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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Wheat Pools. Austral-canadian Co-operation. Central Pool Urged. MONTREAL, March 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 5

The Australian Press Association interviewed Mr. J.M. McDonald director of the South Australian Wheat pool who was one of Australia…

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Denman Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 4

The Denman Dairy Company, Ltd., manufactured during February 55.-350lbs choicest and 17,588lbs second grade butter. This amount, as…

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Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 1

Mr. J.P. Abbott, of Ashbrooke, Wingen, writes to the "Sydney Morning Herald":— Sir,— Mr. Rix is reported to have…

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Denman Butter, Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 5

The Denman Dairy Co. Ltd., manufactured during February 55,350 lbs. choicest and 17,588lbs; second grade butter. This amount, as compared…

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No Compulsory Wheat Pool

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture to-day said he had no intention of imposing a compulsory pool upon wheatgrowers next season…

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Butter Stabilisation. Paterson Scheme and Opponents

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 2

The Paterson scheme has been launched barely one month and, in that short interval of time, its opponents have been busy, filling the…

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Wheat, Pool. Claims for Compensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 6

Claims for compensation arising out of the 1916-17 wheat pool will be affected by a test case which will be heard shortly…

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Wool Sales. Keen Competition in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales a good selection, totalling 10,708 bales, was offered at auction, Of these 10,035 were sold while private sales…

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Australian-canadian Butter Trade Seriously Affected by New Tariff

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 2

The opinion was expressed to-day that the action, of the Canadian Government in imposing a duty of throe cents per Ib on Australian butter will almost…

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Decision Reversed. the Skin-wool Case. High Court Judgment. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 5

The High Court to-day upset the decision of the State Full Court, giving leave to the respondents in the skin-wool case to appeal to the Privy…

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Farmers' Burden. Wire Netting Costs Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 2

Mr. J. K. Macbougall, a representative of Rylands Bros., Newcastle, giving evidence (before the Tariff Board in Melbourne, said his firm…

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Testing Dairy Herds Government Cow on Top

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 3

The dairy branch of the Department of Agriculture supplies the lists of pure bred cows whose tests of milk and butter fat yields were completed…

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Easter Time. the Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Co. an Invitation

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 4

An invitation is cordially extended to all our country clients and friends, when visiting Sydney at Easter, to utilise the facilities we…

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Butter Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 7

The quantity of butter made at the factory of the Muswellbrook Dairy Co. during the month of February was 52,239 1bs choicest grade, 6670 second…

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A Lion Farm. American Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 2

One of the queerest and most profitable farms in existence is to be found near Los Angeles, America's film capital. Here Ho[?] and lionesses…

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Visit of Young Africans to Study Sheep-breeding and Wool-raising

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 3

With the object of studying our sheep-breeding and wool-raising methods, a contingent of young Mouth Africans, which includes famous names,…

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Butter Market. Prescott Ltd's Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 2

Prescott Ltd monthly record of the butter market is as follows: Sydney: The market advanced to 186/8 per cwt on Thursday last. Light…

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Butter Trade. Gradings for Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 7

During the week ended March 12, the Commonwealth graders examined ter, of which 6314 were salted, 950 unter, of which 6314 were salted 959…

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Weaker Tone. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 7

The London wheat market was again easier and inactive on Tuesday. In Sydney there was also a slightly weaker tone in view of the position…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Very Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 7

Wool sales were ho[?] yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange Bridge street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 13,207 bales, and the sales…

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