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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

2,769 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 139

Farmers' Experiment Plots. Results at Roxburgh

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 8

Members of the Roxburgh Agricultural Bureau (Mr. M. Quinn, secretary) again co-operated with the District Instructor of the Department of…

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The Primary Producers' Union Notes Dairy Industry Vitality Interested

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 5

The General President of the P. P. Union (Mr. M. P. Dunlop, M.L.C.'), discussing the latest developments in meat export restrictions, said they…

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[?]Unior Farmers [?]ay. Terrace Club [?]Aymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 5

A, C Innes of the local public was some time age instrument establishing a Junior Formers The idea has been taken up…

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Tobacco Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 5

No agreement has been made between the Government and the tobacco companies for the purchase of the tobacco crop this season nor has…

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Junior Farmers at Gloucester Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 6

This year Junior Farmers played an active part in the local show. They competed in individual sections for cattle, poultry, pigs,…

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Feeding of Pigs Suitable Forage Crops

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 2

There is nothing that will solve as many of the problems of pork or bacon production as an abundance of good forage. Pigs of all classes…

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Grant for Relief of Farmers Commissioner Recommends Allocations Canberra

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 6

Of the £573,250 promised by the Commonwealth Government for the relief of necessitous farmers, £100,000 has been recommended for distribution in…

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Farmer's Sudden Death

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 2

Arthur Edward Saul, a well-known Goonellabah farmer, in the Lismore district, died suddenly while at work. He was ongaged in ploughing, and about…

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Wheat Firmer Bran and Pollard SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1935 · page 11

The city wheat market opened very firm yesterday on the steady tone of all overseas grain exchanges. Buyers were offering 3/22 for prompt bulk, but sellers…

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Field Farm & Dairy Dairying Milk Distribution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1935 · page 8

Discussing at the Southern District conference of the Agricultural Bureau some impressions of dairying in New Zealand gathered during a recent visit…

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The Farm Home Control of Fleas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1935 · page 8

Three species of fleas may occur at times in sufficient numbers to constitute "a plague of fleas." These species are the cat flea (ctenocephalus…

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Dairy Board Election Candidates CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1935 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce (Dr. Earle Page) announced that nominations from co-operative butter and cheese factories for the election of…

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Stock Sales Good Cattle Firm Sheep Irregular

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 5

Good quality fat cattle were keenly competed for at the Maitland saleyards to-day. However, they only formed a small proportion of…

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Sheep Better Sales at Homebush Cattle Weaker Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: 32,700 sheep penned. The market opened unchanged. Mutton, 18d to 2½d; hoggets, 3d to 3½; lambs,…

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Horse Kills Sheep

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 3

An unusual incident is reported from North Bellingen. A draught horse viciously attacked and killed a sheep in a paddock in which…

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Commercial Special Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 4

Grainger and Falkiner Ltd. report having conducted a special store cuttle sale on Friday last (in conjunction with Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney) at the…

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Butter Exports Another Increase SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 1

Between July 1, 1934, and March 17, 1935, 14,000 tons more butter was exported overseas by Australia than for the corresponding period last season…

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Dry Weather Effect on Dairying Weekly Review Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 3

their weekly circular, Prescott, report that dry weather in some [?] districts is having its effect production, whilst in other quarters…

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Over Organised Dairying Industry Dr. Page's View Bulahdelah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 2

Speaking at the official opening of the Bulahdelah Show on Saturday afternoon, the Action Prime Minister, Dr. Earle Page,…

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Taree Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 6

The Manning River CO-operation Dairy Company paid 684 suppllers the month of February 9d a 1b. choicest and 8d a 1b for second class…

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