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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 126

Wool Sales. Best Features Maintained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 3

The Sydney wool sales were continued when a good selection comprising 9572 bales was submitted at auction. Of this number 8887…

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Wheat Firm. Good Inquiry for Flour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 5

Wheat continued firm in Sydney yesterday bagged wheat being valued on the basis of 5/8 to the grower. equivalent to 6/3 ex trucks Sydney. It…

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The Singleton Argus. THURSDAY, 22nd APRIL, 1926. LOCAL & General News Remember Ravensworth Sports, May 1 Singleton Wool

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 2

Messrs Haling Bros.' wool clip from Singleton was among the offerings at Winchcombe Carson's Sydney sale on Monday. The wethers' fleece realised…

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Dairy Science Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 4

In continuance of the policy of giving instruction to dairy produce factory employees arrangements have been made by the Dairy…

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Selection Methods for Diary Cattle

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 4

The following points taken from an address by John G. Gowan, Biologist to the University of Maine, U.S.A., to the World's Dairy Congress, will be of…

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Slightly Easier. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 3

The London wheat market was deserihed as easier on Wednesday, and quieter. As cargoes were offering at 59/6, and in one instance at 59/3…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 3

These notes are issued, every week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the…

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Bolwarra Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 4

Mr. JamesKirkwood reports having sold by private treaty, agricultural farm at Bolwarra in the Estate of the late C. W. Hain; purchaser…

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Local and General. Sale of Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 4

Mr. J. P. Idstem reports the sale by private contract of a mixed farm, of 96 acres at Paterson to Mr. James Wilson…

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Bob's Farm School

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 1

The Minister for Education under date 16th April, 1926, writes to Hon. J. J. Fitzgerald, M.L.A. as under:—Dear Sir,—I have had under…

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Farmers' Friend

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 4

"Birds in Relation to Agriculture," was the subject of a lecture given in Sydney by Mr. J. R. Kinghorn. Explaining the function…

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Stud Sheep

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 5

Mr T.H. M. Purvis, of Hebden, has introduced into the district something choice in the way of stud sheep, having acquired from one of the best-known…

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Denman Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 12

Higgons, Parkinson, and Co. report:—Wes yarded and sold 400 head on the 16th instant being 100 short of our booking but these were prevented…

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Not All Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 10

"There is apparently still room for improvements in the packing of South African wool for the English market," remarks the London correspondent of…

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The State's Wheat Yield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 4

"'Tis the farmer's care That makes the field bear." The final returns of the last season's wheat harvest in New South…

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Butter Markets. Phescott and Co's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 12

Reporting on last week's butter markets, Prescott, Ltd, state: Sydney: A slight decrease in production is noticeable, and it is expected…

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Killing Diseased Cattle Rumours at Casino

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 6

At a meeting of Casino Pastures Protection Board, the inspector said that he had heard rumours that diseased cattle were being killed for local…

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Wool Sales. Best Features Maintained

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 8

The Sydney wool sales were continued, when a good selection, comprising 9572 bales, was submitted at auction. Of this number [?]37…

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Cattle Branding. "Worst in the World." Tanners' Evidence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 11

Representatives of the leather trade who gave evidence before the South Australian Royal Commission on manufactures and secondary…

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[?]Ndon Wool Sales. London, April 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 5

[?] the London wool sales there only small offerings owing to non-arrival of steamers prices unchanged…

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