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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

2,769 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 139

The Farm Home House Flies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 8

Several species of files are to be found in houses, and are commonly refered to as house flies, but the most important and widely distributed is…

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Wheat and Wool Stolen from Farmers ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 3

Recently farmers in many district have suffered severe losses by the operations of wheat and wool thieves. Wool bales and wheat bags have…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziors, Co-operative Coy. reports on the 17th inst.: We submitted at our sale on Wednesday, January 16, a catalogue…

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Sheep Killed at Abattoirs

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 2

A watchman at the Flemington State Abattoirs surprised several thieves early on Saturday morning near a sheep pen. When they rail away, he fired…

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BUTTER Arrivals Fall Off Market Rates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 3

The report of Prescott, Ltd., states that there is a slight reduction in arrivals' this week, but production is likely ,to be well maintained, as all…

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Wheat Options Chicago, Jan. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 3

Wheat options closed on the Chicago Wheat Exchange as follows:- May, 985-8 cents a bushel; July, S9 5.8; September, 879 Durum wheat was…

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Sheep Killed Thieves at Abattoirs SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 2

A watchman at the Flemington State Abattoirs surprised several thieves near a sheep pen. When they ran away, he fired two shots…

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Bush Tragedy Near Charleville Told by Sheep Dog

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 2

Leaving his home near Charleville (Q.) on Saturday morning, with the intention of snaring kangaroos, Cecil Griffiths, 15, was found covered with…

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GLOUCESTER Dairy Company Special Meeting Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 6

Over two hundred shareholders of the Gloucester Dairy Co. were present at a special meeting when the question of Mr. Reichert's…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-oporativo Coy. reports oa the 17th inst; Wo submitted at our sale on Wednesday, January 16, a catalogue totalling…

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Knitting Wool

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 5

Comments were recently made by a country dweller regarding what he behaved to be the discrepancy between the prices of raw wool and wools for…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 2

The third week of the present series of Sydney wool sales commenced yesterday, when two selling agents submitted a total of 11,750 bales…

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Wheat Market Advance in Prices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 8

The Sydney wheat market opened firmer yesterday, compared with the week-end. In the parcels' section, sales of new season's bulk wheat were reported at 3/…

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Butter Export Equalisation Scheme Points Explained Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 8

Humours that certain butter factories have been acting unfairly by selling more than the fixed Australian proportion locally were…

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Market Firm. London Wool Sales. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 2

At the wool sales 8723 bales were offered. Home and Continental buyers were still operating, and generally the market was firm…

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Cane Crops Saved by Rain BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 5

Following general falls of from two to five inches over the north of the Queensland sugar belt cane crops which had been greatly affected by…

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Urban Farm Lands

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 2

In the report which appeared in the "Chronicle" on Friday, regarding the letter read at the Dungog Municipal Council meeting, from Mr. Bluett…

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Wool Sale

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— Wo brought forward our second catalogue of the present series on…

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Wheat Market Prices Unaltered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 7

The tone of the Sydney wheat market yesterday was quieter, more wheat was offering, however, than on the previous day, owing to the country soiling…

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