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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 125

Homebush Stock Sales. Prime Sheep Firm: Cattle Weaker. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report.—Cattle. 3300 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. The market opened cheaper, Good to Prime…

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A Sharp Advance. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 7

Advances in oversea wheat market stimulated local inquiry yesterday. Price limits were raised to 6/7 per bushel, equivalent to 6/ at country…

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Newcastle Show the Second Day. Cattle Championships. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

The weather for the second day of Newcastle Show yesterday was all that could be desired, and there was a large attendance, although the…

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Amalgamation. Berrima and Coastal Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

Consideration of the proposed agreement for the amalgamation of the company with the Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society was given at a…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 7

There was a lighter yarding at the Alexandria market yesterday, and business was fairly quiet. Lucerne chaff advanced to £6/15/, and a consignment…

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Pastoral Worms in Sheep. Importance of Early Drenchings

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 5

In a wet season some mortality among sheep from worm infestation may always be expected unless sheep-owners take proper…

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Dairy Cattle at the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

For many years the South Coast was considered to be alone amongst provincial centres for the shows of dairy cattle. In recent years,…

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Butter Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

Prescotts Ltd. report:—Sydney.—The market remained unchanged this week at 134/8d per cwt for choicest quality plus boxes 1/3 each. From…

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The Cattle Industry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 1

The Brisbane correspondent of the Melbourne "Age" writes: It is stated that over 50,000 head of fat cattle have been bought by the meat…

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Butter Export. Heavy Shipments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

The Customs Department stated that for the week ended February 21 Victoria exported 8709 boxes of butter to the United Kingdom, and…

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Wool Prospects. Future Demand

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 26th February:—Wool trade thought is centred on the values likely to be experienced…

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Wheat Market. Prices Hold Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 6

Prices held firmly in local wheat markets. For farmers' lots 6/7, the equivalent of 6/ per bushel at country stations, continued to be offered…

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A Sharp Advance. Sydney Wheat Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 7

Advances in oversea wheat markets stimulated local inquiry on Wednesday. Price limits were raised to 6s 7d per bushel, equivalent…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 6

These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 5

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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Electricity and Farms a Bubal Opinion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 1

Mr. J. Carter, secretary Dartbroolc Agricultural Bureau, writes:— The electric light and power motion at our meeting is one that you…

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Kayuga News Grasshoppers cause decline in cream: production—Farmers want electric current—Suggestion for a railway deriatlon

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

Dry weather and grasshoppers have played havoc with the pastures and dairymen are now experiencing a bad time. Cream supplies have fallen…

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Dairy Produce Export

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

Senator Wilson, Minister for Markets stated that boards of directors of cooperative companies are entitled to elect nine members for the Board of Control…

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A Farmer's Fallacy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 5

There is a fallacy, almost never challenged, says Garet Garrett, in the "Saturday Evening Post," that whatever the farmer grows…

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Wine Industry Record Vintage Disposal of Grape Crop

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 7

Representatives of the grapegrowers, distillers, and buyers of fortified spirit and brandy, from New South Wales, Victoria, and South…

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