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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 151

The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report 2nd February: Our 12th catalogue of the season was submitted on Tuesday last, when the…

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Local and General District Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 2

At Homebush last Monday, good to prime beef realised 33/ to 39/ per 100 lbs. on the hoof. District offerings included a line of 32 bullocks…

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Butter Price Control.. £420,000 for Producers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 10

At a meeting of the Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee, held in Sydney, Mr. W. H. Clifford (general manager of Norco, Ltd.,)…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 6

These notes are issued every week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Wheat Pool. Arranging for Ballot. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Minister for Agriculture, in reply to Mr. Chaffey, said the general public cannot see the list of names…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Further Rise in Values

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 2

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company, Ltd., writes:— Another series of wool sales opened…

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Agricultural. Varieties of Wheat. Departmental Recommendations for Different Districts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 6

The wheats recommended by the Department of Agriculture for various purposes for the ensuing year may be presented in districts as follows:—…

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Pastoral. Sheep Transport by Motor. an Interesting Queensland Experiment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

Details of an interesting experiment in the transport or sheep appear in the Queensland Agricultural Journal. The journal describes how Mr. W. A…

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Pastoral Award

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 9

It is provided in the Federal Pastoral Award that an adjustment of rates is to be made if the statistical figure, indicating the cost of living, shows an…

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London Markets Butter and Cheese. Good Prices at Wool Sales. London, Jan. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 12

The butter market is quiet. All prices are unchanged, except Danish, which has risen to 194/ per cwt. Cheese is firm. New Zealand…

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Pastoral Bush Fires. Now for Evidence

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 9

Mr J. B. Cramsie, chairman of the Bush Fire Royal Commission, has intimated to the several producers' associations, that he will call the Commission…

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Costly Venture. Queensland Cattle Stations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 3

Having failed to receive any satisfactory offers for its State cattle stations, the Queensland Government has decided to offer them at public…

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Butter Markets. Prescott and Co's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 13

Prescott, Ltd., reports on the butter markets as follows. Sydney:—Production shows a slight increase in some centres, and is…

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Butter Control. Rebate to Be Made

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 2

At a meeting of the Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee. Mr. W. H. Clifford (general manager of Norco, Ltd.) in the chair, it was…

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The Butter Factory. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

Sir,—The forthcoming election of Directors for the butter factory is now causing the keenest interest, as well as being the chief topic of discussion…

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Thb Butter Factory. (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

Sir.—I saw a letter signed Shareholder," but I am inclined to think he is not one, for it does not run parallel with the one alongside of the same…

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Wheat Position. the Market Inactive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 3

the wheat position in Sydney was unchanged yesterday, limits of shippers and millers being 4/63 to 4/7 not for bagged wheat in country…

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Wheat Harvest. Fifty Million Bushels

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

A preliminary estimate of the wheat harvest in New South Wales for the current season is given at 16,741,000 bags, equivalent to 50,223,000 bushels…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 12

At the woolsales there was a good selection of greasy croosbreds and limited supply of merinos. Competition was most keen in all quarters,…

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Wool Sales. Prices Maitained. London, Jan. 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day, there was a good selection of merinos, and an average selection of other descriptions. There was a keen Home and…

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