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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 151

Gloucester. Dairy Company's Returns. Holiday Traffic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 6

Mr. J. Barkwill had his leg badly crushed at Gungat a few days ago. He was holding a Rate open for a timber lorry to pass through when…

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Dairying. As a Change From Paspalum. Kikuyu Grass on the North Coast

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 6

Kikuyu grass is fast gaining popularity among dairy farmers on the North Coast on account of its ability to produce a heavy bulk of…

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Singleton Co-op. Dairy Co. and Community Settlement Act. Proposal Rejected

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 16

A special general meeting of shareholders of Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was i held on Saturday, to adopt the proposed new rules of the company…

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Farmer's Suicide. Daughter's Struggle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 9

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

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Gored by Bull. New Zealand Farmer Attacked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 4

James Brown (77) was attacked by a bull at Pahiatau (N.Z.), knocked against a wire-netting fence, and severely gored…

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Farm Produce Agents. Act in Operation. Value to the Grower

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 4

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Dunn, M.L.A.), stated that he was somewhat sceptical as to the success of the scheme under which some…

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Wool Auctions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 7

Pill, Son and Badgery, Lid., report. —The improved tendency was confirmed at last week's auctions, when, under a widespread inquiry, the…

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Butter Market. Prescott and Co's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 3

Prescolt, Ltd., reports on the butter markets as follows: Sydney,—The benefit of the December rains is being shown in the…

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Fox Farming. Profits Sure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 6

Several hundred residents of the British Isles wrote to Canada during the past year inquiring as to the possibilities of raising silver foxes in this…

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Sheep on the Wheat Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

One of the most important developments of wheat-growing in New South Wales during the past few years has been the recognition by many of the…

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Butter Reduction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

A meeting of the Australian Stabilisation Committee on Friday afternoon decided upon a reduction of 1d. per lb in butter rates, to take effect from…

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Cattle at Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

Mr. M. Brown, secretary of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, has received a communication from the Guernsey…

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Pastoral. Prices and Costs. More Taxation?

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

Faced with a deficit of £1,370,000 for the first six months of the financial year, and the necessity for financing the child endowment scheme, the Lang…

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Wool Sales. Values Maintained

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., under date, January 10, Writes:— Auction sales were resumed after…

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Wheat Dull. Liberal Supplies Overseas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 3

The wheat market in Sydney yesterday reflected the dull position oversea in so far as Australian grain is concerned. Buyers' limits were…

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New Zealand Butter. Higher Import Duty Urged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 6

In Brisbane, on Tuesday last, a deputation, representative of all the dairying interests of the State, waited upon the Minister for Trade and Customs…

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Wool Sales. Animated in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,056 bales, and the gales,…

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Agricultural. Pastoral. Sowing of Grasses. Different Methods of Seeding Pastures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

The increasing interest that is being taken by farmers in the different phases of pasture improvement, and the approach of autumn (the season…

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Butter Factory Facts and Figures for Share Holders to Consider

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

Mr G. T. Moxey, Chairman of Directors of the Singleton Central Co-oporative Dairy Co., Ltd., writes:— Farmers lack organisation, and have…

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