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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 125

Rise in Butter

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

The wholesale price of butter was advanced 1d a lb as from yesterday. The Butter Advisory Committee, in making the announcement, issues the following…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

The thirty-eighth half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above was held in the Memorial Town Hall on Saturday last. Present: Messrs…

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Wool Prospects. Future Demand

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Wool trade thought is centred on the values likely to be experienced when auctions re-open in March. Of late a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 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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Dairying with Electricity

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Adams, who is milking about 120 cows on the old Gloucester Estate Homestead farm, has taken advantage of his proximity to…

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Still Firm. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 3

Shippers were paying an unchanged 6/9 per bushel for farmers' lots of wheat yesterday, and holder's sold more freely. Only small parcels,…

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Vicious Bull. Dairy Farmer Attacked

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

During milking operations, James Reeves, dairy farmer, of Green-meadows, near Kyogle, was attacked by a young Jersey bull…

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Gored by Bull. Farmer and Son Attacked. One Succumbs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 3

A tragic occurrence is reported from Nelson (N.Z.), a farmer's son being gored to death by a neighbor's bull while the farmer himself also…

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Dried Fruits. and Dairy Produce

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 3

The Dried Fruit Exports Control Board met and appointed Mr. W. C. F. Thomas, representative of the Commonwealth Government, as chairman. Mr. E. J. Mulany, of the…

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Farm Gates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

Gates in all stages of untidiness and decay often bring reproach on farmers, while gates in good condition speak of a careful farmer. In…

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Tractors and Modern Farming. Australian Experience

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

There is very divided opinion about the advantage of the use of tractors in farming in Australia duo to the very varied conditions in different places. In some places their use is of far greater advantage than in others…

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Wheat Shipment. Newcastle Wants Silos

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 6

Mr. M. C. Reid, president of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce referred to the question of shipping wheat at Newcastle…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep Dearer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report Thirty-five hundred cattle yarded the [?] medium quality. The market opened practically unaltered. Good…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

The yarding was very light, even for mid-week, at the Alexandria market, yesterday. Only moderate interest was exhibited by the buyers, and…

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Shipping Strike. Farmers' Losses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

The following may be taken as a typical instance of losses, running in the aggregate into thousands of pounds suffered by Australian farmers through the recent shipping strike. A shipment of hams and bacons from a farmers' co-operative concern…

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Bulk Handling. Victorian Farmers Interested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 5

Victorian farmers are vastly interested in the arrangements for the bulk handling of wheat in New South Wales and a board has been…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

At the half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., which was held last week, the report stated:—It is satisfactory to note that…

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Fat Cattle. Envious Sale Records

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. writes:— Since tho old-established Weaver and, Perry business was taken over…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 6

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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