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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 128

Wheat Market Dull in Sydney SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 4

Very quiet conditions ruled In the city wheat- 'market yesterday. For. bulk .parcels. sellers, were asking 3/ 81 February silo basis, equal to 3/ 91…

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Values Easier Melbourne Wool Sales MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 9

About 7227 bales were offered at the Melbourne wool sales. Although competition for merinos and comeback from the home trade…

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Dairy Farms Milk Championship Better Standard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 4

Is dairy farming !a business or just an occupation? Many dairy farmers of to- day have drifted into just this latter conception…

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Series Ends London Wool Sales Higher Prices London. March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 1

The second series of the London Colonial wool sales concluded to - day. '. Compared with the closing, rates of last aeries prices wore 5 per cent,…

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London Colonial Wool Sales Conclusion of Second Series. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 1

The second series of the London Colonial wool sales concluded to-day, when 9231[?] bales were offered, of which 7231 were sold. New South Wales…

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Fertiliser Trials Growing of Onions Inland Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 4

Results obtained from onion fertiliser trials in the western districts have not been altogether convincing, so the Department of…

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Big Dispersal Sale of Dairy Herd

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 3

On Saturday next, Messrs A. L. Stewart and Co., auctioneers, Tamworth, will hold a clearance sale on account of Mr John Byrnes, of The…

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Repeated Attacks on Country Produced Milk Farmers in Shoalhaven District Disturbed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 4

Farmers in the Shoalhaven district are very disturbed at the repeated attacks which have been made on country produced milk. They claim that these…

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Butter Export Federal Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 10

During the week ended March 21, the Commonwealth graders examined for export 7351 boxes of butter at Sydney, of which 5531 were salted…

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Wheat Market a Shade Firmer SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 10

The city wheat market was a shade firmer yesterday, apparently on the few sales of shipments of New South Wales wheat reported overseas, but…

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Wool Sales Values at Geelong MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 10

Merino comeback wools were distinctly firm at the Geelong sales when 9000 bales were submitted practically all were cleared at auction…

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Share Farmers Dairy Produce Board Right to Vote Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 1

Mr. W. Frith (U.C.P., Lismore) asked the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. H. Main) to-day was he aware that some doubt existed as to the…

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Muswellbrook Has Best Show of Horses for Years Strong Classes Fine Display of Farm Produce Additional Awards Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 4

Although most of the sections at the 52nd Muswellbrock Show, which opened yesterday, showed an improvement on that of last year, the most noticeable advance was in horses and farm produce…

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Junior Farmers' Show

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 4

The Raymond Terrace District Junior Farmers' Club held thier show in the Sale yards paddock, Raymond Terrace, on Saturday afternoon last…

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Dairy Produce Board Elections

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 1

Member of the Union are reminded that the duty of enrolling for the coming election of a producer representative to the newly constituted Australian Dairy…

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Stud Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 2

Beef breeds: Herefords: Bull, lyr. and under 2, H. A. Bassingthwaighte 1 and ch.; bull calf, under 1yr., H.A. Bassingthwaighte; cow or heifer, 2…

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Fat Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 2

Durham bullock, White Bros 1 and ch.; Hereford bullock, Estate late M. S. Kennedy; crossbred bullock, White Bros.; Aberdeen Angus…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 8
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Messrs. Walter. J. Hawke and Co., Armidale, announce another big sale of 2000 New England bred cattle to take place at Armidale on Thursday,…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— The series of sales which concluded in the Brisbane centre last week gave…

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