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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 70 of 125

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 3

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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Wild Cattle. Proposed Round-up. Sport on North Coast

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 8

Tom Mix and other American movie cowboys will be outdone in the Tooloom and Richmond ranges of N.S. Wales during the next few…

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Cattle Thieves at Acaoia Creek. One Man Convicted—and Fined . Part of Crown "Evidence' Mysteriously Disappears

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 5

The little court house at Acacia Creek was the scene of unusual excitement one day recently, when two brothers were up on charges [?]…

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Cattle Theives At Acacia Creek One Man Convicted—and Fined. Part of the Crown "Evidence" Mysteriously Disappears

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 4

The little court house at Acacia Greek was the scene of unusual excitement one day last week when two brothers were up on charged of…

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Lost to the Farm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 2

The increased city-ward drift of our rural population is a subject of such seriousness as to have been very anxiously discussed in recent years, and many and…

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Price Of Milk Farmers Get Increase

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 4

The milk distributing companies will now have to pay the farmers 1/1 a gallon for milk, an increase of /1 per gallon. This decision…

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Dairying. Losses From Underfeeding

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 3

The significance of feed in relation to dairying receives, periodical mention in these notes. The appended remarks on the subject,…

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Miscellaneous. Lost to the Farm. the Problem of the Rural. Exodus

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 3

The increasing city-ward drift of our rural population is a subject of such seriousness as to have been very anxiously discussed in recent…

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Discarding Cattle Wool Prices Attract Sheep Stocking

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 8

"There is no demand for cattle, and the high prices now being realised for wool have resulted in landowners in New England disposing of their cattle…

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Dairy Produce. Cheese and Butter Exports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 3

During the week ended on July 18 159 boxes of butter were exported from the Commonwealth, 5181 boxes going to the United Kingdom and…

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Butter Export. Reflection on State's Quality Dairy Expert Replies

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

Mr. L. T. MacInnes, State dairy expert, who has been on a tour of the North Coast with Mr. H. T. Chapman, senior dairy inspector of the…

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Butter Market. Prescott's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 16

Presscott, Ltd, report:—Sydney: A[?] per ewt. for choleest quality the market has absorbed all the fresh butter arriving this week, and a…

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Cattle From the Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 3

District cattle were well in evidence at last Wednesday's Homebush sales, Mr. J. K. Mackay, Bundock, secured to £12/16, avg. £12/6/6, for bullocks…

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Butter Stabilisation "Paterson" Scheme Endorsed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 7

At a meeting of the Butter Stabilisation Committee, it was decided to recommended to other States the adoption of the "Paterson" scheme for…

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Butter Stabilisation Paterson" Scheme Endorsed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

At a meeting of the Batter Stabilisation Committee, it was decided to recommwns to other States the adoption of the "Paterson" scheme for…

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Wool Sales. Offerings in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

A good selection f wool, totalling 5954, bales, was offered at auction on Wednesday, and 5504 were sold. Private sales totalled 502 bales…

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Chicago Wheat. New York July 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 2

The Chleago wheat pit quotation for July is now at 158 1/4 cents.; for September, 154 3-8 cents.; and for December, 151 1/4 cents…

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Chicago Wheat. New York, July 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 12

The Chicago wheat quotations for July now rule at 158 cents: for September, 154 5-8 cents,: and for December, 155 1/2 cents…

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Stock Exchange. Weekly Report. Butter. London, July 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 2

Features of the Stock Exchange during the past week have been the boom in rubber shares and the marked strength of gift-edged stocks, the…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 12

At the continuation of the wool sales, a catalogue of 11,500 bales was offered. There was a good attendance of buyers, and the opening met with…

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