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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Wool Sales. Keen Demand in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales, 11,031 bales were offered at [?]etion, and [?]0,577 sold. Private sales totalled 619 bales. The selection was of…

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Price of Butter. Higher Rate To-morrow. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 5

It was announecd to-day that the wholesale price of butter would be raised by a half-penny per it to-morrow, making the new price 186/ cwt…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

Lucerne hay was in good demand at Alexandria saleyards, and brought as much as £9 per ton in private sales. Oaten hay also sold well at £8/15/ per…

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Poultry Farmers. Organising the Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

A meeting of poultry farmers of the Maitland district was held at Mr. W. C. Claines' produce store, Steam street, this morning, to consider the question…

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Butter Export. Commonwealth Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 3

During the week, ended, March 6, the Commonwealth graders examined for export 10,304 boxes of butter as follow:—At Sydney: 8601 boxes of…

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New Zealand Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 7

The Dunedin wool sale was exceptionally good, and values were up approximately 1/2d to 1d per 1b., all round on late rates. Bradford…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Strong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 7

The wool sales were continued at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9080 bales, and the…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 7

The London wool sales opened to-day. Prices' were mostly unchanged, though slipes were rather easier…

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Wool Sales. Home Trade Demand. London, March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 5

The second series of wool sales, which opened to-day, attracted a large attendance of all sections of the trade. A surprising feature of the sales was…

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Lucerno Seed Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 4

A Wybong message states that splendid Lucerno seed crops are reported from all the Lucerno growing centres. The average returns of…

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Composite Government. Farmers' Resolution Defeated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 6

At the Farmers' Conference at Ballarat, a lengthy discussion took place on a motion by Mr. Steward, M.H.R., that the conference expressed strong…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Hales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 5

A very strong market ruled for lucerno hay, at Alexandria saleyards, as much as £9/5/ per ton being obtained for this commodity in private sales…

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Glennie's Creek Farm Suit

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 2

When the plaintiff's motion for injunction in the suit brought by William Smith, of Glennie's Creek, against Audley J. Noble, of Singleton, was…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep and Cattle Cheaper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 6

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report: Sheep: 36,000 penned. The market generally was 1/ lower, with medium and plain sheep very [?]…

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Butter Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 4

Messrs Prescott Ltd., report under date 27th February:— Production is steady and the Sydney market is unaltered at 182/- per cwt…

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Fat Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 4

Pen of 2 cross-bred, wethers, F. B. Woodbury 1. Pen of two cross-bred. G. Hollingshead 1…

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Cattle. Beef Shorthorns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 4

One year and under 2 years, E. Leggett 1…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 2

The Sydney Wool-Selling Brokers report that competition at Tuesday's sales was again brisk. The demand on American account was well…

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Wool Market. General Competition

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 6

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes:— At our recent sale we offered a good selection of wools, including a…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales, 11,767 bales were submitted at auction. Of this number, 10,395 were sold and private sales totalled 1276 bales…

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