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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 126

Walgett Cattle. Topping the Market

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co.op Co. writes:— Among the cattle sold by us at Homebush on the 14th inst. were 2…

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The North-West. Wheat Well Advanced

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

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

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 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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Wool Applications Fixed for the Forthcoming Season. Important Announcement. The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes, 17th June

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

At a joint conference of the representatives of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia and the Australian Woolgrowers'…

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Wool Market. Clearing Up Sales in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 3

The [?]learing-up round of sales in the Sydney market this week was in every respect up [?] expectations. The best feature was the strong demand…

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Dairying the Farm Separator. Conditions Which Reduce Its Efficiency

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

Many dairy-farmers fail to realise that for a separator to do its work efficiently the bowl must spin evenly at the designed speed, without any…

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Dairying. the Orchard. the Farm Separator. Conditions Which Reduce Its Efficiency. Pruning the Fruit Tree. a Seasonable Reminder

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 3

Many dairy farmers fail to realise that for a separator to do its work efficiently the bowl must spin evenly at the designed speed, Pruning should now be pushed on with (writes officers of the Fruit Branch of the Department of Agriculture in current notes), as it is…

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Farmers and Politics

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 2

The Lismore (branch of the Primary Producers' Union adopted a resolution favoring the union seeking registration, with a view to taking…

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Dairy Industry. Managers in Conference. Research Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 6

The conference of dairy factory managers was continued in Sydney. In reference to the representations made by the Australian Dairy…

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Branxton Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

It is announced, by advertisement elsewhere that Messrs. E. Moore (Elderslie), H. Gibbs (Branxton), and R. W. Baker (Branxton) will…

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Sale of Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

Mr. J. P. Idstein reports the sale by private contract of an agricultural farm of 35 acres, at Phoenix Park, near Morpeth, for Messrs. M…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

Medium quality forage manifested a weaker tendency at the Alexandria market. Choice fodder raced a keen demand. No potato sales were held…

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Farmers Will be Hit. Under the Compensation Act

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 8

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

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Bath-tub As Boat for Bridal Party. Resourceful Farmer. Bathurst

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 5

A remarkable story of an outback father’s resourcefulness in romantic circumstances is told by Bathurst drovers who have returned from a trip…

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Suggested Resumption Of Land Owned By Dairying Co

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 5

The correspondence dealt with at yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council included a letter from the Cessnock Dairying Co., in…

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Dairy Conference Butter Graders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 6

The fourth and final session of the conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries Association was held in Sydney…

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Butter Market. Weekly Review

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 13

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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Butter Export. Improvemknt in Quality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 8

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

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Agricultural. Wheat Varieties. Characteristics That Are Detrimental

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 9

To the average man there is a sameness and uniformity about the appearance of a wheat-held, the only thing to break the monotony of a well…

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Dairying. the Farm Separator. Conditions Which Reduce Its Efficiency

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 9

Many dairy-farmers fail to realise that for a separator to do its work efficiently the bowl must spin evenly at the designed speed, without any…

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