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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 81 of 126

On the Land Sheep Estimate

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 4

Argument is still going on over the Government Statistician's estimate of 47,100,000 sheep in New South Wales on June 30, 1925. Consensus of…

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Wheat Case. Accused Discharged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 11

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 14

The 39th half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Butter Factory, Ltd., was held at the company's office at Morpeth on 27th ult. The chairman of…

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Australian Butter. Imperial Economic Committee's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 6

Mr.Paterson, Minister for Markers, referred to the report of the Imperial Economic Committee on marketing of Empire dairy produce…

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Wool Deliveries. a Large Increase

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 3

Figures made available by the Railway Department on Tuesday showed, that for the two months ended yesterday, 193,500 bales of wool…

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Wool Sales. Advance in Prices

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 16

Wool sales were held on Monday at the Sydney Wool Exchange. Bridge-street, when the quantity e[?]talogued totalled 11,102 bales, and the sales,…

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Wheat Harvest. Rain in Canada. Rural Work Delayed. Winnipeg, Sept. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 2

There is a week's delay in harvesting. The high way's are like Irrigation ditches. There have been torrential rains in expected to cease to-day,…

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Soldier Settlers. Irrigation Farms Waterlogged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 11

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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Crop Prospects. Excellent in the West

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 16

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 Shareholders

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 16

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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Dairying. Silage for Dairy Cows. Rations Recommended by the Department

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 7

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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Stop Press. Warwick Farm Races. Windbag's Course Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 5

Valicare's unbeaten record came to an end in the Warwick Stakes, the mare, ridden by the Victorian, H…

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Drift to the City. Victorian Dairyman Suggests Cure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 3

Speaking at a meeting of dairymen, Mr. J, E., Vines (Vic.), chairman of directors of the Glenormiston Butter Factory Company, referred to the…

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Homebush Sales Sheep and Cattle Unaltered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 September 1926 · page 4

Winchoombe Carson, Ltd., report: Cattle: 2900 yarded, the bulk useful to good quality. The market opened unaltured. Good to prime beef made…

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Wool Extraordinary

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

We have at this office an extraordinary sample of wool shorn from a ewe on the property of Mr. W. Atkin, of "Limestone," Muswellbrook. The…

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Pastoral Award. Suspension Asked For

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 3

An application by the Graziers' Association of New South Wales for the suspension of the award made by the Pastoral Employees' (State)…

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Wheat Market. Slack in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 3

No business was reported in wheat in Sydney yesterday either in stored lots or bagged parcels. The latter were nominally quoted at 7/4 to 7/6…

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Butter Lower. Reduction in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 5

The wholesale price of butter was reduced by 4/8 cwt. yesterday from 182/ to 177/4 per cwt. The Victorian wholesale charge is now 3d per 1b…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Market Buoyant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 7

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,270 bales, and the sales,…

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