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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 125

Wool Sales Postponed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

At a conference between the Woolselling Brokers and the Woolgrowors' Council, in Melbourne, it was unanimously decided to suspend all…

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Wool Reports. Trade Fluctuations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:— The Bradford top market is pessimistic and unsettled. So runs a…

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The Paterson Scheme for Stabilisation of Butter Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 4

1. An export bounty of 3d per lb. on butter will ensure for every pound produced whether exported or sold within the Commonwealth a minimum…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

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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Wool Crisis Prices Fall in London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 1

There is a crisis in the wool trade. The boom prices have fallen in England and in Australia, and the position has reached such a stage that…

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The Wool Markets Future Anything But Bright

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 4

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co.. writes, 5th inst:— At oun sale on the 29th April we submitted a generally attractive…

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Wool Sales. Suspended Until July. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

The conference between the wool selling brokers and the Woolgrowers' connell in Melbourne, unanimously decided to suspend all sales till July…

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Wheat and Fat Lambs. the Winter Fodder Problem

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

The cultivation of fodder crops for the winter and spring, when natural pastures are usually at a standstill, has not received the…

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Wool Sale London Series. Demand Again Poor. LONDON. May 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 9500 bales were offered. There was a good selection, but the demand was again poor and withdrawals were large…

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Farm Wages Claim

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

A claim of £736, wages alleged to be due between July 6, 1916, and August 7, 1923, was made before Justice Ferguson and a jury at the Maitland Circuit Court…

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Wool Sales Suspended

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 6

The conference between the wool soiling brokers and the woolgrowers' council in Melbourne to-day unanimously decided to suspend all sales till July…

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Hawkesbury Jerseys High Butter Production

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 5

The report presented at Diploma flay at Hawkesbury College stated that the college Jersey herd had maintained its high reputation for butter fat…

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Pastoral. Top-dressing Pastures. Results of Departmental Experiments

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

Now that the values of sheep are higher than has been the case for many years, and as the production of high quality wool and early…

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Dearer Butter. Advance in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 6

Retail price of butter has been advanced halfpenny per pound to 1/8 for bills and 1/9 for prints. This followed a rise of 5/ per cwt in the wholesale…

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Australian Butter. Sale in England. London, May 4

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

At a meeting of the Hull Chamber of Commerce, to discuss plans of increasing direct shipments from Australia, Mr. H. Jarman, a…

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Butter Price. Another Advance on Monday. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 5

The Butler Price Fixing Advisory Committee announced that because of the substantial falling away in production and a stronger marketing…

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Australian Wool. United States Market. Manufacturers' Complaint

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 3

The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) has received from the Commissioner for Australia in the United States, Mr. J. A. M. Elder, a…

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The Wool Market Future Anything But Bright

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 5

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes, 5th inst: At our sale on the 29th April we submtted a generally attractive selection…

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Wool Trade. Depressing Report. London, May 3

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

The wool correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" says that conditions in the wool trade are critical, and that the past week was the worst…

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Wool Values. London Writers' Views. London. May 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 12

Commenting on the decline of wool values in Australia, and the suggestion to curtail the sale's, the wool expert of the "Economist" says that the…

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