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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 125

Fat Cattle Anticipating the Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 10

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. writes under date 28th. April:— While it is always a matter of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 8

These notes are issued every week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the…

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The Drop in Wool. Trade Vicissitudes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Signs, of strength in the wool market have certainly departed recently. Every class of staple has been…

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Man's New Butter Factory a Model for Others to Follow a Visitor's Impressions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Sweney, manager of the Inverell butter and bacon factory who. has toured New South Wales and Queensland for the purpose of…

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T. B. and Dairy Herds

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 4

The following motion was carried by the committee of the Singleton Agricultural Association:—"That this association enter a strong protest to…

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High Grade Dairy Utensils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 3
Also in Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser

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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Dairying. Cleansing of Milking Machines. an Improved Method

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 8

An article in the New Zealand "Journal of Agriculture" advocates a method of cleansing milking machines which does away with the…

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Wireless on the Farm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 12

The irony of circumstances obtrudes itself even into one's pleasures. A country farmer living in a Canterbury (N.Z.) district has a…

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Fat Cattle Anticipating the Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

Tho Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes under date, 281 h April:— While it is always a matter of…

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Butter Price. Another Increase on

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

The advisory committee on butter prices has decided to increase the Sydney wholesale rate by ½d per lb. to 154/ per cwt. The revised price…

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Wheat Payments. Counsel's Unfavourable Opinion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 11

Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C., vice-president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in addressing the Progressive conference regarding the…

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Butter and Cheese. Queensland Agrees to Bounty

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 7

A scheme to make such levies on all butter and cheese produced within the Commonwealth, as may be necessary to pay a bounty of not less…

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Wheat Market. Bran and Pollard Very Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

There was no business in wheat in Sydney on Friday. Owing to the dry weather, farmers were not disposed to sell, and, on the other hand, no…

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Dairying. Fodder Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 6

It is universally admitted that to obtain the best results from daily cattle careful consideration must be given to the feeding. Good pastures,…

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Wool Trade World Supplies. 'Half a World Clip Has Disappeared.' LONDON, April 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 12

Sir Arthur Goldfinch, a managing director of Bawra, Ltd., has made a revised estimate of the world's stocks of raw wool…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 7

Wheaten chaff averaged to £7/10/ and lucerne hay to £9 per ton at the Alexandria market. Otherwise forage rates were unchanged. No oaten hay…

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Dairying. Cleaning Milking Machines. an Improved Method

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 9

An article in the New Zealand "Journal of Agriculture" advocates a method of cleansing milking machines which does away with the scrapers and…

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Gloucester Show. Splendid Single Farm Exhibit

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 7

Gloucester Show was held on 22nd and 23rd ult. in pleasant weather. The attendance for the first day was much better than last year,…

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Value of Quail. Feed Mainly on Noxious Seeds and Insects. Farmers Supported

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 6

An investigation into the food of the stubble quail, which has been conducted by the staff of the Australian Museum, has conclusively…

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