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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 125

Wheat Silos. Bulk Handling Results

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 9

In a report by the Minister for Agriculture to the Premier on the bulk handling of wheat and the use made of the silos, it is shown that the quantity…

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Trouble Averted. Wheat Silo Wages

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 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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Southern Wheat. Below Queensland Price

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

A consignment of 800 tons of New South Wales wheat has arrived in Brisbane. Mr. R. J. Archibald, managing…

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Wool Clip. Arrivals in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 3

Arrivals of wool by rail and sea during the week ended on Friday amounted to 377 bales brining the total so far season to 814,707…

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Agriculture. Sowing of Wheat. Timely Reminders

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 16

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 3

The Sydney Show opened Monday, 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 2

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. Hens on the Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 16

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

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Dairy Control. Result of Board Election

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 8

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 8

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

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Poultry. Retaining Hens on the Farm. the Question of Time

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

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

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Wheat Diseases. State's Heavy Losses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 8

Between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 bushels of wheat were lost in New South Wales during the past season through the action of plant diseases,…

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Shipping of Wheat. Facilities at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 6

Mr. Cromarty, M.L.A., has received a letter from Mr. Chaffey, Minister for Agriculture, stating that he is giving consideration to his…

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Victorian Politics. Farmers in Arms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 2

The central council of the Victorian Farmers' Union has resolved that nominations be called fol all Federal country seats held by the…

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Shade Trees. for Farm Homes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 8

The curator of the Botanic Gardens and president of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales (Mr. E. M. Ward) delivered a lecture…

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A Neglected Study. the Social Side of Farm Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 4

"Whenever we have visitors from town they almost invariably remark how quiet and dull it is, and I sometimes wonder if they are not quite…

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Milan Exhibition. South African Wool London, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 5

The International Exhibition at Milan has been opened. Britain Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, and Russia…

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Social Side of Farm Life. a Neglected Study

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 4

The report, which we reproduced in our issue of Easter Monday on the above subject is worthy of much more sympathetic notice than it is likely to receive from the majority of our farmers. It is gratifying to find that the Miztazie Branch of the South…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 4

A meeting of shareholders and suppliers of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., will be held in the board-room, Morpeth, on…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 4

The Australian, Mercantile, Lnad and Finance Co., Ltd., reports:— The wool trade lias assumed a holiday aspcct in Sydney. Since the…

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