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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

2,769 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 139

London Wool Sales Market Firm for Best Quality. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day 9958 bales were offered. There was keen competition for all better quality merino and crossbreds…

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Visit to A. C. and F. Co's. Scone Junior Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 8

About forty junior farmers, accompanied by the president (Mr. G. N. Lochhead) and secretary (Mr. F. F. Haron), visited the works of the A.C…

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New Zealand Tung-Oil Plantations Crops Fail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 4

When, seven or eight years ago tung-oil plantations were established in the north of New Zealand, a glowing future was proposed for the…

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New Dairy Industry Act

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 2

The district president of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. R. C. Gibson), stated on Monday on his return from Sydney, where he attended a…

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Field Farm & Dairy Notes by Government Experts Agricultural Drainage of Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 10

The removal of surplus water from cropping land early in the season be as to get the soil in good order for sowing and germinating the seed is a…

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Poultry Farm Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 2

A fire broke out in a brooder-house of Mr. Hudson's poultry farm at Boundary road, Pennant Hills, destroying brooders and 600 chickens. The…

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Still Shrinking Butter Production Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 3

Prescott, Ltd., in their weekly circular, states that arrivals of butter delayed owing to rought weather during the previous week, are included…

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Wethers Cheaper Sales at Homebush Cattle Unaltered Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 1

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report that 19,434 sheep and lambs were penned, the quality somewhat improved, and including a fair proportion of heavy…

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Wool Buying Threat from France SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 6

It is announced by the Trade Commissioner for France (Mr. Bader) that unless Australia immediately increased her purchases from France, that…

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Australian Butter Consumption 75 Per Cent.consumed Locally. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 2

Giving evidence before the Wheat Commission to-day, John Lawson Shute, General Secretary of the P.P. Union, said: "Wo are given to understand…

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WOOL—MEAT Trade with Belgium BRUSSELS, July 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 5

The Australian Minister in charge Of Trade Treaties, Sir Henry Gullett, has readied an agreement in principle with the Belgians in respect of…

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France's Threat to Cut Australian Wool Purchases Uneven, Trade Balance

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 2

The Trade Commissioner for France (Mr Bader) stated on Saturday that unless Australia immediately increased her purchases from France, that country…

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Too Dear! Mill Offal Dairy Use Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 1

Interesting evidence on the part the wheat industry plays in relation to the dairying industry was given at the Wheat Royal…

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Dairying on Manning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 3

For the month of June the Manning River Cooperative Dairy Co. paid 640 suppliers ll 3/4d per lb for choicest and l0 3/4d per lb for second-class butter,…

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Farm Tragedy Five Bodies Found Burnt House Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 3

The charred bodies of five people were discovered after a fire which destroyed a seven-roomed house on an isolated dairy farm…

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Two Fines Conveyance of Stock Black Hill Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 4

The conveyance of nine head of cattle from Black Hill to the Maitland saleyards brought trouble to Arthur Knight, of Black Hill,…

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Queensland Farm Tragedy Five Bodies in Burnt House

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 2

Five persons lost their lives on Saturday night in a ghastly tragedy on an isolated dairy farm in the hills at Stoneleigh, four miles from Pittsworth…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Coy., Ltd., report: The London sales are still in progress and the latest reports from that centre are very gratifying. Full…

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Heavy Losses Cold Snap Kills Sheep

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 2

Discussing stock losses caused in Western Queensland by a cold snap following rain, the President of the United Graziers' Association (Mr…

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Immunisation of Sheep From Blowfly Pest Successful Experiments

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 3

Extraordinary results in the immunisation of sheep from the blowfly pest have attended the efforts of prominent scientists of the Council of…

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