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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 125

N.S.W. Urge Stook. 4,000,000 More Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

The Stock Branch, Department of Agriculture, has compiled from returns furnished by stock inspectors estimates of the number of live…

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N.S.W live Stock 4,000,000 More Sheep

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

The Stock Branch, Department of Agriculture, has compiled from returns furnished by stock inspectors estimates of the number of live…

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Farm Gates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

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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High-grade Dairy Utensils

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

The wide range of dairy utensils supplied by us is not equalled by any other firm. There is nothing we cannot supply and the quality is…

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Gored by Bull. Farmer and Son. One Dies From Injuries Wellington (N.Z.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

A tragic occurrence, is reported from: Nelson, a farmer's son being gored to death by a neighbour's bull, while the farmer himself also…

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Dairying. Ability in the Dairy Cow

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 6

Ability in the dairy cow is not merely her capacity for milk production. The cow may have capacity and yet lack ability to produce…

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Butter Export. Heavy Shipments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 9

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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Fat Cattle Envious Sale Records

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 8

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

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High Prices. Sale of Merino Sheep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 9

Remarkable prices were obtained for merino sheep at the dispersal sale of the Canowie (S.A.) stud flock. Canowie is the property of…

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Wheat Shipment. Newcastle Wants Silos

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 8

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

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Wheat Position. Steady Market in Syldney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

Wheat was unchanged yesterday. A price; of 6/8 per: bushel ox trucks Sydney, the equivalent of 6/1 at country stations, continued be of…

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Beating the Customs a Wheat Romance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

About £10,000 was saved to Auckland and Taranaki wheat importers on Saturday night, when wireless beat the Government…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting Successful Period

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., was held at Morpeth 27th ult., Mr. J. J. Pearse presiding…

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Wheat Supplies. No Reason to Fear Shortage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) stated that the Cabinet had considered replies from the States in regard to the supplies of wheat for…

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Farm Crops. Statistics for 1924

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 11

The Acting Government Statis-tielan (Mr. T, Waites) has issued the agricultural statistics for the year ended June 30, 1924. The total area…

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Vicious Bull. Dairy Farmer Attacked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

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

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Agricultural. Superphosphate for Wheat. Increased Use in the Central West

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

Interesting comments on the changing attitude of wheat-glowers to manure are made by the senior agricultural inst[?] or [?] central-western…

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Compulsory Pools. Farmers Interests Jeopardised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

In several quarters in Queensland, there have been moves in favour of an amendment of the Primary Products Pools Act, so as to reduce the 75 per…

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Ability in the Dairy Cow. What the Term Implies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 9

Ability in the dairy cow is not merely her capacity for milk production. The cow may have capacity and yet lack ability to Produce up too that capacity…

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Dairying. Methods of Renovation. Paspalum Pastures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 9

Attention was drawn in a recent report of the senior dairy instructor situated on the central North Coast to the growth of paspalum on many local…

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