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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 126

Wool Applications Fixed. for the Forthcoming Season. Important Announcement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes, 17th. June: At a joint conference of the…

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Share-Farming Agreements. Judge Bevan's Strictures

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

At the Temora District Court, his Honor Judge Bevan, spoke strongly on the slipshod manner in which farmers, especially share farmers,…

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Dairy Industry. Relief in Drought Periods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 3

The necessity for doing something to minimise the effects upon the dairying industry of periodical droughts was stressed by Mr. P. J…

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Branxton Dairy Coy Ltd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Branxton Dairy Coy., Ltd., will be held in the School of Arts on Saturday, June…

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Drought Losses. Central and Western Queensland. Farmers' Desperate Plight. Rockhampton

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 8

Unless rain falls shortly, central and western Queensland farmers will be in a desperate plight, as the drought has now prevailed for a…

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Dairying. Feeding the Dairy Cow. Balanced Ration Necessary

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 3

A balanced ration is the feed of combination of feeds that furnishes the several constituents—namely, crude protein, carbohydrates, and…

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Butter Market. Prescott's Review

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 13

The decrease in production is now very noticeable, ami Chore is a much firmer reeling in the Sydney market. There is a strong demand at the…

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Duty on Butter. Primary Producers Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 9

At a special meeting of the Richmond district council of the P.P.U. a resolution was carried requesting the Tarriff Board to increase…

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Practically Stationary. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 3

Wheat was practically stationary in Sydney on Friday. Nominal quotations for bagged [?]ots remained on the loval of [?] to 6/9 in the country,…

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Butter Stabilisation. Author of Scheme Explains to Housewives

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 13

Mr. T. Paterson, who represents the Victorian electorate of Gippsland in the Federal Parliament, and who is the author of the butter…

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Wheat Shortage. Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud. Trundle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 9

The hearing of the case in which George William Smith, Samuel Money, George Knight, and Oswald Ingram were charged with having…

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Wheat Options. Chicago Quotations. New York, June 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 3

Chicago wheat options were quoted to-day as follows: July, 140 1-8 cents; September 135 7-8 cents; December 136 1-8 cents…

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Wool Sales. Market in London. London, June 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 12

At the closing sales or the third series of wool auctions 10,000 bales were offered, and about 8000 were sold. There was a good demand…

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Wool Applications Fixed for the Forthcoming Season Important Announcement

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. writes, 17th June: At a joint conference of the representatives of the National Council of…

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Feeding the Dairy Cow. a Balanced Ration Necessary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 9

A balanced ration is the feed or combination of feeds that furnishes the several constituents—namely, crude portein, carbohydrates, and…

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Drought Losses. Central and Western Queensland. Farmers' Desperate Plight

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 9

Unless rain falls shortly, central and western Queensland farmers will for in a desperate plight, as the drought hast now prevailed for a…

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Protecting Growers Sale of Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 5

The second conference of the Australian Broom Millet Growers' Association was held in Sydney. The president (Mr. Robert Cook…

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Dairying Eliminating Guesswork in Dairying. the Value of Herd Testing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 7

"The cow-testing association has probably done more, directly and indirectly, toward raising the production and placing dairying on a sound…

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Butter Market. Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 3

Production of butter continued to decline last week, the decrease being very noticeable on the Northern Rivers. There is a much firmer tone…

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Stock Exchange. Danish Butter Feature Australian Wine Trade. LONDON. June 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 5

Despite prolongation of the coal dispute and the absence of the signs of an early settlement, the Stock Exchange maintains a confident feeling…

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