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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 125

17-Year-old Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 2

Last week several lots of stale butter were washed up by the big sea at Tathra beach. They have no doubt come from the steamer…

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Cattle and Pig Sale

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. Fred Elvin, auctioneer, advertises a cattle and pig sale at O'Neill's yards on Wednesday…

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Branxton Butter Factory. the Building Remodelled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 6

The re-modelling of Branxton Co-op Dairy Co., Ltd., is complete and the factory now ranks one of the most modern in the State. In addition to…

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Still Slack. the Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 3

Wheat was again a very slack market in Sydney on Monday, Owing to the absence of trading in Europe shippers were unable to put out buying…

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Butter Factory Managers' Conference President's Address. Dairy Industry Bene Fits From Stabilisation Amalgamation of Factories Urged. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 1

The annual conference of the Cooperative Butter Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of New. South Wales was opened at the…

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Chicago Wheat Market New York, June 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 5

Chicago wheat quotations are as follow; July 153 5-8, September 152 3-8, December 154…

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Wheat Variety and Fertiliser Trial at Dartbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 1

The District Instructor of Agriculture, Mr. Mark Reynolds, reports that on the 9th and 10th June, a trial of wheat and fertiliser was sown on…

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New Wool Packs Samples in Sydney. Not Acceptable

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 2

Samples of the new style woolpacks submitted from Calcutta the outcome of complaints by Bradford have been received in Sydney…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, June 23. 1925. LOCAL & General Dairy Farmers Meet Drectors

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 2

A meeting of dairy farmers from Aberdeen met directors and officers from the Scone and Muswellbrook Dairy Companies at Aberdeen on…

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Broadcasting. Farmer's Service. His Evening's Programme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 6

6.30.—The chimes of 2F.C, 6.35.—The "Hello Man" talks to the children. 7.15.—Dalgety's market reports (wool; wheat, stock), fruit and…

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Prince of Wales. Visit to Potchefstroom. Welcomed by Farming Community. Capetown. June 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 5

Potchefstroom, the oldest town in the Transvaal, and the former capital, which was founded in 1830, most cordially welcomed the Prince of…

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Shade Trees for Farm Homes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 4

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

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Butter Grading. Co-ordination Desired

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 7

At the executive meeting of the Primary Producers' Union, in Sydney, the secretary in his report mentioned in regard to Federal and State butter…

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Wheat Quiet. Pollard in Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 3

Wheat was very quiet, Holders of parcels asked 6/3 per bushel, but buyers, who were uninterested, had ideas of value well under that figure…

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Wool Scheme. Sir John Higgins' Proposals. Need for Collective Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 11

Sir John Higgins submitted his proposals for the stabilisation of wool to a meeting of representatives of wool-growers and wool brokers in…

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The Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 4

Farmers throughout the Maitland district have had sufficient rain for present requirements and some are waiting for the weather to clear to…

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Dairying in the Argentine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 4

The opinion has frequently been expressed by visitors to the Argentine that this part of South America was making such rapid progress in the…

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Fat Cattle and Sheep

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd., writes under date 22nd inst.:— The market for fat cattle on…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 2

At a joint meeting of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council and the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia, held in…

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Butter Export. Need for Better Quality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 7

In a paper which he read before the conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers' and Secretaries Association, Mr. P.J…

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