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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 126

Accident on a Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 1

While engaged in closing the door of a hay press on V. A. Count's farm on Friday, Keith Count received an injury to the eye. The handle of the…

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Productive Land. What Extensive Farming Means. Wonderful Results at Nowra

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 4

Eighteen months ago, Mr. J. W. Campbell, who has been growing vegetables for 15 years on the Shoalhaven, snapped a block of 5½ acres at…

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Cheapening Settlement Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 4

Mr. George Booth, M.L.A. is endeavouring to get the unoccupied farms at Weston Soldiers Settlement further reduced in price, the…

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Farmers in "Clover."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 2

Four years ago a Hertfordshire farmer introduced among his crops a new species of clover, which grow to a height of eight feet and, in…

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Dairying an Essential in the Dairy Cow

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 5

"Feed is the source of milk, and the consumption of a large amount of feed on the part of the cow is highly essential," writes Professor…

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Farmers' School Children And Insurance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 2

The Hon. J. J. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., been informed as follows, by Hon. J. M. Baddeley, Minister for Labor and Industry:—…

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Better Farming

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 2

Dr. C. F. Findlay, the eminent English authority on the breeding of dairy cows and pigs will meet farmers on Mr J. F. Knodler's farm at Neotsfield on…

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New Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 4

Up to date about £30,000 has been spent on the new building at Hexham for the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy Company. The…

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Denman Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 4

A party of five representatives from the Mudgee Dairy Company visited Denman for the purpose of inspecting the Denman butter…

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Wheat Market. Advance in Pollard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 3

Wheat continues firm, growers stored lots being quoted on the basis of 5/11 net in country positions, equivalent to 6/6 ex trucks Sydney…

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Wool Sales. the London Demand. London, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 5

At the opening of the fourth series of London wool sales, 14030 bales were offered, of which eight thousand were sold, There was a good attendance…

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Low Grade Creams. Suggested Remedies. Advice to Dairy Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 8

A list of suggestions to dairy farmers who have found difficulty in supplying butter factories with first-class cream has been compiled by Mr…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 2

Lucerne hay was easier at the Alexandria saleyards; other forage continued firm. Potatoes were very slow at auction. In the grain…

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Crop Variety Trials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 4

Mr. R. Ward, of Carrowbrook, on behalf of the Singleton Agricultural Bureau, co-operating with the Department of Agriculture, planted in…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep Weather: Cattle Firm. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 4

Wimchcombe, Carson, Ltd, report: Cattle: 3,300 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. The market opened cheaper. Good to prime beef made 32/…

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Muswellbrook Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 4

The directory or the Muswellbrook Dairy Co. have decided to make extensive building building to the factory to cope with the…

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Wool Sales Opening of Fourth Series. (Reuter Cable.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 2

At the openings of the fourth series of the London wooL sales 13,030 bales were offered and about 8000 were sold. There was a good attendance of buyers,…

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Kansas State 140,000,000 Bushels of Wheat. (By Cable.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 2

Reuters Kansas city correspondent says that Kansas, the greatest wheat State in the Union, will have one of its greatest crops. Government and other…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 4

The forth-sixth half-yearly report and balance-sheet of the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Company, Limited, stated, "The quantity…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 4

Oaten chaff was considerably firmer at the Alexandria saleyards. Wheaten chaff, on the other hand, manifested an easter tendency. Other…

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