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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

2,490 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 125

To Fail at Dairying. Practices That Help

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 9

There are a number of practices that tend to failure at dairying. Following, translated from an American paper, are a few:…

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Taxation. Farmers' and Settlers' Conference Resolutions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 4

At the Formers and Settlers' Association conference in Sydney, several alterations in the systems of assessing and collecting taxation were…

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Farmers and Settlers. Conference Resolutions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 7

Resolutions curried by the Farmers and Settlers' Association conference in Sydney included the following:—That, when Crown, lands are thrown…

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Sugar Crop. Yield in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 7

A return complied in the office of the Registrar-General of the results of the sugar crop of Queensland for the 1[?]24 season shows a big increase…

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Dairying. the Milking Herd. Some Points in Its Card

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 9

Among the important points in the care of a dairy herd is the necessity for keeping the milkers away from woods. Ordinary food-flavours from…

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Tuberculosis. Testing Dairy Stock. Departmental Offer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 14

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

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Progressive Party. Uniformity in Name. Farmers and Settlers' Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 8

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, hold in Sydney yesterday, defeated a remit from the…

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Miscellaneous. Self-help in Farming. a Useful Organisation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 3

"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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Registration of Produce Buyers Favored by Farmers and Settlers' Conference. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 6

At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference it was stated that men whose financial standing was quite unknown were going-about the country buying…

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Sheep Unaltered Prime Cattle Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1925 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report: Sheep: 14,000 penned. The market was unaltered. Good quality was offering, comprising mostly merino wethers…

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Butter Market. Pescott's Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1925 · page 2

The Market has been quiet at 186/8 cwt. Prescott, Ltd., reports. The supply of choicest fresh make is sufficient for requirements, as a…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Considered a Certainty. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1925 · page 5

The formation of a compulsory wheat pool to handle next harvest is regarded as certain Minister met to-day to consider the question…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report 6th August: Under roster arrangements, no sales are being held in this centre this week. Auctions…

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Wool Scheme. Endorsed by Farmers and Settlers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 8

A considerable portion of Monday's session of the Farmers and Settlers' annual conference was devoted to a discussion regarding the best method…

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Wheat Pool. Colonel Bruxner's Criticism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 2

Dealing with the wheat marketing matters, at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference, Col. Bruxner, M.L.A., said he regretted that the conference had…

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Keen Competition. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 3

The Sydney wool sales were resumed on Monday, when a good selection was offered. There were 6544 bales submitted, and 5927 sold. Private sales…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 2

The State Cabinet to-day decided, if a compulsory wheat pool is established, it must be controlled, by the Government…

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Wool Sales Resumed. Good Demand—satisfactory Prices

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 3

A good selection was offered at Sydney wool sales yesterday. Sydney wool selling brokers report that under very keen…

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Local and General. 44-Hour Week. and Price of Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 3

Dr. Goldsmid (president), at a meeting, of the Murwillumbah branch of the P.P. Union, said that the Government's proposed 44-hour working…

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Wool Auctions. Important Notice re Order of Offering

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— Clients are particularly requested to note that an alteration has been…

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