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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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Farmer's Suicide. Daughter's Struggle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

Edward Enkelmann, 55, a farmer, of Beerleigh (Q.) committed suicide by jumping over the Yatala Bridge into the Albert River. His two…

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Bob's Farm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

Six and a half inches were registered as our share of the recent rain. The new road is gradually getting firm asd pleasant to travel on…

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Farm Produce Agents. Act

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

The Farm Produce Agents Act came into force on January 1, in Sydney and Newcastle. According to the measure every sale of…

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Dairying. Pasture Improvement for Dairymen. Importance of Change of Feed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

How to ensure a change of feed from "the ubiquitous paspalum," which has taken possession of the best of the country in coastal areas…

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Farm Tragedy. Woman Shot Dead. Perth

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

A shocking tragedy occurred near Donnybrook, about 110 miles south of Perth, at an early hour this morning. A well-known farmer, John Samuel…

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Farm Produce. New Act in Operation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

From Saturday last will operate the Farm Produce Agents' Act and regulations, which require that every person trading as an agent in farm produce…

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Pastoral Awards. Federal, Position

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 9

Mr. J. W. Allen, general secretary of the Graziers' Association, stated yesterday that there appeared to be some misunderstanding over the…

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Singleton Wool

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 6

Mr J. A. Clarke's wool clip, from Westbrook, realised 24½ d, 23¼d, for ewes' fleece; Messrs Haling Bros.' clip, from Singleton, 23¼ d, 21½d fleece, 18½d…

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Wool Is Firm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

The general belief in the trade is that the wool market will hold firm for the remainder of the current selling season. The finer wools' are making fine…

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Tick in Cattle. Eradication Campaign

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) is to leave for the northern rivers district, in connection with the tick eradication campaign, in…

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Sheep Raising. Increase in Western Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 13

One of the most remarkable developments of recent years in Western Australia, according to a writer in the Kalgoor[?]e "Miner," is the…

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Pastoral New Year Outlook Season and the Markets

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

What has 1927 in store for the grazier? No one can forecast for certain, and most of us have little faith in prophets. It has been said that you…

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Wheat Markets. Shippers Reduce Offers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

New South Wales wheat growers, in declining to place their product on the market in anything like the quantity expected at this time of the…

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Wheat by Rail. Record Traffic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 11

In reference to recent further complaints that the supply of trucks for the transport of fodder and wheat has not been equal to farmers and…

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Choice Butter. the Markets of Great Britain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 9

At a meeting of men interested in the dairying industry held at Boonah (Q.), the Minister for Markets and Migration (Mr Paterson) detailed…

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Butter Factory Returns. Supplies Increasing. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 14

The quantity of butter manufactured by Singleton Central Co-operative-Dairy Co., Ltd., during November amounted to 127 tons, which is…

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Cattle for Export. Certificates by Stock Inspectors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 11

Mr. L. Evans, of Dapto, who was secretary of the recent Agricultural Bureau conference at Nowra, has been informed of the decision of Mr…

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West Australia. Heavy Wheat Yield Expected

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 16

Dealing with the wheat harvest, the latest bulletin issued by the Premier's department of Western Australia states that a revised official…

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World's Wheat Supply Carry-over Forecasted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 7

The last number of the "International Crop Report and Agricultural Statistics," published by the International Institute of Agriculture,…

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Fire in Wheat. an Employees Allegations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 11

The district coroner of Urana (Mr. F. E. Whitefield) returned an open verdict after inquiring into a fire on Lindsay Crowe's farm on the…

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