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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 75 of 125

Wool Scheme. Graziers in Conference. Overhelming Opposition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 5

Upwards of 160 members of the council of the Graziers Association and delegates appointed from meetings of district committees assembled at the…

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Wool Stabilisation. Sir John Higgins' Scheme Rejected. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 7

The special conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales to-day overwhelmingly rejected Sir John Higgins' proposals for the…

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Bradford Wool Position. Low Stocks and Feeble Trade. Textle Workers Uneasy. London, July 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 12

H. Dawson and Company, commenting upon the wool market, says:— The weakest factor in the adverse conditions is the lack of confidence in the…

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Miscellaneous. Self-help in Farming. a Useful Organisation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

"There is not a pot of gold at the end of the legislative rainbow. There is no magic power in legislation as a panacea for agricultural difficulties…

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Good Dairy Washed. Three Useful Formulae

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

The following wash is used by many dairy-farmers, and has beer proved satisfactory at Hawkesbury Agricultural College:—Mix…

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Branxton Dairy Company. Election of Directors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Branxton Dairy Company was held Saturday. Sixty shareholders were present. The voting for the election of the…

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Dairying. the Dairying Industry. Losses From Underfeeding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 7

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

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Stock Exchange the Dominions' Outlook. Wool, Wheat, and Apples. London, Aug. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 5

During the past fortnight the predominant factor on the Stock Exchange has been the coal crisis, and prices have moved up and down with…

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Tuberculosis. Dairy Stock. Departmental Offer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 8

The chief veterinary surgeon (Mr. Max Henry, M.R.C.V.S.) has outlined a plan whereby the Department of Agriculture wil undertake the testing…

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Sheep Dog Trial

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 2

At the meeting of the committee of the Northern Agricultural Association, held on Saturday, it was decided to conduct a sheep dog trial competition at…

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Wool From Blandfohd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 3

Continental buyers competed keenly for Mr. Angus Martin's Mountain View, wool from Blandford, offered at Winchcombe Carson's Sydney…

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Chicago Wheat. New York. August 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 5

To-day the Chicago wheat pit options are quoted at for September deliveries, 158 cents; December 157[?] cents and May [?] cents…

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Raid on Mission. Natives Hound Up and Kill Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 6

The missioner at the Forrest River Mission Station (W.A.). has reported that a hundred unlives from Drysdale River and Wyndham, with large…

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Wool Appeals. Large Amount Involved Hearing on

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 2

This hearing of appeals from the judgments delivered by Mr. Justice Cussen March. 26, in the action in which suppliers of skin wool to…

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Schools' Column. School Poultry Farm

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 4

Mr. Seaward, in addition to his original contribution of a pen of Black Orpingtons, has also donated a pen of Red Sussex fowls…

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New Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 4

The new factory being erected for the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy Company at Hexham will be made most up-to-date in every…

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Wheat Market. Chicago Quotations. New York, August 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 5

Chicago wheat quotations are: September 160 1/2 cents, December 161, May 164 1/2…

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Primary Producers. an Appeal for Unity. Farmers and Settlers' Conference SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 5

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was opened in Sydney, this morning. The president (Mr. Thorby)…

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Dairy Company. Meeting at Branxton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 3

Mr. E. Moore, chairman of directors of the Branxton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., moving the adoption of the report (reference to which has…

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The Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 4

It is not very long since a spell of fine weather was desired; now farmers, and market gardeners generally would welcome an inch of rain. The…

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