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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 125

Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep Firm; Weaker Tone for Cattle. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Cattle: 3500 yarded, the bulk medium quality. The market opened unaltered for prime. Good to prime beef made…

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Trade Review Market for Stocks Brighter. Forthcoming Wool Sales. LONDON, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 5

The Stock Exchange is beginning to show some signs of recovery, and though business is still far from brisk, the gilt-edged market has…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 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…

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Butter Factory Managers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

The election of officers at the annual conference of the Butter Fiictory Managers' Association, rosulledPresident: Mr S. Stokes; Kempsey…

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Branx[?]on Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

The following nominations have been received for the office of directors of the Branx[?]on Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd:—B.H. Groves…

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Local & General News Eggs and Butter

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

Eggs were reduced yesterday in Sydney to 2/ per dozen wholesale. Owing to the decline in butter production, the wholesale price of choicest was…

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Manufacturing Uniform Butter. Amalgamation in Victoria

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

The "Sunny South" Co-operative Butter Manufacturers' Association consists of twenty factories, nine in South Gippsland and eleven in…

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Butter Competition Successes of Singleton Factory

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

The Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., achieved some notable successes at the butter competitions held at the recent dairy factory…

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London Wool Sales Awaited

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

The opening of the wool sales next Tuesday is awaited with intense interest, for users are looking to London for a reliable indication as to…

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Wool Values. Growers' Council. Grazier's Suggestion

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

Mr.F. B. S. Falkiner, referring to the proposals for the stabilisation of wool values, said, at the sheep show luncheon on Friday:—…

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Sane Democracy Just a Little Horse Sense for Everybody. Facts and 44 Hours. "All Cry and No Wool."

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

Mr Lang's Government is pledged to a return of the 44-hour week. This was one of the outstanding election cries of the Labor Party. It is,…

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Australian Dairy Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 5

The secretary of the Australian Dairy Council has informed Mr. T. Maclnnes, State Dairy Expert, that the recommendations made by the…

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Fight with mad Cow Amateur Toreador. Farmer's Ordeal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

A grini fight with a maddened cow was graphically described by Mr. W. F. Walsh, a farmer of the Macleay River, as he sat in the sunshine…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 1

The following applications for patents connected with farming and pastoral industries have been accepted at the Commonwealth Patent Office,…

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Stud Sheep. Sales in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 2

The top price at the sydney stud sheep sales on Tuesday was 100 guineas, paid for a Toombah stud Ca[?]nock ram, which well both first and…

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Sheep Industry. International Conference. London. July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 5

Forty-five oversen delegates attended to-day's international conference of sheepbreeders at Chester. The principal feature of the…

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Wheat in Bulk. Victorian Board's Recommendations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 6

The Victorian Parliamentary Board, appointed to inquire into the handling of grain in bulk, recommends the construction of elevators at 132 Victorian…

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Chicago Wheat. New York, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 5

The Chicago wheat quotation for July is [?] for september 145, and for December [?]…

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London Wool Sales. Keen Competition. London, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 5

The opening of the fourth series of the London wool sales for the season resulted, in an offering of 10,740 bales. Nearly all the catalogue was…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 2

The forage sp[?]tion of the Alexandria market saw brighter business at slightly rates. Better quality encouraged operators to invest more freely,…

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