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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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The Orchard. Treatment of the Summer Lemon Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 9

As lemon growers are aware, there is a great deal of waste through the summer crop falling, owing to the heat and, perhaps, lack of moisture,…

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Dairying Conditions. North Coast's Record. Poor Outlook in the South

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 7

The seasonal reports of the various district dairying instructors for December reveal a strange contrast between the conditions on the North…

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Only Fringe Touched North Coast Dairy Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 3

During an address at a social function, Mr. W. H. Jackson, manager of the Coraki Co-operative Butter Factory, expressed the opinion that only…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Cattle Dearer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report:—18,000 sheep penned. Good trade sheep were a shade better and lambs were also dear. Plain sheep…

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Stock Exchange Wool Future. British Food Imports. LONDON, Jan. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

The Stock Exchange year closed on a cheerful note. There was a quietly, optimistic tone in almost all markets. Gilt-edged stocks showed…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 30th December: It is customary at the close of the calendar year to review the happenings of the past…

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Pastoral Products. the Year's Turnover

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

The volume of business and values in pastoral products in the Sydney market during the past year are of special interest in their…

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Wool Turnover. Record Half Year

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 1

Wool selling has been a dead letter during the past fortnight. The trade is in recess, and full advantage is being taken of the spell…

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A New Russian Wheat Drought Resister

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

At a conference held in the Kremlin al Moscow, a series, of "Bolshevist victories" was announced, which, it is claimed, will…

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World Wheat Market Proposed' Co-operative Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

The wheat co-operative and pooling interests in Victoria have not yet decided the question of representation at the conference of…

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Synthetic Wool. a New Competitor. London, Decem. 30

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 3

[?] Morning Post" says that the two manufacturing concerns cons[?] with synthetic wool (a new [?],competing with the…

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The Price of Butter. Efforts to Regulate It. the Patterson Scheme

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

As the result of several meetings of members of the Interstate Stabilisation Committee held in Sydney, recently, at which the finishing…

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Gun Licences and Dairy Registrations

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

First-Class Sergeant Brydon has asked us to remind owners of guns that gun licences expired on December 31. He also asked that it be pointed out…

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Synthetic Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 4

The world's wool consumption has overtaken its production—this is an incontrovertible statement announced by probably the greatest living…

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Ayrshire Cow. Record Butter Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 2

What is claimed as an Australasian record for an Ayrshire cow has been achieved, by Miss Dot, of Glen Innes, which in a full 365-day test has yielded…

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Farmers' Markets. Sussex Street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

To-day's quotations in Sussex street were:—Butter, 168/. eggs, new laid 1/6, rails and rivers 1/2; che[?] local large [?] loof [?] honey…

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Young Man Killed. Farmer Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 7

Charles Wilson, 49, a farmer, of Goonoo Goonoo-road, near Tamowrth, was charged at Tamworth last night with having folonlously…

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Tragedy on Roadside a Farmer Arrested

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 1

Charles Wilson, aged 49, a farmer, of Goonoo Goonoo Road, near Tamworth, was charged at Tamworth late on Monday night with feloniously slaying…

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Market Reports. WOOL

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report ,6th inst.: We are in receipt of advice from our Melbourne office to the effect that…

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Local and General Dearer Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

Butter went up twopence per 1b. from January 1, the retail prise being new 1/9. The rise is attributed to the operations of the Paterson…

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