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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 125

Outback Women. Better Farming Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 11

Nine times out of ten when the Better Farming Train is mentioned in the course of general conversation in Melbourne someone says,…

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Warwick Farm Races What the Tipsters Fancy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

The opening meeting on the new course at Warwick Farm will be held to-day. THE "ARGUS" SELECTS:…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep Lower Good Cattle Unchanged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report: Cattle.—3400 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. The market was cheaper. Good to prime beef…

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Warwick Farm Cup. Appeal to A.J.C. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

J.L. "Baron," owner of Prince Minimban has lodged an appeal to the A.J.C. Committee against stewards in awarding…

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Butter Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 1

All the butter factories in the Upper Hunter have entered for the butter competitions at the Royal Show as well as those organised by the…

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Export Butter. Merchants Fined

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Tho proceedings against Prescott's, Ltd., produce merchants, of 365-367 Sussex-street, city, were concluded before Mr. Giles Shaw…

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Dingo Menace. Soo Sheep Destroyed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Native dogs have been playing havoc with the sheep in the Yarrowitch portion of Armidale. The Pastures Protection Board…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

These notes are loaded every under the personal supervision of the [?]ble the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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Sydney Show. the Cattle. Awards . Success of Hunter River Breeders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 3

The Sydney Show opened yesterday, when Judging commenced. Hunter River breeders were successful in the cattle section, in which…

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Army of Mice. Attacking the Wheat Stacks. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 5

Mice are said to be attacking the wheat stacks on a 98 miles front between Teddy Waddy and Kullwin and on a front of 46 miles from…

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Poultry. Retaining Hens on the Farm the Question of Time

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

On a well-regulated farm, the disposal of aged and inferrer hens will have been going on gradually during the last two, and in some cases…

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Trouble Averted. Wheat Silo Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 4

The threatened trouble at the White Bay wheat silo terminal has been averted. Negotiations which were entered…

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Dairy Control. Result of Board Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 2

Mr. Bruce, Prime Minister, announced that the result of the election in connection with membership of the Dairy Control Board was as follows:…

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Farmers' Plots. Experiments on the Manning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 7

Mr. J. P. Mooney, of Dumaresq Island, read a highly interesting paper at the Third Annual Conference of North Coast branches of the…

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Singleton's Champion Butter Maker

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

The result of the butter makers' competition at Sydney show, box of 561b, no preservatives other than salt to be used, was as follow:—H. L., Perry…

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Tocal Cattle. High Price for Bull. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

Tocal Tewsbury, the first prize bull calf which Lady de Chair said was a sure prize winner on her recent visit to Tocal, was sold…

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High Grade Dairy Utensils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 7

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 always…

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Sugar Crop. a Huge Surplus. All to Be Harvested. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 6

In view of the phenomenal1y heavy crop of cane available for harvesting this year, and the difficulties involved in handling it, a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes (Issued by the Department of Agri culture.) the Sowing of Wheat. Timely Reminders for Growers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

As much depends upon the time when the wheat is sown as upon the variety is sown. As a general rule late-maturing…

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Butter Export. Heavy Shipments to London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 11

The Customs Department reported that during the week ended March 28 there were exported from the Commonwealth 49,768 boxes of…

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