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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 128

Maitland Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 3

J. Enright reports selling 805 cattle at Maitlant on Tuesday last, mostly fair quality, from Oakey, Queensland, and lower New England. Buyers…

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Hereford Cattle at Auction

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 1

Messrs. A. H. McArthur and Co. advertise particulars of cattle to be offered at their next special sale at Armidale on Monday, 6th April, at…

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Stud Cattle. Lack of Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 12

There was very little competition in many of the classes in the stud cattle (beef breeds) section. No entries were forthcoming in the Durham…

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Wheat Market Values Unchanged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

The local wheat market continued steady yesterday, Owing to the paucity of sellers, but conditions were very quiet For bulk parcels holders at the…

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Ninth Series Geelong Wool Sales MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

The ninth series of Geelong wool sales was opened yesterday. There was animated competition for most of the 9000 bales offered. Sydney…

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Germany and Wool the Problem of Reciprocal Trade

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The wool market gives no sign of weakening, in fact, business in tops in Great Britain has recently shown…

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The Grazing Value of Sheep Pastures. the Instinctive Demand of the Animal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

The feeding value of natural pastures is not so much controlled by the amount of feed, as by the quality of the feed grown. Most graziers seem…

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For the Man on the Land Agricultural Lucerne on Wheat Land Value in the Rotation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

Besides being decidedly useful in the control and eradication of skeleton weed, lucerne can also play a very important part in wheat…

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The Show-- Junior Farmers' Exhibit. Comprehensive Display

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 12

A notable feature of the pavilion exhibits was the display arranged by the junior farmers of Muswellbrook, Scone, Aberdeen, Dartbrook and…

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Mischief Done Radio Announcements Dairy Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

A few weeks ago a complaint was made by Hunter River milk suppliers regarding comments made by a radio announcer…

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Dairy Products Quotas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy products Board, has decided upon the following quotes:…

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Junior Farmers Raymond Terrace Show Fine Exhibits Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

The Raymond Terrace District Junior Farmers' Club held its show in the saleyards paddock, Raymond Terrace…

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Cost of Sodium Chlorate Concessions to Farmers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

Where sodium chlorate is used for the destruction of noxious weeds and a certificate is given to this effect, its importation is allowed free of…

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Pending Dairy Produce Board Elections

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 3

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

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Field Farm & Dairy Agriculture Lucerne on Wheat Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 8

Besides being decidedly useful in the control and eradication of skeleton weed, lucerne can also piny a very important part in wheat farming…

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PASTORAL The Paspalum Pasture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 8

With the object of ensuring feed in plenty and variety all the year round, and a ration which contains all the elements of nutrition, the methods of…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 3

On Friday next, April 3, at 1 p.m., at the Shire Yards, Singleton, W. Balley and Sons will offer 1000 head of store cattle. The majority are…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 4

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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Wheat Market Unchanged in Sydney SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 11

There was no change in the local wheat market yesterday, which continued steady but quiet in the.absence of any selling pressure, and lack…

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Taree Show Fine Display of Cattle A.I.S. Fair Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 2

The Acting Governor (Sir Philip Street), who was accompanied by Lady Street, opened the 58th an-nual show of the Manning River…

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