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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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Wheat Easier. London Buyers Standing Off

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 6

With buyers in London standing right off, the Sydney wheat market was easier yesterday, neither buyers nor sellers showing much desire to…

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Wool Sales. Suspension Until March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 7

In an endeavour to restore confidence amongst users of wool in England, America, and the Continent, the Sydney centre of the National Council…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep Lower: Cattle Dearer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Cattle: 3200 yarded, the bulk [?] to useful quality, Light sorts were better. Good to prime beef [?]…

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Wool From Ravensworth

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

Mr Edward Dries's Owensfield wool clip, from Ravensworth, was among the offerings at Winchcombo Carson's Sydney auction last Monday. The fieece…

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Race Club's Sheep Unique Profit Scheme

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 3

The Goulburn Racing Club has discovered, that there are other ways of making profits than the holding of race fixtures. At a meeting of the…

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Pure-bred Cows. Milk and Butter Tests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 6

The dairy branch of the Department Agriculture has issued the list of pure bred cows whose tests of milk and butter fat yields were…

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Wool Sales. Faulty Lots Irregular

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 3

A good selection of wools was offered at the Sydney wool sales yesterday, when 7854 bales were submitted at auction, and 5891 sold,…

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Export of Sheep Skins Imposition of Embargo Requested. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

Representatives of the fellmongering industry to-day made a request to the Tariff Board that an embargo be imposed on the exportation of sheep skins,…

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Attacked by a Bull Farmer Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

When removing dairy, cows from a paddock in which a bull was running, on his dairy farm at Ourimbah, Mr Walter W. Brooker, a dairy farmer,…

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Butter Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 2

Messrs Preseott Ltd., report:—Sydney.—The market is unchanged at 130/8 per cwt. for choicest quality, plus boxes 1/6 each. Conditions in the…

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Reduced Wool Offerings

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 6

Winchombe Carson Ltd. report:— The decision of the National Wool Council to reduce wool offerings in Australia by 50 per cent, from 23rd,…

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Marketing of Butter Mr. Meares' Address

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Co., Limited, on Saturday last, Mr. C. E. D. Meares…

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Damaged Wheat. Over Million Bushels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 6

It is estimated that over a million bushels of damaged or "shot" wheat was garnered during the recent harvest…

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The Butter Trade. a Survey From London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 5

From, the weekly report issued by the Overseas Farmers' Co-operative Federation, Ltd., dated 6th January, 1925, the following…

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Wool Sales. the Sydney Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 6

The tenth series of wool sales concluded in Sydney on Thursday. There were 7645 bales offered at auction and 5293 sold. Private sales totalled 798…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sales Deferred

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report: On Tuesday we submitted a catalogue of 3603 bales, which embraced many useful and attractive…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 3

These notes are issued every week, by direction of the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of…

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Australian Butter. Kangaroo Brand Has Stabilised Prices. London, February 13

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 8

A highly satisfactory state of Affairs as regards the sale of Australian butter in England is disclosed by Mr. Robert McWhinney…

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Fall in Wool. Loss to Producers. Revised Estimates

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 1

The decision of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers to suspend wool sales till March was the chief theme of conversation in…

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This Reduced Wool Offerings. Stability in Rates Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— No sales will be held in Australia for two weeks. That fact is due to the decision of the National Wool…

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