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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 128

The Sound Wool Position Chutchings and Fleece Wools

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The continuance of a keen demand for merino wool despite the fact that millmen have been steadily…

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Caterpillars on Queensland Farms Crops Laid Bare

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 8

More than 20 farms have been affected by the plague of caterpillars which, during the last week, settled over a fertile stretch of country near…

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Wool Sales a Strong Market Brisbane Values Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 4

The Brisbane wool sales concluded to-day when 13,004 bales were offered. The selection was an average one, but contained a higher proportion show…

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For the Man on the Land Jetting of Sheep How to Make the Calcium Arsenite Mixture

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

With the approach of autumn, the attention of sheepowners may again be directed to the value of jetting with the calcium arsenite mixture…

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Farmers' Relief Act

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 4

The Farmers' Relief Board announces that the last day for receipt of applications for stay orders is 31st' March, 1936. Only those applications…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board. Election of Producers' Representatives

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 8
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

The Dairy Produce Export Control Act was recently amended by the Commonwealth Parliament to provide for the alteration of the title of the Board…

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Agricultural Cabbage Grub. Treatment of Infested Crops

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

The small green caterpillars which riddle the leaves of cabbages and cauliflowers can be controlled by dusting the plants with lead arsenite…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Election of Producers' Representatives

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

The Dairy Produce Export Control Act was recently amended by the Commonwealth Parliament to provide for the alteration of the title of the…

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Butter Caramels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 3

Take a pleas of butter the size of a walnut and pound It with a wooden spoon till soft Add two tablespoonsful of sweetened sugar, and beat it…

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PASTORAL Use of Fertilisers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 9

It is a common practice when establishing improved pasture plants to mix the seed and fertilser prior to sowing with either drill, "combine,"…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 9

At Armidale on april 2, at 11 a [?] Waiter J. Hawke and Co. will offer 2000 head of good quality New England cattle…

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Values Firmer Sydney Wheat Market SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 9

The local wheat market yesterday reflected the steadier tone of overseas grain exchanges, and the sale of several Australian cargoes tended to…

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ARMIDALE Moving of Sheep P. M, 's Comment Armidale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 4

The moving of sheep by lorry was a practice which had to be very closely watched, said the police Magistrate (Mr…

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DAIRYING Winter Grazing Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 9

The provision of succulent bulky green fodder for feeding the dairy herd during late winter and early spring Is one of the problems that…

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Field Farm & Dairy Agricultural The Cabbage Grub

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 9

The small green caterpillars which riddle the leaves of cabbages and cauliflowers can be controlled by dusting the plants with lead arsenate…

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Wool Industry Lord Gowrie 's Warning "Changes Likely" Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 2

"Australia 's wool industry has been a gilt - edged security in the past, and everyone hopes that it will long remain so, said the Governor - General(Lord…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 19th inst.:— In the local wool market matters are quiet following on the termination of…

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Subject of Wool Freights

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 2

A confluence on the subject of wool freights took place on Saturday between the Acting Minister for Commerce and members of the Ovorseas…

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Butter Supplies Steadily Falling Off Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 2

In their weekly report prescott Ltd., state that production is steadily falling off in almost all dairying districts, arrivals being about 25 per cent lower…

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