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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. reports on the 26th instant:— We submitted at our sale on Wednesday, 26th instant, a catalogue of…

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Wool Exports From Australia

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 4

Exports of wool from Australia in the, seven months to January 31 amounted to 1,698,181 bales, an increase of 237,716 on the total for the…

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Six Sheep Killed by Alsatians Stock Losses Yenda

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 2

Two. Alsatian dogs attacked and killed six sheep last week on the farm of Mr. Frank Stevens, Mr. Stevens and Mr. W. H. Wood,…

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Wool Trade I South African Purchases Supplies for Germany Berlin, March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Official cables of wool imports show that 33,000 tons of South African wool were bought in 1935, which is twice as much as from Australia, compared…

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Farmers Jubilant Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 5

Splendid soaking rain tell throughout yesterday and last night, 322 points being registered The fall for the present year is already 855 points,…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 8

During the week ended February 29 the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 22,276 were salted…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

As announced in our advertising columns, Messrs. Walter J. Hawke and Co. will hold a sale of good quality New England bred cattle at…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded and sold 33,000 sheep on 25th February. Most of the lots were direct from breeders and made up a…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. reports on the 26th instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report 27th February: The closing sales of the week were held to-day, when we brought forward a…

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Store Cattle Maitland Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 7

J. Enright yarded upward of 800 Store Cattle at Campboll's Hill to-day. About 400 bullocks ware included, comprising excellent quality…

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Mysterious Sickness in Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

On Saturday afternoon last two head of cattle, the property of Mrs. Budd, died as the result of a mysterious sickness. Early in the afternoon…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

At Sydney wool sales yesterday a good selection comprising. 11,485 bales was submitted at auction. "Of these 10,423 were sold, while an…

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Sheep Shortage. Inquiries From Narromine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

As instancing the acute shortage of sheep, and the heavy demand since the rain, inquiries were received in Muswellbrook yesterday from as far…

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Steady Decline Butter Production Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 4

Prescott, Ltd, in their weekly circular, state that notwithstanding suitable weather conditions, there is a steady decline in production. The…

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Wheat Market Inactive in Sydney SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 8

Reflecting the quiet and featureless conditions ruling on all oversea grain exchanges at the week-end, the local wheat market yesterday was very…

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Pit Silage. Value to the Dairy Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

Whilst dairy farmers on the coast rarely have to contend with long droughty periods such as arc experienced inland, seldom does a winter…

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Sheep Dog Trials in England the Patience of Master and Dog

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Writing for a new book, "The Legacy of England," Bernard Darwin contributes a delightful description of sheep dog trials in England:…

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Wool Sales Satisfactory Clearances Average of £19 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 8

Woll sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge st., when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,485 bales, and the clearance,…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 3rd, MARCH, 1936. Popularising Our Butter. Letters to Home Friends

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

In order to stimulate sales of Australian butter in the British Isles, the General Secretary of the Primary Producers' Union suggests that those…

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