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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of the Raymond Terrace Co-operative. Dairy and Produce Company, Limited, will be held at the…

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Farmer Fined. for Flogging a Boy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

At the Children's Court at Bunbury, (W.A.), Mr. M. J. Brookman, well-known farmer, was charged with ill-treating a boy, aged 15, taken…

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Butter Cheaper

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Yesterday the wholesale price of the best butter was reduced by 1d a 1b. This is brought about by the splendid production which is being…

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Local & General News Butter Cheaper

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Yesterday the wholesale price of the best butter was reduced by 1d a lb. This is brought about by the splendid production which is being experienced…

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Wool Sales. Supers Lower

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 3

Considerable interest was manifested in the opening of the second half of the wool-selling season in Sydney on Monday. The sale-room…

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Wheat Harvest Second Highest in State's History

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

The Government Statistician (Mr H. A. Smith) has estimated the yield of wheat for the present season at 60,- 832,000 bushels, and the average at 17.4…

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Wheat Harvest. Estimated Yield. 45 Million Bushels for Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

The Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) esitmates the current wheat harvest at slightly under 61 million bushels. Mr. Smith has now…

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Wheat Harvest. 60,832,000 Bushels. Second Highest in State's History

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 3

The Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) has estimated the yield of wheat for the present season at 60,832,000 bushels, and the average…

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Farmers Cruelty. Flogs Child with Rubber Hose. Heavy Fine Imposed. Perth

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 6

Maitland James Brockman, a well-known farmer, of Bunbury, and a member of one of West Australia's oldest pioneer families, was fined £20…

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Governor's Advice. to Farmers., "Conserve Fodder."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

At the Albion Park Horticultural and Agricultural Society's Show, the Governor referring to bad times in the past, said that these periods of…

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Maize Crops. Heavy Yields on North Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Reporting on the conditions and prospects on the North Coast, Mr. W. R. Watkins, agricultural instructor, states that the maize crops look…

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Flogging a Boy. Farmer Fined. Western Australian Case. Perth

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

At the Children's court, at Banbury, Mr. M. J. Brookman, a wellknown farmer, was charged with ill-treating a boy, aged 15 taken on…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

The following applications connected with funning and pastoral industries have been accepted at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Cruelty to a Child Farmer Heavily Fined

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

Maitland James Brockman, a wellknown farmer, of Bunbury, and a membor of one of West Australia's oldest pioneer families, was fined &20…

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Handling Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 7

Mr. A. K. Trethowen, M.L.C., managing director of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, insurance, and Agency, Co., Ltd.,…

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Fat Sheep and Cattle Sydney Values

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co., writes:— Sheep continue to bring exceptional prices. Last week wo sold 3076,…

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Railway Smash Wheat and Stock Trains Delayed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

The breaking of an axle of a truck caused a sensational railway smash on the main western line, there miles east of Rydal on Tuesday morning…

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Food Prices. Wheat Marketing. London, Jan, 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Commission on Food Prices, Mr. Hobley, principal wheat buyer for the Co-operative Wholesale Society,…

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Fodder, Crops, and Silos

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

"Whether we like it or not," said Mr R. E. Alcorn, a well-known Northern River farmer recently, "the farmers on the North Coast will sooner or later be…

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Fat Sheep & Cattle. Sydney Values

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes: Sheep continue to bring exceptional prices. Last week we sold…

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