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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 126

Baerami and Goulburn River Farmers Form a Branch of P-P. Union an Enthusia Stic Start

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 3

The farmers of the Baerami and Goulburn River districts met at the Baerami School of Arts on Wednesday afternoon last for the purpose cf…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Company's New Building

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 2

Very [?] progress is being [?]ined on the new building at Hexham for the R. T. Dairy Co. The floors are of reinforced concrete and are solidly constructed, and…

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Dairying Silage for Dairy Cows. Rations Recommended by the Department

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 6

The system to be adopted when feeding silage to dairy cows must be decided by the farmer, but once the reserve is opened up a little should…

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Sheep's Blood for Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 9

Sheep's blood in a man's body! This statement, which sounds like the old incantations of witchcraft, may soon represent an…

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Sheep Estimate. Owners Express Astonishment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 11

Stockowners express astonishment at the Government Statistician's estimate that there were 47,100,000 sheep in New South Wales in June, 1925…

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Wheat Case. Accused Discharged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 3

The hearing was concluded at Sydney Sessions of the case in which George William Smith and Samuel Foster Money were charged with…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half Yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 6

The 39th half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Butter Factory, Ltd., was held at the company's office at Morpeth yesterday. The chairman of…

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Butter Markets. Prescott and Co.'s Reports

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 14

The weekly report of Prescott, Ltd., regarding the butter markets states: Sydney: Although arrivals this week are below last week's figures,…

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Wheat Dull. London Buyers Hold Off

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 5

The wheat position remains at a standstill and without much prospect of any life until the approach of the new cereal year…

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Butted by Sheep. Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 14

Thomas Stewart, of Gobarralong, in the Gundagai district, was assisting to draft sheep, when one refused to go through the raila…

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Worth £50,000,000 Our Wool Clip

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 1

Australia's wool clip this season, according to an unofficial estimate here, is expected to realise £50,000,000. That amount will, however, be £15,000,000…

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Milk and Butter Yields. Purebreds Under Test. Jerseys Do Well

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 7

The Kelvinside Jersey herd belonging to Mr. A. Booker scores heavily in the list of registered purebred cows whose tests of milk and butter…

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Contagious Mammitis Serious Trouble to the Dairy Farmer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 2

Mr G. R. Freeman, Stock Inspector, asks us to publish the following article as he says it is of very great and urgent importance to the stockowners of the…

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Australian Wheat. Chartering Steamers in London. London, Aug. 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 13

There is some activity in chartering steamers to lead Australian wheat. Several fixtures have been made…

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Wheat Pools. World Conference to Be Held. Winnipeg, Aug. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 12

Representatives of Australia, Canada, India, the Argentine, and Russia have been invited to attend the second international conference…

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Failed to Agree. Jury in Wheat Silo Case. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 5

The jury engaged in the trial of George William Smith, silo officer, and Vincent Oswald Ingram, barman, at Sydney Sessions, on a…

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Dairy Industry. in the Upper Hunter. a Serious Problem

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 14

A most important meeting of directors of the Primary Producers' Union branches of the Upper Hunter districts was held in the offices of…

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Dairy Industry. Position at Gresford. Meeting of Cream Suppliers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 9

A meeting of the supplier. intens[?]ing suppliers and shareholders of the Bowthorne Creamery was held at the factory pm 19th inst. The…

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Dairying. What the Public Wants. the Question in Relation to Cheese Production

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 7

The obvious appeal to the public eye and palate of certain tastefully packed imported brands of cheese nowadays to be seen in provision…

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Potatoes. Hunter River Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 7

The planting of the early potato crop on the Lower Hunter, according to a report by Mr. J. Douglass, Agricultural Instructor, is now nearly…

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