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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

2,769 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 139

STANHOPE Mr. B. Woodland Passes Farmer Resident Stanhope

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 2

Deep regret was felt throughout the district through the death of Mr. Benjamin Woodland, which occurred recently at his home,…

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Dairy Industry Conference Problem of Finding Markets

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

A "real and serious" problem f aces the Australian dairying industry—that of finding a market or the ever-increasing exportable surplus, which is now more than 50 per cent, of the total production…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-oporativo Coy. reports on the 11th. instant. We submitted at our sale on Wednesday, the 10th. instant, a catalogue…

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Royal Show Northern Exhibitors CATTLE—PIGS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

The reserve champion Jersey bull at the Royal Show yesterday was "Anemone's Lily Oxford (Imp.)" exhibited by the estate of…

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The Wool Market Melbourne Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 3

Approximately 9500 bales were submitted at the wool sales in Melbourne yesterday. Considering the lateness of the season the selection was a…

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Cattle at the Royal Show Best on Record

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 3

The display of cattle at the Sydney Royal Show is described by competent judges to be the best on record, there being no marked falling-off in…

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Wool Sales Melbourne Values MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 4

Wool sales were held in Melbourne when 9450 bales were submitted. A strong and buoyant market prevailed for practically all descriptions of…

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Wheat Market Bran and Pollard SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 4

The city wheat market was quiet yesterday, in the absence of export orders for flour, and sales of actual local wheat overseas. Sellers of…

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Wool Classing "Pass" Subject "Leaving" Exam. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 7

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) announced to-day that the Board of Examiners had approved of the acceptance of wool-classing as a…

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Grim Drought Plight of U.S.A. Farmers WASHINGTON, April 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

Drought conditions on the Great Western plains are reported by the Department of Agriculture to have been worse on April 1 than at the…

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Bigger Output Casino Dairy Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 8

In March the dairy society manufactured 758,187lb. butter, compared with 748,981lb. in February, and an increase of 60,988lb. over March, 1934…

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The Farm Tragedy Further Evidence

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

The remainder of the evidence tendered at the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ernest Bruce Fenwick, a well-known…

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Dairying Cream Contamination the Cause May Be Obscure

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 6

Many a dairy farmer has been, at a complete loss to understand the cause of a drop in the quality of his cream until he has brought the matter under…

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Export of Butter

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 4

According to information supplied by the Department of Commerce, this season's butter exports now total 102,439 tons, as compared with 87,251 tons in…

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Butter Export Commonwealth Grading

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 8

During the week ended April 13 the Commonwealth graders examined for export tit Sydney 15,507 boxes of butter, comprising 11,540 salted and 3961…

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Royal Show Bowthorne Factory Butter Success

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 2

Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., Morpeth, was the most successful competitor in its export classes at the Sydney…

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Dehorning of Aged Cattle a Cruel Operation

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 2

"The dehorning of aged cattle is diabolically cruel. I have seen blood spurting in streams five feet long from cattle" declared the President of…

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Cattle Disease Slaughter in Britain LONDON, April 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 1

Two thousand head at cattle were slaughtered at Sturminster, Newton, to-day, following the discovery of foot and mouth disease in many of them…

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Wool Sales Melbourne Values MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 8

Offerings at the wool sales here yesterday totalled 8000 bales. All the good features of Monday's sales were in evidence and the market closed…

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