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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

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London Wool Sales London, January 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day 870 bales were offered, including 2762 from New South Wales, Sales of Australian wools totalled 7416 bales. There…

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Wool Price-Fixing. Favoured by Maranoa Graziers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8

The Maranoa Graziers' Association, a very important' primary producers' organisation of Queensland, recently held a referendum of its members on…

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The Wool Position. German-South American Activity

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— During five months of wool selling on the Sydney market this season the weekly average price of the sales has…

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Farmers' Debts. Agreements with Creditors. New Legislation Likely

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 7

Legislation which will enable a farmer to make a settlement with his creditors for an amount mutually agreed upon was foreshadowed at a State…

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Tomato Mite. Protection of Late Summer and Autumn Crops

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser, The Scone Advocate

The tomato mite has been recorded from as far west as Dubbo, but although it occasionally has caused losses in inland areas it is chiefly a pest…

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Contempt of Court Farmer Committed to Prison "Defying the Law."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

James Patrick Hoban, a farmer in the Tamworth district, who appeared before Mr. Justice Lukin in the Federal Bankruptcy Court on…

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Agricultural Pumpkin Beetle. Protection of Crops (Supplied by the Department. of Agriculture)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

Pumpkin beetles attack pumpkins [?]nd related cucurbitaceous plants at all stages of growth, the chief damage occurring to the young plants,…

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Sydney Show Record Wheat Entry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 9

The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales has received a record entry in the wheat section for the 1935 Royal Easter Show. The…

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Wool Sales. London, February 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day the offering totalled 6604 bales. The approximate sales of Australasian were 5396. There were satisfactory clearances…

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Field Farm & Dairy Dairying Grass Silage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 8

It is seasonable to remind dairy farmers of the advantages of ensiling excess pasture growth. The practice adopted in other countries of the…

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Farmers' Debts £12,000,000 Grant Scheme Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 11

The method to bo adopted in the distribution of tho £12,000,000, to be made available by the Commonwealth to the States, free of Interest, for the…

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Farm Relief Commonwealth Advance CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 2

Distribution of the £12,000,000 advanced by the Commonwealth for farm relief is to be left completely within the discretion of the States…

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Butter Supplies Decline in Production State Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 6

Prescott, Ltd., in their weekly report state that the recent temporary check in production in some districts has been followed by an improvement…

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Butter Market Alleged Manipulation OTTAWA Fed, 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 8

Mr. Charles Howard (Liberal) declared in the House of Commons that the Government had upset the Canadian butter market by the…

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Wheat Harvest Reduced Figures MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

Wheat production for 1934-35 is estimated at 30,000,000 bushels. This poor harvest is due to unfavourable weather and pests…

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Merino Sheep Cabinet's Decision Export Ban Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) has announced that the Federal Cabinet had decided to rea[?] its policy that the embargo upon the export of pure…

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Wheat Commission's Report Fixed Home Consumption Price Advocated. Canberra

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 2

The third report of the Commission on Wheat was handed to the Prime Minister to-day, and recommends that a home consumption price of wheat be…

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Farmers' Debts £12,000,000 Grant

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 3

The method to be adopted in the distribution of the £12,000,000 to be made available by the Commonwealth to the States, free of interest, for the…

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