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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,506 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 126

Wool Sales. Keen Competition in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

At the Melbourne sales 5210 bales were submitted by the Victorian Producers' Co-operative Company, and 2530 by the Australian Mercantile…

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Dairy Control. Meeting of the Board. Important Decisions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 3

Subjects of interest were discussed at the meeting in Melbourne of the Dairy Produce Control Board. It was decided that after butter…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Cattle and Sheep Cheaper Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson; Ltd., report Cattle: 3100 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. The market opened cheaper. Good to prime beef made…

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Wheat Pool. the Final Dividend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 4

Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.P., chairman of the New South Wales Voluntary Wheat Pool Committee, stated last night that the 1924-25 voluntary…

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Wool Sales. Good Quality Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

The final sale of the fifteenth series of wool sales was held in Sydney on Tuesday, when a good selection, totalling 8717 bales, was offered. Sales…

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Wheat Growing Problems to Be Discussed at Dubbo A. B. Conference

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

At the Dubbo Agricultural Bureau Conference, which will be in session from March 2nd to March 4th, 1926, one day will be devoted entirely to wheat…

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Gold Medal. for Australian Dairy Products Display

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

Senator Sir Victor Wilson, Minister for Markets and Migration, stated that he had just received the gold medal presented to the Commonwealth…

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Dairy Control Board Important Meeting in Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

At the meeting in Melbourne of the Dairy Produce Control Board last week, it was decided that after butter withheld from shipment had been in cool…

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Pastoral. Wool From Trees. a Much Discussed New Fibre

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

The statement that the Snia-Viscosa of Turin, which, is said to be the largest company in Italy and second largest producer of artificial…

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Butter Stabilisation

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

As a result of several meetings of the members of the Interstate Stabilisation Committee held in Sydney recently, at which the finishing touches were put to…

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Artificial Wool

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

A lending Melbourne merchant has been advised that dimples comprising about 1 ton of artificial wool manufactured by the Societa Nazionale Italiana Applicazioni…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers report:— At Monday's sales there was good competition from all sections of buyers, and the market for…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 8

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 22nd inst.: We are particularly pleased to be in accord with Sir John Higgins views for once…

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Butter Markets. Prescott's Review

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 6

Messrs. Prescott, Ltd., report regarding last week's butter markets as follows:— Sydney: The local demand is…

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Finalizing Wheat Pool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

Before the end of next week this State's Voluntary Wheat Pool Committee anticipates being in a position to state the exact date of payment…

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Butter for Export. Commonwealth Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

During the week ended January 23 the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 25,190 boxes of butter, of which 22,630 were salted and…

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Wheat Market. Quotations Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 6

Wheat quotations in Sydney were unaltered yesterday. Shippers were offering 5/11 ex trucks Sydney for bagged wheat, equivalent to 5/4 to the…

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Close Resemblance to Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

Samples of the fibre made up into both woven and knitted fabrics are reported to resemble woollen materials closely. The president of…

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Synthetic Wool Italian Substitute

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 8

The first samples of Italian Synthetic wool reached Melbourne by the Maloja on Monday. To the layman it resembles real…

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Wheat Harvest. a Reduced Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

According to a preliminary estimated issued by the Acting Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites) the production of wheat this season is very…

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