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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 84 of 126

Wheat Export. Bulk Handling Essential. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 6

Mr. R. J. Abbott, a member of the Country party in the Victorian Parliament, who returned to-day from a visit a Europe, America, and New…

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Prices Advance. Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 5

Good competition rules at the wool sales, and the market shows an increase of from 24 to 54 per cent on last season's closing rates…

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Hit by Train. Knocked Into Cattle Pit. Man's Remarkable Escape. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 3

"I'm the lukiest man in the world to be alive this morning," was John Goodall, a miner, over middleage, to a "Mercury" representative,…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 12

There is a week's delay in harvesting. The highways are like irrigation ditches. There have been torrential rains in Alberta since Monday…

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Drift to the City. Victorian Dairyman Suggests Cure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 9

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

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Dairying. Keep Abreast with Agricultural Research

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 7

"In spite of all the work that has been done in the improvement of dary methods." wrtes Donald Bethune Shutt in the Michigan Quarterly…

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Farmer Wounded. Burglar Fires Gun

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 3

An elderly farmer at Otane (N.Z.) named watts, found a young Maori ransacking his bedroom. A struggle followed, and the Maori fired a shot…

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Warning to Dairymen

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

The Imperial Economic Committee's report on the preparation and marketing of dairy produce, issued at the latter end of last week, has…

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Farmers' Markets. Aledandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 3

Choice Incerne Chaff found a ready sale at the Alexandria saleyards, Medium and inferior wheaten chaff and lucerne hay showed a tendency…

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Agriculture. Establishing Leguminous Crops. Under Unfavourable Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 9

Over a considerable range of country in New South Wales the growing of leguminous crops lucerne, clover, peas, beans, vetches, lupins, cowpens,…

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Poultry. High Cost of Feeding. a Pressing Poultry Farming Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 9

Much attention is now concentrated upon the problem of high cost of poultry foodstuffs, and it is realised (writes the Poultry Expert…

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Homebush Sales Cattle Firmer Sheep Weaker Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 4

pitt son and Badgery Ltd report Sheep 12,000 penned The market was unaltered. A large representation of good woolly wethers…

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Butter Market. Rain Needed on Northern Rivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 3

Although butter production shows an increase a good fall of rain on the far northers rivers would be very welcome in the aggregate there is an…

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Wheat Market. Europian Crop Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 6

The wheat position in Sydney continues very dull, with an absence of movement. Bagged pareels were nominally 7/4 to 7/5, but no…

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Uniform Pastoral Award. Graziers' Association's Application

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 4

The Graziers' Association has lodged application with the Deputy Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court for registration as an…

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The Pooling of Wheat Our Farmers Must Combine One of the curiosities of modern business is the extraordinary position of the wheat grower

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 4

Wheat is the staple food of an enormous proportion of civilised people; and practically every urban industry caters in greater or less…

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Rich Colored Butter. Wrong Public Impression. Not Artificial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

At the meeting of the Inverell butter factory shareholders, Mr. Newcombe asked that the directors join with Singleton and Maitland in…

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Pastoral Award. a Settlement Announced Parties Mutually Agreed Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

The Industrial Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Piddington, has made the following statement:— An unusual step has been taken…

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Wool Workers. New Rates of Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

As the outcome of a compulsory conference an agreement, representing new rates of wages and conditions of employment, covering members of…

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Buoyant Wool Market. Keen General Demand

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 4

The Secretary. Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— For our first sale of the 1926-27 season, we submitted a catalogue of…

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