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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 125

Flour Dull. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 7

Breadstuffs were quiet in Sydney. Farmers sold wheat freely for the equivalent of 4/10 per bushel at country stations. Millers, continuing…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

A wool catalogue of 10,268 bales was offered to-day. The bulk was sold. It was a good selection, and met with spirited competition. Merino…

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London Wool Sales Good Competition. (Australian Press Association.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 2

The wool sales opened firm at an increase of 5 per cent. 10,740 bales were offered, and nearly all were sold. There was a large attendance. Good…

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The World's Wool Higgins' Scheme Condemned. Some English Views. LONDON, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

Mr. Andrew Williamson, presiding at a meeting of the Australian Estates and Mortgage Company, said that, just as the high wool prices of…

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Branxton Co-operative Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 4

The seventh annual general meeting of shareholders of the Branxton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., will be held in the School of Arts Hall…

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Local & General News Branxton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 2

It is notified by advertisement in this issue that the annual general meeting of shareholders of the above company will be held on Saturday, July…

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State Farming Experiments Address by Mr Frank Kent

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 4

Mr Frank Kent, an old Whittingham boy, who won the Bursary offered by the N. A. Association, which entitled him to a three years' course at the…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 7

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report: Much interest was attached to the opening of the July series of sales in the London market…

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Cattle Stealing Charge Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 4

At the Gresford Police court yesterday, before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., Essex Eveleigh was charged with stealing a heifer, the property of…

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London Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Competition showed excellent tone at the opening London wool sates. Buyers were in record attendance…

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Wool Draft Allowance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 4

The wool scheme, suggested by Sir John M. Higgins, is like the B.A.W.R.A. organisation that he so ably directed during the war period,…

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Butter. Increased Popularity. Kangaroo Brand

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 9

While Australian butter is going to the English market under one brand, known as Kangaroo, it is being handicapped by the fact that there…

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Stud Sheep. Sales in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 4

The stud sheep sales in Sydney on Thursday totalled about £12,025, of which £10,045 was for 456 merinos (an average of about £7/5/). The aggregate…

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Butter. Increased Kangaroo Brand. Melbourne, Tues

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 1

While Australian butter is going to the English market under one brand, known as Kangaroo, it is being handicapped by the fact that…

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Butter Shortage. Increased Price Likely. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 5

Local butter production is declining fairly rapidly, and by the end of the present month, the State will probably be barely self-supporting…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 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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Wool Demand Brighter. Confidence Gaining Ground

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 9th July:— The upward trend in prices for fine wools at opening London sales…

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The Dry Spell. Hand-feeding Sheep. Heavy Loss of Lambs

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 5

Half the Narrabri P.P. Board district is affected by drought conditions. This is more or less true of the North-west generally. The good…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, July 10, 1925. Proposed Amalgamation of Butter Factories

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 4

We live in an age when combinations are sometimes necessary for the successful carrying on of certain forms of industry, and in no avenue…

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The World's Wool. Higgins' Scheme Condemned. Some English Views. London, July 7

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 2

Mr. Andrew Williamson, presiding at a meeting of the Australian Estates and Mortgage Company, said that, just as the high wool prices of…

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