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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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Heavily Laden Wheat Trains Activity at Bathurst

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

So great is the traffic passing through the Bathurst railway depot that a hundred casual hands have been engaged. For weeks past heavily laden wheat…

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Wool Industry. Visit to Australia. London, Jan. 5

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

Sir Wm. Priestly and Mr. J. C. Hodgson are passenger on the Mooltan on a visit to Australian on behalf of Bradford and are arranging…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

A slightly easier tone, due to continued full yarding, was manifest at Alexandria market yesterday. Rates for private treaty remained firm…

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Dairying Industry. Retrospect and Prospect. Record Production Probable

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

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

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Coastal Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

Inquiry foe prime cattle was well maintained at Homebush on Monday. Biddings for other graded were weaker. Mr. T. L. Higgins, Gloucester,…

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Butter Markets. Fall in London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 7

The predicted fall in the London butter market has materialised. Cable advices received by Sussex-street merchants were to the effect…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

The easiness evident for some time at Alexadria market had its result in reduced rates yesterday. In addition, little choice was yarded. Oaten chaff…

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East Maitland Revenue New Rate Struck. the Farmers Case Again

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

At last evening's meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council, the rate for the year 1925 was struck. The question was debated at some length…

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Dairying Industry. Striking Statistics. What They Indicate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

In our Singleton letter of Monday appears the following item of information :—"The output of butter from Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co's factory for December was 235 tons, as against 55 tons for the corresponding month of 1923."…

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Fat Cattle Homebush Market

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports under date 5th January:— We are pleased to report that prime…

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Siberian Butter. Competition with Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 6

The question of competition which the Australian butter trade is faced with in the English market by the growth of Siberian exports frequently…

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Butter Export. Large Quantities Examined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 6

During the week ended January 3 the Commonwealth graders examined a total a 30,367 boxes of butter at Sydney and Newcastle for export. The…

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Pastoral. Sheep at Trangie. the Experiment Farm Stud

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 3

When, eight years ago, a stud flock of merino sheep was established by the Department of Agriculture at Trangle Experiment Farm…

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London Butter Market Weak

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 3

A downward movement in the London butter market set in immediately business was resumed after the holidays, and it seems likely to continue, for the…

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Fat Cattle. Homebush Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., reports under date 5th January:— We are pleased to report that…

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Strength of Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 3

It is not intended to produce a wool of exceptional fineness. On the contrary, the stronger and more robust class of wool of lengthy…

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Wheat Unaltered. Quotation in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

The quotation for farmers' lots was unaltered at 6/6, ex trucks Sydney, equal to 5/11 per bushel to growers, delivered at country…

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New Butter Record. Jersey's Nine Months Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

A new nine months' Jersey, butter fat record for the British Empire has been established by Mr. J. Hutchinson's Babs of Somerville, Vic., the…

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Wool Position Sound. Future Values

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 8th January:— Though, confident that wool values will rule in January on highly…

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