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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 128

Wool Sales Values in Melbourne MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 4

The final series of wool sales was continued yesterday, catalogues comprising approximately 8000 bales. There now remains only four selling…

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Care Urged Dairy Board Election Enrolment Claims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 3

It has been found, says the executive of the Primary Producers Union that a certain number of the claims now being received by the Deputy…

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Dairy Industry Broadcast Criticism P.P. Union Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 4

Recently the Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers Union made reference to objectionable criticisms of the…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 9

A London cable states that on MArch 28 the butter afloat to United Kingdom ports totalled 1,055,196 boxes, comprising 416,130 boxes from…

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Wheat Market Quieter in Sydney SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 9

The tone of the city wheat market yesterday was quieter, with an easier sentiment, although holders were firm. At the opening sellers of bulk…

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LARGS Quarter's Rainfall Crops Flourish Largs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 5

Rainfall for the quarter ended 31st March was us follows:- January 538, February 301, March 520, Total, 13.59…

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Farmers' Relief Debt Adjustment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 10

Replying to Mr. Hankinson, the Minister for Local Government and Works (Mr. Spooner) said, in the Legislative Assembly, that the Farmers' Rellet…

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Bowral Dairymen Dissatisfaction with the Milk Board

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 1

The new regualtions made by the Milk Board, fixing earlier hours (based on a zone system according to distance) for the delivery of milk at the Bowral depot, are…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— The final series of wool sales in the Melbourne market has been in progress…

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Knew His Cattle, Too

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

It was at a certain Northern show. The cattle were on the ground, but the judge had been precluded from attending at the last moment. The…

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Bullock and Sheep Guessing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

The weight-guessing competitions resulted in many competitors : submitting close estimates of the live weight. Results:…

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200,000 Sheep Sold in Three Months

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

Over 30,000 sheep are being offered for sale at Manilla yards to-day by Mr. V. J. Byrnes (says the "Express"). To give an idea of the…

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Pastoral Award Claims for Variation the Proposals Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

The Australian Workers' Union, has lodged with the Commonwealth Arbitration Court a claim for variation of the Federal pastoral award, which has…

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Wool Cheque Total of £19,224,531 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

Wool sold In Sydney during March realised £1,822,204, making the wool cheque for the first nine months of this season £19,224,531, as compared…

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Silver Ring W.F.A. Prospects Warwick Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 11

A winner in New Zealand at his last four starts, Silver Ring, who is a much better horae now than when previously racing in…

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Am Important Case Farm Laborer Claims for Wages Under Rural Award

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6

Before Judge Barton, in the Dubbo District Court on Wednesday, a claim was made by Duncan Morgan, farm hand, against. Ernest Purseglove,…

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Dairying Milking Machines Importance of Proper Care

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

Discussions as to the practical success of milking machines have continued since they were first introduced. Milk and cream from herds…

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Eastern Trade Australian Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 6

Mr. F. R. R. van Bsveld, a manufacturers agent, of Melbourne, who travels periodically through the Far East selling Australian products, said…

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Field Farm & Dairy Dairying The Pit Silo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 9

There, is no cheaper or quicker method of ensiling fodder than by "pitting" II, observed a departmental pamphlet. In excavating a pit of the…

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