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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 125

Wheat Market. Diminished Inquiry for Flour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 3

Wheat was quiet and weak. There were no transactions in parcels; the pool asked 6/3, but others holders were said to have lower ideas of value…

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Wheat Area. Increase in West Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 2

Good rains have penetrated to all parts of the agricultural areas in West Australia. It is thought that the area placed under crop this year will be…

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Wheat Silos. Capacity to Be Increased. Heavy Expenditure. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 5

It is understood that the State Cabinet has adopted the proposal of the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, for increasing the capacity of penditure of not much under £400,000. At present there are 61 country stations, with a capacity at one…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 2

No fresh consignments of lucerne hay or chaff were received at the Alexandria market. Some inferior stuff was carried over from Monday's sales…

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The Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 4

The continuous showery weather has considerably retarded cultivation in the Hunter district. The farmers are striking trouble also…

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Wool Scheme. Defended by Dominion Owners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 2

Messrs W.H. Nicholson and B.E.F. Tripp, two New Zealand sheep breeders, are at present in Sydney. Reference to the wool scheme they…

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Sheep Show. Fewer Exhibits But Better Quality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 5

The annual sheep show was opened to-day at the Agricultural Society's Ground, Moore Park. Every class and breed of sheep was well represented…

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State Wheat Silos Proposal to Increase Capacity. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 2

It. is understood that Cabinet has adopted the proposal of the Minister for Agriculture Hon. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., for increasing the capacity of…

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Dreadnought Boys. Scheyville Training Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 6

Mr. J.M. Baddeley, Minister for Labour and Industry, accompanied by Mr. M'Kell, Minister for Justice, paid a visit to the training farm at…

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The Farmers. Mr. Dunn's Sympathy. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, speaking at Dubbo, said he had at all times tried to de he could to lighten the burden of the…

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Body Found. at Farm Cove. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 5

The body of an unknown man was found in the water at Farm Cove this morning. There was a sash on the throat and marks on…

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Butter Factory Managers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 4

The butter factory managers of this, State, who last week concluded a conference of four days' sitting in Sydney, dealt with many questions…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 6

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 Wool Scheme. a Want of Tangibility

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carton. Ltd., report 25th June:— The awaited scheme for the stabilisation of wool values, conceived…

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Wheat Market. Chicago Quotations. New York, July 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

Chicago wheat options are July, 143 5-8 cents; September, 140 cents.; December, 141 [?] cents…

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For the Dairy Farmer. Condition of Dairying. Views of Practical Men

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 6

Mr A. W. Wilson (Gippsland and Northern Co-op. Co., Ltd.). in proposing '!The Dairying industry," at the Melbourne conference of factory…

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World's Biggest Farm ABOUT 50,000 Acres Cropped Each Year! Machinery Does All the Work

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 7

The largest wheat farm in the world is said to be that belonging to Mr. Thomas W. Campbell, in Montana. Me started in 1918 by…

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Wool Challenged. Formidable Rival. Artificial Silk on the Increase

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 4

A district friend sends us an article, by "Warp," appearing in the "Sydney Mail" of 3rd ult., and issued by the authority of the…

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High Grade Dairy Utensils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

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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Danish Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 6

At the conference of the Butter and Cheese Factory Managers' and Secretaries' Association, in Melbourne, the export superintendent (Mr. K…

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