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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

3,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 151

Irish Butter Industry Orcanising

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 7

The Free State Creameries hare come to the conclusion that the old system of each selling or consigning direct was not satisfactory for either…

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Butter Factory Output for June

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 8

The Singleton Central Co-operative. Dairy Company, Ltd., manufactured for the month of June 82 tons of butter, as compared with 101 tons for theo…

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Large Purchase of Store Sheep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 1

Mr. A. W. Swaddling of Muswell-brook, and Mr. W. P. Bowman, of Balmoral Station, recently made a long tour by car in search of store…

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Missing Grazier. Present at Sheep Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 13

James Carlon, the wealthy crazier, who was missed by his relatives on his arrival at Sydney on June 28, was present at the sheep sales on the 8th…

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Wheat Steadier Sydney Limits Advanced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 7

On the advice of the London market being steady, owing to reports of unfavourable weather in Europe, Sydney limits were advances on…

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Dairy Farmers. Hard to Comply with Condtions. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 13

Professor Murray, of the Gatton Agricultural College, Queensland, in the course of an address, said it might surprise people to learn that…

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Dairying the Cow in Calf. Dry Her Off Properly Before Calving

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 8

It is often the simplest tasks on the farm that get least attention Take, for instance, the work of drying-off the cow prior to caiving. Not…

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Farmers Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 3

Two trucks of extra choice wheaten on chaff from the Ganmain district, in the Riverina, realised to £9/10/ per ton at the Alexandria market…

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Australian Millet. Handling Next Season's Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 7

New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland delegates attended the third annual meeting, of the Australian Broom Millet-growers'…

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Homebush Sales Prime Sheep and Cattle Scarce. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 4

Wlnchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: —Cattle; 2800 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. Prime were unaltered, others weaker at the…

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Milk V Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 4

An "economic note" struck at the successful function celebrating the erection of the new factory at Berry for the handling of milk and casein…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 4

Schute, Belize Co., Ltd., report 14th July: Shearing is progressing over a steadily increasing area, so that full catalogues for the opening series of…

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Irish Butter Industry Organising

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 4

The Free State Creameries have come to the conclusion that the old system of each selling or consigning direct was not satisfactory for either…

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Singleton Letter. Butter Factory Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 3

Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., manufactured for the month of, June 82 tons of butter, as compared with 101 tons or the…

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Kidman Retires Australia's Cattle King

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 4

Sir Sidney Kidman has retired from work. It is up to him, says one who knows the cattle king, and pens a few reminiscences for an exchange. Sir…

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Quality of Butter. Choicest Sold Locally

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. P. V. Stokes, M.L.A.), in referring to a recent Press complaint that inferior grades of butter are being sold locally,…

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Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 4

Messrs Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., report having held a special sale of store cattle, in conjunction with Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, at the Shire…

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Wool. Russian Buyer Arrives in Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 2

In future Russia will buy wool direct from Australia, the business being conducted on the usual terms of credit. A statement to this effect was made…

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55,000,000 Sheep. State Overstocked. Mr. Cramsie's Warning

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 5

Mr. J. B. Cramsie, chairman of the Metropolitan Meat Industry Board, on Saturday night, when responding to the toast of the "Meat Board," at the…

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