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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

2,769 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 139

Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 4

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report that at Wednesday's wool sales they offered a catalogue of 4513 bales, for which all sections competed freely…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 1

Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., reports 26th inst.: We submitted at our sale on 25th inst., a catalogue totalling 9884 bales, thoroughly…

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Butter Export Industry a Crisis Looming

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 1

The Australian butter export industry will face a grave crisis after 20th August if the British Government decides to restrict butter…

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Wheat Firmer [?] Advance in Floor [?] SYDNEY, Friday.[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 4

The tone of the city wheat [?] was very firm yesterday on [?] strength of overseas cables and [?] paucity of offerings. Sellers on [?]…

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Wool Sales a Firm Market SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 4

The wool market was particularly firm for crossbred and merino lots submitted. According to the Sydney Wool…

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Wheat Industry Sir H. Gepp's View SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 1

The belief that every section of the community should share in the maintenance of the wheat industry was expressed to-day by Sir Herbert Gepp,…

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Western Queensland Severe Effects of Drought Sheep Shorn and Shot

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 8

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Pease) who has been on a tour of Western Queensland, says that never in the history of the pastoral industry has…

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N.S.W. BUTTER Other States Attacked Premier's Attitude Kempsey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 7

An attack upon other States for not observing the regulations under the Butter Marketing Stabilisation scheme was made by the…

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German Wool Imports Decline Combined Australian and New Zealand Action Expected

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 2

Combined action by Australia and New Zealand to obtian trade agreements with Germany, granting that country greater concessions and the…

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Parlous Condition of Wool Workers Labour Member Moves Adjournment to Discuss Question. Canberra

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 6

In the House of Representatives today Mr Garden (Labour) moved an adjournment to discuss the parlous condition facing workers in the wool…

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Modern Farming. New Methods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 8

Advancements in farming methods do not develop "overnight," so to speak. Probably owing to the nature of the industry itself, developments and…

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Dairy Industry Prospects Discussed "Little Need for Worry" Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 10

Mr. F. S. Warren,managing director of J. J. Lonsdale and Company, Limited, English butter importers, who has arrived in Sydney, said he had been…

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Modern Farming New Methods Gain Popularity

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 3

In farming, as in any other industry, profits depend directly on economy in operating costs, and on savings in time, labour, and implement…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. Motion to Alter Name Defeated

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Co. Ltd. was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Raymond Terrace, on Wednesday…

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PASTORAL Kikuyu Grass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 10

An object lesson that is mostly wasted on city folk is provided at present by the very profuse and luscious growth of Kikuyu grass on the…

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Auckland Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 8

At the Auckland wool sales, 12,000 bales were offered. Ninety per cent. Was sold. The prices averaged between 5d and 6d. Germany bought…

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APPROVED! Butter Marketing Central Board Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 1

Butter producers strongly support the proposal for the coordination of butter producing and marketing bodies as foreshadowed…

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Wheat Easier The Sydney Market SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 3

Following the reaction in overseas grain exchanges, the city wheat market opened easier yesterday. Bulk wheat was offered fairly freely at…

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Field Farma & Dairy Agriculture Control of Thrips

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 10

Various species of thrips have recently caused injury in vegetable and flower gardens, the most abundant species being the black thrips…

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All Round Improvement at Stroud Show Pavilions Filled Fine Display of Beef Cattle Gate Takings Increase Stroud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 2

An all round improvement, both in quality and numbers, was recorded in all sections, with the exception of bloodstock and draught horses at the Stroud Agricultural and Horticultural Association's 14th annual show, opened yesterday…

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