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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 151

Junior Farmers' Clubs. a Valuable Means of Rural Education

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 5

Those interested in agricultural education and progress will have noted with interest references in the press to preliminary meetings of the…

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Dairying. Calf Rearing. Avoid Checks in Growth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 5

The rearing of the calves is one of the most important activities on a dairy farm, for to a great extent it is on success in this that the…

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1927 Feminity. This Eton Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 8

Delightfully feminine, her frocks of the daintiest and richest fabrics, bunched out here and there in little rows of frills and flounces, her skirts…

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Poison in Butter. Woman's Lucky Escape, Youth Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1927 · page 3

Late on Saturday afternoon a boy was arested at Krambach on a charge of poisoning. On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs, J. E…

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Big Sheep and Cattle Sale Scone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 7

On Friday next, Stan. G. Keene and Co., Scone, will yard 4000 sheep and 900 head of cattle at the Scone sale yards. The sheep comprise good wool…

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More New Zealand Butter. Victorian Dairymen Aroused

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 6

The arrival at Port Melbourne of a heavy consignment of New Zealand butter—over 3000 cases in all—has roused the farmers of Victoria to a…

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Butter Heavy New Zealand Consignment to Victoria

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 1

The arrival at Port Melbourne of a heavy consignment of New Zealand butter—over 3,000, cases in all— has roused the farmers of Victoria to a…

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Butter Pay. Hunter River Leads North Coast

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 1

The following article, reprinted from the "Northern Star," will be read with interest, by dairy farmers throughout the Upper Hunter. In February…

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Taree Show. Additional Awards. Horses and Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 6

The Taree Show concluded on Friday. It has been a record show for exhibits, attendance, and fine weather. The following are additional…

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Wool Market Firm. Attractive Clips

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The secretary, Farmers' and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes:— At our sale of 7th. March we catalogued an excellent selection, including…

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Wool Market Firm Attractive Clips

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— At our sale of 7th March we catalogued an excellent selection, including…

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Pastoral. the Land Bill. Will Not Be So Drastic

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 3

As soon as a copy of the Large Estates (Taxation Management) Bill was available, the executive of the Graziers' Association went carefully into…

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Barsham Estate. Grew 186 Bales Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

Years ago, when Barsham Estate, Blandford, was fully worked by the late Mr. R. P. Abbott, it grew a large clip of wool. The estate is to be offered…

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Wool Sales. Strong Competition in Sydney

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

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogues totalled 10,136 bales, and the…

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Fine Akd Coarse Wool Contrast in Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— Circumstances are certainly more favorable towards the grower producing merino and the finer crossbred wools…

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Sciene and Wool. Exhibition in London. Tabless Brands

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 7

An exhibition arranged by the Research Association, illustrating the application of science to the wool trade from the raw material to the…

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Inland Dairying. an Aspect That Many Farmers Overlook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 6

To obtain maximum returns from a dairy cow it is essential that she have access to supplies of green and succulent fodder, especially during the early…

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Big Price for Dairy Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

D. Abbott and Co. report having sold by auction in conjunction with Thos. Carlton a farm and grazing property situated at Glen William…

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Poison in Butter the Gloucester Case. Boy Sent To Institution. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 5

Thora May Ford, residing with her husband at Belbera, near Gloucester, was at tea with her husband, tour children, a visitor, and a boy 15½…

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