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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 126

Butter Markets. PRESCOTT's REVIEW

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 13

Regarding the week's butler markets, Crescott, Ltd, state: Sydney: In most dairying centres production is being maintained, but in…

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Not All Wool

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 14

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

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Butter Export. Effect of Control

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 16

Sir Victor Wilson, Minister for Markets, made some comments last night regarding the outcry from the London distributing area against the…

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Butter Market Imports From New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 4

Sydney butter market is quiet. Imports from New Zealand are substantial, and considerable orders have been placed in that Dominion. These…

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Industrial Laws. Effect on Butter Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 13

In regard to the dissatisfaction expressed concerning industrial legislation in New South Wales and the likelihood of the proprietors of the…

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Shot Two Sheep. a Junee Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 13

At the Junee Police Court John Edward Laurence was charged with having shot two sheep, the property on Mr. J. E. Hoad, M.L.C. and with…

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Brenda Sheep Station Newcastle Diocese Benefits

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 5

Reports presented to the Newcastle Synod on Wednesday showed that Brenda, sheep station, Queensland, which is owned by the diocese of…

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Pastoral. Wimmera Rye Grass. a Valuable Pasture Plant

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 14

Wimmera rye gross has produced excellent results in many parts of this State and gives promise of being a useful mass in many districts where…

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Wheat Pool-1925-26 Second Advance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 5

The Wheatgrowers Pooling and Marketing Co., Ltd., has made arrangements with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for a second advance in…

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Agricultural. Feedign Off Growing Wheat. Some General Principles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 9

The feeding off of growing crops of wheat is frequently practised through out the wheat belt of New South Wales, It is an operation that is…

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Wool Sales. the London Market. London. April 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 12

At the wool sales to-day only 8175 bales offered, for which there was a steady sale, and about 7000 were sold, principally to the Continent. Fine…

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Agricultural. Soil Inoculation for Leguminous Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 14

The soil conditions that in general favour nitrification also favour the presence of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in association with leguines, and…

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Homebush Sales Sheep and Cattle Unchanged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report.—Sheep: 17,000 penned. The market was unchanged. Good quality was offering, comprising mostly…

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Butter Markets. Prescott's Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 2

The butter markets for the past week are thus described by Prescott, Ltd.:— Sydney.—Market is unchanged at…

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Dairyman Fined. Diseased Cows. Magistrate's Remarks. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 5

At the Woodburn Police Court, Vincent MacCormack, a dairy farmer, was charged with having sold cream, being the product of diseased…

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Singleton Butter Factory

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

The quantity of butter manufactured by the local factory during April was 82 tons, as compared with 41 tons manufactured for the previous month,…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY MARKET STILL FIRM. The wool sales were continued yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge Street, when the quantity…

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Pastoral Industry. Constituting Industrial Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 7

Application was made before Mr. A. B. Piddington, Industrial Commissioner, by the Australian Workers' Union for the constitution of an…

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Illegal Trading. Australian Butter in London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 8

Information has been received by the Minister for Markets and Immigration from the High Commissioner's office that two samples of butter taken…

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Wool Season. Winchcombe's Review

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 4

In wool production and sale figures for the past season are without equal in pastoral history. The Commonwealth clip was close to…

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