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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 151

Wheat. Present Market Outlook

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

The outlook at the moment cannot be considered encouraging so far as the balance of the unsold Australian surplus is concerned. It is well known…

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The Butter Factory. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

Sir,—I was rather amused to read in your issue of Tuesday last the report of a small meeting held at Jerry's Plains by Messrs Hannam and Haggarty in…

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The Butter Industry. Speaking for Australia

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 4

The continuous, importation of butter from New Zealand through the Port of Sydney is doing, in reality, more to weld the dairymen of the…

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Wheat Market. Quiet and Weak

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 8

The position of wheat in Sydney reflected during the week-end the absence of decided buying in the European markets, when quotations…

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309 Trucks of Cattle. Arrive in Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

From the 11th. to the 17th. instant 309 trucks carrying cattle will have arrived at Muswellbrook. The trucks are bringing 3090 head of bullocks,…

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Fat Cattle. High-class Beasts Bring Big Monet

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

At Flemington on 10th inst., The Tanners and Graziers' Co-op; Co., Ltd. obtained some very high prices for fat cattle. Principal among them were:—…

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Sydney Wool Auctions. Strong Demand—higher Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

The see rotary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., writes 10th. February:— At our latest sale we offered a good…

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Sydney Wool Auctions Strong Demand—higher Values

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., writes 10th February:— At our latest sale we offered a good…

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Merino Wool Clip. Breeders 'Born,' Not 'Made.'

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

Mr. J. B. Sautelle, Burima, writes to the "Daily Telegraph":— "I have read with interest the letters from Mr. Killen and Mr. Grogan…

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Sydney Wool Auctions. Strong Demand. Higher Values

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 6

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company, Ltd., writes 10th February:— At our latest sale we offered a good…

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Linking Farm and Factory. a Romance of Cotton

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

No more interesting event has happened in the industrial history of Australia than the recent purchase by the Australian cotton-spinners of the whole…

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Dairy Hands. Why Not the Basic Wage?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

"I have followed with interest discussions and reports on the proposed fixed wage for dairy hands. Up to the present I have seen only the opinions…

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Agricultural Legumes. Their Importance in Cropping Systems

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 4

Discussing the importance of legumes in cropping systems, and the growing interest in these particular crops in New South Wales, a special…

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Dairying. the Problem of Paspalum. a North Coast Dairying Question

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 4

It is hard to find a case where the introduction of a grass to a country has brought in its wake such prosperity as followed the introduction of…

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Romance of Cotton Linking Farm and Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

No more interesting event has happened in the industrial history of Australia than the resent purchase by the Australian cotton-spinners of the…

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Milling Wheat. Studies of Qualities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 7

Hard, vitreous Kernals of wheat have superior qualities for bread-making when compared with the starchy gains of the same class to…

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The Second Day. Horse and Cattle Awards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 4

The weather for the second day of Newcastle Show was fine and hot. The judging of the stock sections was commenced this morning…

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Record Wool Clip. Revised Statistics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 9

The first of an annual series of mid-seasonal estimates of the wool clip of the State was issued yesterday by the Government Statistician Mr…

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Wheat Market. Little Demand in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 8

There was practically no business in wheat yesterday. Buyers limits were unchanged at 4/5½ in the country for bagged wheat, equal to…

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Wool Sales. Good General Demand in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 8

Wool sales were hold yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,081 bales, and the sales,…

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