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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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Butter Prices. Advances in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 3

In Melbourne the price of butter was advanced by 4s to 130s per cwt. This price to within 8d per cwt of the current Sydney prices…

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Without Change. the Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

Oversea the wheat markets, with the exception of Chacigo! showed improvement yesterday. Recently the quotation for farmers…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 2

With the exception of lucerne hay which was quoted at £6 per ton, prices showed little variation in the forage section of the Alexandria…

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Boy Wounded. Farm, Apprentice Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 6

Charles Victor Leonard King, aged 17, a Barwell boy farm apprentice, who arrived in Australia a few weeks ago, was charged at the Auburn…

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Dairying in South Africa. Some Startling Statements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

"The Farmers' Weekly." a journal of about 100 pages, published at Bloemfontein, which of itself testifies to the magnitude of the producing industries of South Africa, in its issue of December 24 last, has two letters which contain some startling statements to one accustomed to Australian…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep Unaltered—cattle 10/Lower. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report:— Cattle: 400 yarded, the bulk useful quality. The market opened 10 to 20 cheaper. Good to prime beef made…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 4

The usual half-yearly general meeting of shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-op. Butter (Factory, Ltd. will be held at the company's office,…

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Cattle Sale at Scene

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercastile Agency Company Ltd (Scone) report having held a very successful cattle sale on Friday last. Although there…

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Butter and Cheese. Australian. Exports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 6

For the week ended February 8,, said the Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Pratten) yesterday, 48,908 boxes of butter were exported from…

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Butter Production. Peak Not Yet Reached

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 7

Butter production continues to be very large, and it is evident that the peak has not been reached. During the week ending February 7 the…

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Wheat Lumpers. Threat to Cease Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 6

Between seventy and eighty wheat lumpers at the White Bay silos, Sydney, made a demand on the Silo Board, for increased wages. They…

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Further Decline. Wheat Market Again Eases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 2

With oversen markets showing a position decidedly easier the quotation for farmers lots in Sydney was lower by…

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Wool Sales. Super Lines in Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 3

The Sydney wool sales were continued, when 7947 bales were offered at auction, and 5700 sold, Private sale tolalled 1274. The selection…

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Farmers Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 2

A steady market, ruled in the forage section of the Alexandria, market yesterday. There was only a small quantity of choice yarded, which cleared at…

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A Nervous Breakdown Retired Farmer Commits Suicide

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 2

John Joseph Barnes, a retired farmer, of Wentworthville, left home during Monday. He had gone some little distance when his wife discovered a…

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Hunter Vallei Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 1

Fine wools from the Hunter Valleycommanded fairlsr brisk competition at last Monday's Sydney auctions. Winclicombe Carsnv's clearance…

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How Danish Butter is Buttressed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 3

Danish butter is now round 250./ per cwt., and speculation' in this article la rampant, and is encouraged by the preference shown for…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Prices Decline

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report I2tn' February We submitted an attractive catalogue on Wednesday last or 3949…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 5

These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the [?]rable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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The Fall in Wool. Its Effects and Causes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 10

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The wool market lias unquestionably not maintained the reputation for buoyancy it established earlier in the…

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