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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 126

Wheat Disappears Four Persons Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 10

A recent examination at the Trundle silos revealed the fact that 10,000 bushels of wheat, valued at £3000, had disappeared, and the police were…

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Wool Auctions, Sydney Keen Buying

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— At our sale on the 4th May wo offerod an excellent selection, totalling 5401…

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Wool Sales Market Closes Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 12

The twenty-third and final series of the season's wool sales commenced in Sydney on Thursday, when an offering of 12,230 bales was submitted at…

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Agricultural. Feeding-off Growing Wheat. Pome General Principles

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 13

The feeding-off of growing crops of wheat is frequently practised throughout the wheat belt of New South Wales. It is an operation that is…

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Wool Realisation. Bawra to Be Wound Up. Stormy Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 12

The suggestion that £500,000 of the amount available for distribution to shareholders should allocated from the funds of the British-…

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Dairy Products

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 11

At the Muswellbrook Butter Factory during the month of April the quantity of butter made was 50,503lbs choicest, at 1/4½ per lb, and 3,760…

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Dairying. Dairy Clubs. for Boys and Girls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 9

The year 1914 marked the beginning of a line for work in the interests of better dairying which has proved of the greatest value, and is destined to…

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Maize Crop. Shortage Expected. Deputation to Minister for Customs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 3

A serious shortage in Australian maize was forecast by a deputation winch asked the Federal Minister for Trader and Customs (Mr. H. E…

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Butter Markets. Prescott's Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 3

The comments of Prescott, Ltd., on the butter market of the past week are as follow:— Sydney.—Production continues to…

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Farmer Killed. Crushed by a Waggon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 3

George Griffen, pioneer farmer, met with a terrible death at his farm at Eglinton, near Bathurst, on Saturday afternoon. He was loading a team…

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Butter Down

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 1

Dairy fanner in this district have note that butter prices were reduced by ½d per lb from Thursday [?]st. The announcement was made by the…

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Butter Stabilisation Scheme. Benefit to Dairymen

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 4

The value of co-operation among primary producers — to primary producers —was never better illustrated than by the operation of the…

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Butter Factory, Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of shareholders will be hold on Wednesday, May 26, at 10.30 a.m., when the business will be to consider the…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

Sales, the closing of the season, were resumed in Sydney yesterday, when some 10,000 bales were offered. The New Zealand Loan and…

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Values Firm. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

Wool sales were held on Monday at the Sydney Wool, Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,000 bales, and the sales…

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London Wool Sales. London. May 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

It has been decided to resume the London wool sales on June 1…

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Sydney Wool Market. Fine Wools Sell Well

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 4

The'Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op, Co., writes:— At our sale on 10th May, we offered'a good average catalogue…

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Sydney Wool Market Fine Wools Sell Well

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— At our sale on the 10th May we offered a good average catalogue,…

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Test of Wool Position, Market Withstands Larger Suoolies

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The strength of the wool position is strikingly evidenced by the form it has displayed of late. Despite the…

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Muswellbrook Dairy Company. PAIS £4693 to Suppliers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

April was a busy month at the Muswellbrook Butter' Factory. During the period 50,503 lbs choicest, and 3760 lbs. second grade butter were…

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