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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 128

Wool Sales Review of Julydecember Period

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

The Australian Woolgrowers' Council, in a review of the July-December period, issued on Wednesday, states that the result of the first half of the…

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Wheat Quiet The Sydney Market SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

The city wheat market was quiet yesterday. The market opened with sailers of prompt bulk parcels asking 3/8¼, and…

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Earmarking of Sheep Compulsory Under 1934 Pastures Protection Act

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture directs the attention of sheepowners to the fact that in terms of the 1934 Pastures Protection Act it is now…

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Dairy Farm Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

Entries for the "Farmer and Settler" dairy farm competition, coastal series, close on 30th March next. The competition embraces the coastal…

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Wool Sales Sydney Values Firm £19 Average Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,547 bales, and the clearance,…

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The Stable Wool Season 70 Per Cent. of Clip Sold

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The Australian wool selling season' opened in September with Bradford 64's merino tops selling at…

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Expand Sales Australian Wool and Produce. Tariff Changes Urged. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

Far-reaching changes in Australian tariffs to compensate for the burden of exchange on many foreign countries are proposed by a…

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Farming Boom. If Poor Had Adequate Diet. 12 TO 25 Per Cent. Increase

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

Addressing the Farmers' Club members in London, Sir John Orr, research lecturer on nutrition at Aberdeen University, elaborated on his idea of a…

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Junior Farmers Royal Easter Camp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

With a view to furthering the interest in the growing lads of the country in progressive agricultural methods and modern ideas of animal…

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Poultry Farmers Tenambit Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Tenambit Poultry Farmers Association was held on Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. A. Nethercott…

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Dairy Produce New Zealand Marketing Govt. Action? Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

A further conference to discuss proposals regarding the local and oversea marketing of dairy produce and the Government's guaranteed…

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Wool sales Sydney Offerings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 8

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd.'s wool report: At our auction sale yesterday we submitted a catalogue of 5170 bales of wool representative of most…

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Butter Pay North Coast Factories LISMORE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 8

Dairy farmers will received 9¼d a lb for butter supplied during, January. That rate was decided on by North Coast Butter Factories'…

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Sydney Wool Prices Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 8

The average price per bale of wool sold in Sydney this week was £19/ 1/4, and 16d per 1b. This is the highest average recorded this season…

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Wheat Market Steady but Quiet SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 8

"The city wheat market yesterday was steady, but very quief. In the parcels section small business was transacted early in the forenoon at…

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Field Farm&dairy Agriculture Potato Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 8

The harmful effect of deep interview cultivation of the potato crop has been frequently been noted, particularly in main crop ureas during…

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Junior Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 4

Singleton inaugurated the idea inter-show visits by Junior Farmers, and the idea has caught on. The Singleton club has received an…

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DAIRYING Bone-chewing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 8

Referring in a recent report to the prevalence of bone-chewing and other symptoms of mineral deficiency among cattle in a North Coast district…

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HOMEBUSH Lambs Very Firm Cattle Weaker Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 3000 cattle yarded. The market was 15/ lower. good to prime beef made 24/ to 31/ hundred lb., yearlings…

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Food Supply Position in Germany Farmers Warned Berlin, February 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 5

"The hunger blockade and not the enemy's weapons brought germany to her knees during the world war" said Dr. Zielka, president of the Reich Food…

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