonard Lionel Cleggett, a farmer near Bordertown, was shot by his wife, Muriel Cleggett…

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Big Output of Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 2

The output of butter at Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co.'s factory for December was 235 tons, as against 55 tons for the corresponding…

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Butter Prices. the New System

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 3

The butter advisory committee has adopted the two price system. The price for choicest remains at 144/3 per cwt., and the new price is 140s…

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Anthrax. Loss of Sheep at Cootamundra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 7

Anthrax is officially reported among sheep on a block of land three miles from Cootamundra. Out of a Hock of 400, so far 60 have died…

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Wheat Market. Bran in Demanded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

The local wheat, market responded to overseas firmness yesterday. Traders acquired wheat very freely in the country at round about 5/11…

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Dairying Industry. Retrospect and Prospect. Record Production Probable

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 6

A brief review of the past year's work in the dairying industry of New South Wales was made yesterday by the State dairy expert (Mr. L. T…

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Miscellaneous. a Farmer's Challenge. Plea for Farm Women

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 9

"The man on the land may make a periodical valuation of his live stock und dead to determine his finuncial position. He will write off…

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Dairying. Selecting a Dairy Cow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 9

In a commercial sense the dairy cow is a machine for the production of milk and butter-fat and the reproduction of other machines of her kind…

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Agricultural. Wimmersa Farming Methods an Agriculturist's Impression

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 9

The majority of the land found in the Wimmera district in Victoria consists of a heavy bluest clay; indeed, this is the typical first-class black…

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Butter Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

The output of butter from Single ton Central Co-operative Dairy Co's factory for December was 235 tons, as against 55 tons for the…

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Butter Markets. Production Still Heavy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 6

In their weekly survey of the butter markets, Prescott, Ltd., State:— Sydney: The local market is unaltered at 144/8 a cwt. for choicest…

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Butter Production

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

During the 1922-23 season the butter production of dairy cows in this State averaged 120 pounds per head. At present the production is at the rate…

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Good Times. Farmers Paying Off Mortgages. Great Wheat Yield

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

"I am convinced," said the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Chaffey), "that the estimated wheat yield of 50,000.000 bushels for New South…

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Wool Prospects for 1925

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: 1925 opens with encouraging augury both as regards wool and wheat, but conjoint financing of…

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Wheat Harvest. Loadings at Country Stations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 7

For the week ended December 27 the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 430,587 bags, making a total of 1,877,355…

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