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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report 23rd ult.: Our catalogue for to-day's sale contained 7767 bales, included in which were many noted…

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Wheat Dull. Mill Offals in Request

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 4

The wheat market continued quiet on Monday, with quotations unchanged buyers' limits for bagged wheat being 5/4 at country sidings…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory Half-yearly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 5

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory Co., Ltd., was held in the Memorial Town Hall on…

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Butter Prices. New Zealand Policy. London, February 26

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 2

The newspapers publish the New Zealand Dairy Board's statement defining its marketing policy. Butter traders generally are disinclined to…

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Commercial. the Wool Outlook Rain the Pressing Necessity

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe. Carson Ltd. report:— The wool selling situation in Australia shows no marked disturbing feature. A decline in the French franc…

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Forestry and Farming the Value of the Tree Lot

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 5

Manf of us are apt to overlook or forgot the importance of tree life or forest cover in maintaining the fertility and prosperity of a…

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Sale of a Farm Application for Injunction Dismissed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 2

In the Equity Court, Sydney, on Friday, the plaintiff in the suit by William Smith against Audley Thomas Noble, relative to a dispute in connection with…

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The Maitland Show. the Judging Continued. Horse and Cattle Championships. Interesting Pavilion Exhibits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 4

The judging of the exhibits at the Maitland Show was, with the exception of the dogs, completed to-day. The dogs will be benched on Saturday. The parade of horses and cattle this afternoon was a big feature. It afforded visitors an opportunity of witnessing the high standard to which the studs of the district have been…

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Farm Produce Agents Amendment Regarding Aliens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 6

In Committee, in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Dunn moved the acceptance of the Legislative Council's amendment in the Farm Produce Agents…

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Stock Returns. Increase in Sheep. Decrease in Horses and Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 6

The Stock Branch, Department of Agriculture, has compiled from returns furnished by the stock inspector for the various P.P. districts…

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Butter Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 4

Messrs Preseott Ltd report under date 20th February, 1026, as follows:—Tn Sydney supplies from the far Northern Rivers show a slight decrease, and…

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Cattle Yards

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 8

The Clerk reported that the cattle saleyards were getting into a dilapidated condition. He recommended that the Saleyarda Committee…

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The Wool Outlook. Rain the Pressing Necessity

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report:— The wool-selling situation in Australia shows no marked disturbing…

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One Man Farm Exhibit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 2

Through a typographical error it was stated that Mr. Penfold's farm had not received any artificial manure in 77 year. It should have been 17…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 4

Produce stores closed at 11 o'clock on account of the Produce Trades picnic. At Alexandria market a small yarding was disposed of privately, no…

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Butter Market. Prescott's Review

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 14

In Sydney production is steady, and the market is unaltered at 182/ per cwt (Prescott, Ltd., reports). Butter graded for export for the week ended…

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Wool Market General Competition

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 8

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Company, writes: At our recent sale we offered a good selection of wools including a number…

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Wool Offerings. Sales to Date

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 9

Wool offerings in Sydney during the week amounted to 29,953 bales of which 27,520 bales or 91.8 per cent, were sold at auction, private…

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Wheat and Oats. New Zealand Yields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 5

The total yield of wheat in New Zealand this season is estimated at approximately 4,600,000 bushels against an actual yield of 5,447,758 bushels in…

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Export Butter. New Zealand Control. London, Feb. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 12

The newspapers publish a statement made by the New Zealand Dairy Board defining its marketing policy. Butter traders generally are…

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