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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 151

Flax As an Empire Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 4

No one disputes the gospel which was so widely preached by Mr. Bruce during his recent tour, that the British Empire could be…

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Pastoral. Industrial Trouble. Country Unfairly Treated

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 3

Mr. J. W. Allen, secretary of the Producers' Associations' Central Council, refers in his annual report to industrial matters, and he points out that…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 2

Sales were resumed in Sydney yesterday. The selling agents were Winchconibe, Carson, Ltd., and the Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd…

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Armidale and Ebor Cattle Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 2

Messrs. A. H. McArthur & Co. will yard 2000 New England bred cattle, at Armidale, on Wednesday, March 2, inducting over 1000 head of Hereford…

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

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

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

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A Popular Variety of Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

The increasing popularity of Waratah wheat is remarkable, comments the Chief Instructor of Agriculture in a recent crop-growing competition…

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Butter. British Troops. Cable From War Office

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 6

The Federal Government has received a cable from the war-office, stating that large quantities of butter are required for British troops in China…

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Pastoral. Superphosphate for Pastures. Three Arguments for Top-dressing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

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

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, February 22, 1927. Local and General. Big Money for Dairy Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 2

During January the dairy farmers of Muswellbrook and Denman received about £17,000 for cream. Of this amount over £10,000 was paid by the…

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Australasian Wool. U.S.A. INVESTIGATING. Washington, February 11

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

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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Wool. Attractive Catalogues Record Prices. Average Over £25 Per Bale

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., under date 18th February, writes:— At our sale on 16th inst., we…

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Wool. Attractive Catalogues. Record Price. Average Over £25 Per Bale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 6

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., under date 18th. February, writes:— At our sale of 16th. inst.,. we…

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Convincing the Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

The efficacy of this treatment and its advance in popularity are striking. Areas demonstrating the value of the dry copper carbonate method of…

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Denman Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 6

The Denman Dairy Coy., Ltd., manufactured during January 163,020 lbs of choicest and 17,083 lbs of second grade butter. This amount…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

Business conditions were brisk at the Alexandria forage market, Oaten hay sold to £8 per ton privately. In the grain section rye corn and wheat…

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Wheat Market. Oversea Position Improves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 6

Growers showed a little more disposition to sell Wheat yesterday. Some millers reported more inquiry than for some time past. Buyers'…

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Wool Sales. Competition Well Sustained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,167 bales, and the sales,…

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Homebush Sales. Prime Cattle and Sheep Firm. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 4

Winohcombe, Carson. Ltd., report Cattle, 3000 yarded. The bulk medium to useful quality Good to prime were unaltered. Others cheaper…

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Butter for Export. Commonwealth Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 3

During the week ended February 19 the Commonwealth graders examined at Sydney for export 23,865 boxes of butter, of which 20,884…

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The Butter Factory. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 2

Sir,—Having read most of the letters in the "Argus" and listened to quite a number of arguments for and against the changing of the personnnel…

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