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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 126

Fodder Crops to Sow Now in the Hunter River Valley

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 2

Mr. Mark H. Reynolds, H.D.A., Senior Agricultural instructor for this district writes:The failure for the maize crop, and…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 2

About thirty persons engaged in the dairying industry attended a meeting in the School of Arts on Tuesday last, and were addressed by Mr. J. M…

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Farmer's Claim. Against Daughter. "A Shocking Letters." Perth

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 1

In the Supreme Court to-day, David Dewar, retired blacksmith, of Perth, complained that he had been swindled by his daughter, Mrs…

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Farmer Shot. Domestic Tragedy Near Murwillumbah. Evidence at Inquest

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 2

The inquest on the death of Alexander Strong, who was fatally shot at Smith's Creek on the night of March 22, was opened at…

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Dairying. Progress in Dairying

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 3

When the prevailing methods of production become as efficient as those of manufacture there will be considerably less to worry about in…

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Farmer Shot Dead Evidence at Inquest

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 4

The inquest on the death of Alexander Strong, he was fatally shot at Smith's Creek, on the night of March 22, was opened at Murwillumbah on…

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Butter Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1926 · page 4

The weekly report of Messrs Prescott Ltd., regarding the butter market states. Sydney.—good soaking rains have been experienced in the dairying centres, and…

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Dairying. Progress in Dairying. Manufacturing Processes Ahead of Productive Methods

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1926 · page 5

When the prevailing methods of production become as efficient as those of manufacture there will be consderably less to worry about in…

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Stock Exchange Gilt-edged Stocks. Wool and Butter. LONDON, March 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 13

Business in most departments of the Stock Exchahge has been extremely dull, with prices tending downwards. Gilt-edged stocks…

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Butter Export. New Zealand Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 16

The Dairy Control Board has decided to divide New Zealand's export butter into two sections under its marketing scheme to be…

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Butter Markets. Presscott's Weekly Reports

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 16

The weekly report of Prescott, Ltd., regarding the butter markets states:—SYDNEY.—Good soaking rains…

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Wool Sales. Steady Demand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 12

At the closing wool sales 13,194 bales were offered. There was a steady demand, generally at full current rates, and about 12,000 were sold…

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Butter Fat Tests. Jerseys Triumph at Grafton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 16

The butter fat competition held in connection with the Grafton Show was a trimph for the Jersey [?]eed all three prizes being won by Jerseys…

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Dairying. Winter Fodder Crops. a Seasonable Reminder to the Dairyfarmer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 6

Considering the great value of fodder crops to the dairy farmers in the winter and spring every farmer might be expected to have at any rate a…

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Knocked Down Well. Farmer's Terrible Experience. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 7

A farmer, named H. Ransden, was working a pump over a well at his farm when the handle sprang from his grasp and knocked him into the…

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Farmer Shot. Domestic Tragedy Near Murwillumbah. Evidence at Inquest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 6

The inquest on the death of Alexander Strong, who was fatally shot at Smith's Creek on the night of March 22, was opened at Murwillumban…

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A Grass Fire Farmer's Claim for Damages. Against Railway Company

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 8

A claim by Thomas Hammond Drice against the South Maitland Railways Limited was heard by Judge Curlew is in the Maitland District Court…

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Recent Rains. Cessnock Dairymen Optimistic. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 16

"Dairymen and graziers in the Cessnock district are very opt[?]istic as the result of the record rains. The grass on the pasture lands has made…

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Wheat Market. Chicago Options. New York, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 6

Chicago wheat options are quoted as follow:—May, now, 156 cents per bushel (unchanged); ditto, old, 155 cents (down [?] of a cent): July, 133[?]…

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Dairy Industry. Standardisation Question

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

In an address to an appreciative audience in the lecture hall at the Sydney Show Ground, Mr. C. E. D. Meares handled the subject of…

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