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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 151

Mr. Lang and the Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

Considering all the outery from the farming population of this State against the burdens that have been heaped upon them by the Lang…

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Farm Produce Agents' Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., has been advised in regard to representations urging that exemption should be granted from registration…

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Wool Marketing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 9

Evidently Mr K. P. Wright's wool marketing scheme does not appeal to wolgrowers. It has been considered by a number of local committees of the…

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Butter Export. Commonwealth Gradings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 4

Dunne the week ended February 12 the Commonwealth grader examined, for export at Sydney 21,219 boxes of butter, of which 21,312 were salted and…

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Pastoral Industrial Troubles Country Unfairly Treated

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 9

Mr J. W. Allen, Secretary of the Producers' Associations Central Council, refers in his Annual Report to industrial matters, and he points out that one…

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Butter Market. Reduction in Price

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 14

At a meeting of the Stabilisation Committee at the week-end it was decided to make a reduction of /0½ per lb in butter prices, to take effect…

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Agricultural. for Bunt-free Wheat Crops. Efficacy of the Copper, Carbonate Treatment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 5

Bunt is a serious pest in wheat, and growers should insure this quality of their product by preventive treatment. Millers find bunt in…

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Pastoral. Superphosphate for Pastures. Three Arguments for Topdressing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 5

A three-fold argument for the topdressing of pastures with superphosphate was advanced by Mr. H. K. Nock, of Nelungaloo, at a recent…

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Milling Wheat. Studies Op Qualities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 2

Hard, vitreous kernals of wheat have superior qualities for tread-making when compared with the starchy grains of the same class of…

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Letters to the Editor Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 4

Sir,—Mr. J. J. Pearse, chairman of the Bowthorne Butter Factory, in your issue of February 14, took 23 days to reply to my letter of…

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The Second Day. Horse and Cattle Awards

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 5

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 6

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

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Singleton District. Stock Inspector's Report. Shortage of Horses and Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 11

The Stock Inspector (Mr. G. K. freeman) reports that there is a growth of feed all over the district, the like of which he has not seen in…

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Australasian Wool. U.S.A. Investigating. Washington, Feb. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 12

Mr. J. Walker, a research student associated with the Department of Agriculture, will spend a year in Australia and New Zealand studying wool…

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Romance of Cotton Linking Farm and Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 6

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

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Better Farming. Train Tour to Start in March

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 9

The Under-Secretary of the Department of Agriculture has informed the Farmers and Settlers' Association that it is expected that the first tour…

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Low Production Costs the Basis of Successful Dairying

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 1

Success in dairying is almost entirely dependent on production costs, and this factor (says a writer in the "Farmera' Advocate," South Africa)…

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Linking Farm and Factory a Romance of Cotton

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 6

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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Farm Produce Agents Act

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 4

Mr W. Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Agriculture:—"With reference to your personal representations urging…

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