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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 79 of 126

Soldier Settlers. Irrigation Farms Water-logged

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

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers imperial League considered a report by Mr. F. Davison on the complaints of the soldier settlers on the…

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Farmers Markets. Alexandria Sales

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

A dull market ruled for choice forage at the Alexandria saleyards. At auction inferior grades attracted few buyers, in the grain section maize…

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Wheat Yields. Australian Crop Estimates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 8

The revised estimate of the wheat vi[?]ld of Australia for the season 1925-26, according to the June issue of the cuarterly summary of…

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Butter Markets. Prescott's Weekly Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 8

Prescott's, Ltd., in their weekly report, state that there is a slight increase in production as compared with last week. The demand for…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Sale of Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 6

Mr. W. N. dann reports having sold a dairy farm of 70 acres, at Woodville, for Mr. Sam Foot, and for Mr. F. Lightfoot an agricultural…

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Store Sheep Values

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 4

What are store sheep going to be worth off shears? Everybody in the industry wants to know. Stockowners are asking agents and agents are asking…

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Big Sheep Discovery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 4

New South Wales apparently has been running millions more sheep all along than anybody imagined. The State Statistician tells us now that,…

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Wool Clip

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 4

In the wool trade there is talk of what the increase in the N. S. Wales wool clip will amount to this year. That there will be an increase is…

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Wool Prices

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 4

The feeling in the wool trade is one of confidence. The Australian market is expected to open satisfactorily. For one thing there is no material increase…

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Pastoral Industry. New State Award. Conflicting Rates

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 2

The State Conciliation Committee (pastoral section) has made a State award for the pastoral industry. Briefly the new award represents an…

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Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 5

Competition was most animated at the Sydney wool sales yesterday. Japan was a very strong bidder, France, Yorkshire, Germany,…

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Wool Prospects. a Healthy Outlook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— Towards the end of July the frane was quoted at over 200 to the £. Despite that low quotation and the…

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Wool Sales. Advance in Prices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,102 bales, and the sales,…

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Wheat Market. No Change in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 6

The wheat position showed no change yesterday, and generally there was an absence of interest. Buyers were offering 6/4 for stored…

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Dairy Factories. New Regulations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 2

A further effort to lift the quality and uniformity of butter and cheese is to be made by the dairy branch. Department of Agriculture…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday August 31, 1926. Muswellbrook Dairy Co. Has Good Year. in Face of Bad Season. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Muswellbrook Dairy Co., Ltd., was held at the company's office yesterday. The report and balance sheet…

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Crop Prospects. Excellent in the West

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 6

The crop prospects in that portion of the western district bounded by Manildra and Condobolin, and by Peak Hill and Forbes, are excellent…

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Muswellbrook Dairy Company. Annual Meeting of Share Holders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 4

The ninth annual meeting of shareholders of the Muswellbrook Dairy Company Limited, was held in the board room of the company's…

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Cessnock Dairy Company. Plant to Meet All Demands

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 2

The Cessnock Dairy Company has been having a busy time during the winter, installing plant in the new butter factory, which will be ready…

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Wheat Prospects. the American Crop. Washington, Aug. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 5

The Department of Agriculture announces that American wheat will remain on a world basis next year. The department has published the…

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