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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 126

Effect on Share-farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 2

Much feeling has been aroused at Ceff's Harbour by the new Act. Share-farming on the coast will soon be a thing of the past, as no landowner…

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Duty on Imported Butter

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 2

Motions favouring an increased duty on all imported butter with the object of safeguarding local production have been listed by the…

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Wool Market. Clearing-up Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 2

With an aggregate of 5036 bales, offered by three agents, the 24th series of wool sales opened in Sydney yesterday. The series, which is…

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Wool Sales. Market in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 6

The wool sales were resumed on Monday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge Street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 5028…

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The North-West. Wheat Well Advanced

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 3

Not for years has the north-western wheat belt presented a more promising aspect in regard to its crop prospects (says the "Herald's"…

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Stray Cattle. Vital Ordinance Ultra Vires. Appeal Court Ruling

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 3

A decision of considerable importance to the Shires and Municipal Councils was given by Judge Edwards in the Appeal Court on Friday…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 4

Choice chaff continued firm at the Alexandria market. Medium quality was hard of sale. In the grain section, wheat declined /1 to 6/11 per…

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Rich Estate. Farmer and Grazier. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 5

The estate of Wilhelm Fridrich-Shield farmer and grazier, of Burrumbuttock, has been valued for probate at £ 24,305. The estate was left…

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Dairy Industry Conference in Brisbane. Ministers Meet

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 5

The conference on the dairy industry was continued at Brisbane, when a meeting of the Australian Ministerial Dairy Council was held…

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Wool Sales Values in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1926 · page 3

A selection below average quality was offered at the Sydney wool sales yesterday. Of the 7594 bales submitted, 4853 were sold at auction, while…

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Homebush Sales. Prime Cattle Unaltered: Sheep Cheaper. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd, report: Cattle: 3800 yarded the bulk medium to useful quality. Good to prime were unaltered, other cheaper. At the…

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Butter Export. Improvement in Quality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 6

The effect of seasonal conditions and the necessity for systematic feeding of dairy herds were stressed by Mr. F. Wigan, senior Federal grader…

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Wool Sales New Clip Lines Show Improvement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 7

The wool sales were concluded yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 78[?] bales; and the…

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Dairy Factory Managers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 4

At the conference of co-operative dairy factory managers and secretaries in Sydney yesterday, the election of office-bearers for 1927…

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Cruelty to Horses. Share Farmer Fined. Young

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 5

Ernest Sell, a share farmer, of Moniagle, was fined £3 on each of three charges of having cruelly ill-treated horses…

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Dairying Development of the Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 7

A strong plea for "all-Australian organisation of the dairying industry was made in a paper read at the Dairy Factory Managers' Conference…

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Farmers Will Be Hit Under the Compensation Act

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 2

Mr E. Buttenshaw, leader of the State Parliamentary Country Party, is inclined to believe that the brunt of the increased cost of insuring under the…

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Good Prices for Sheep

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 3

At Newcastle on the 10th instant, Messrs. Heath Bros, secured for Messrs. E. A. Wright & Sons, of Bickham, an average of 28s 7d for a…

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Better Butter. Dairying Conference. Producers' Disabilities "Slaves of the Public."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 9

In officially opening, at the R.A.SShowground, Moore Park, the 21st. annual conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe, Ca[?]on, L[?] report:—Bidding from Japan was mo[?] ous at the closing Sydney wool sale on Wednesday. Yorkshir and Germany…

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