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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 50 of 151

The Better Farming Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 4

It takes a pamphlet of sixteen pages, issued by the Government authorities, to give but the briefest summary of the varied contents of,…

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Homebush Sales. Prime Cattle and Sheep Dearer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Cattle: 3700 yarded, the bulk memdlum to useful quality. Good to prime were dearer at the opening sales…

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Commercial. Wool Auctions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 6

Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report:—Sales were continued during last week. The catalogue submitted by…

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Wheat Advances. Bran and 'Pollard Dearer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 3

The Sydney wheat market was stronger yesterday, in sympathy with the firmer tone overseas. Buyers were cautious on the unexpected…

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Wheat Pools. International Conference. New York, May 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 2

Messrs. T. B. Donnely (N.S.W.) T. H. Bath (W.A.), and A. J. King (Vic), have arived at Kansas City for the International wheat pool conference…

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Wheat Interests. World-wide Meeting. Vancouver, May 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 5

A message from Kanasa City states that preparations are proceeding for opening to-morrow one of the most important grain gatherings in the…

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London Wool Sales Decline in Prices. London, May 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 2

The May series of London wool sales opened to-day. Prices showed a decline of 5 per cent, compared with the closing rales of the last series…

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Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 2

Forage continued in short supply, at the Alexandria market, only 29. trucks being yarded. A keen demand prevailed, and stocks were…

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Pastoral. Foot-rot of Sheep. How to Treat the Condition

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

Exceptionally wet weather made footrot particularly prevalent last autumn. Weather conditions so far this year have been less conducive to the…

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Agricultural Pastoral. Foot-rot of Sheep. How to Treat the Condition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 10

Exceptionally wet weather made footrot particularly prevalent last autumn. Weather conditions so far this year have been less conducive to the…

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Scone Butter Company

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 2

It is reported that the Scone Dairy Co., Ltd., has commenced to collect cream in the Aberdeen district…

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Butter Factory Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 4

To consider the proposal of the amalgamation of the Bowthorne Butter Factory Co., Ltd., with the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 2

As advertised in this issue a special cattle sale will be held at Armidale on Monday, l6th inst., when 1500 good quality New England cattle will be…

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Pastoral. Federal Award. Hearing in June

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 3

It is officially stated that the hearing of the claims and counter claims for the new Federal pastoral award will come before the Federal Arbitration…

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A Year's Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

The wool-selling season has practically closed. Brisbane has a series still to go, and there are clearing up sales in all centres next month, when…

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Local and General Gresford Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 2

Prime cattle were slightly dearer it Homebush last Monday. Good to prime beef made 26/ to 37/ per 100 lbs. Mr. G. J. Champain, East…

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Pastoral. Fat Stock Selling. Weigh Bridge at Homebush

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

It was resolved by the annual conference of the Graziers' Association to guarantee for five years £250 a year towards the cost of crecting and running…

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Continues Firm. Sydney Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

The wheat market in Sydney showed caution in following the advance in wheat oversea, and prices, were irregular, buyers' limits in the…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

These notes are issued every week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Live Stock. Drenching. for Stomach Worms in Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

The stomach round worm is the commonest and probably the most destructive of the worms infesting sheep in this State. They occur almost all…

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