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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 128

Farmers' Right

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

The announcement by the acting Premier (Mr. Bruxner), at Muswellbrook last week that the Government had decided to…

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AGRICULTURAL Rotation of Crops

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

Plants are composed of a great many compounds or substances. but of the eighty or more elements known to the chemist, only fourteen are…

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Butter Exports Latest Figures SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 1

The Department of Commerce, in a statement shows that for the period July 1, 1935, to March 28, 1938, a total of 80, 014 tens of butter was…

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Sheep Stealing Many Complaints MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 3

Complaints of the prevalence I sheep stealing were made at a meeting of the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society…

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Federal Pastoral Award Application for Variation by Graziers and A.w.u

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 4

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

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 3rd instant:— No new market features are reported from Melbourne where sales have…

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Wool Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 8

In the nine months from July to March, 2,393,591 bales of greasy wool and 109,848 bales of scoured wool were sold in Australia. The greasy fleece…

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Butter Exports Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

Commonwealth exports of butter from July 1 to March 28 totalled 80,013 tons, against 89,460 tons in the corresponding period of 1934-35…

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Butter Sales Output Declining Dry Weather

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 8

Prescoit, Limited's report:— Sydney: The recent falling-off in production in some districts has been temporarily checked, but in most areas…

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Wheat Surplus London, April 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

It is suggested by "The Times" that the Canadian Wheat Board might be induced to trausfer part of its wheat surplus to London, where it would…

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Sheep Losses Drought in W.A. Lambings Lost Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 10

The a[?]ug over prac[?] the whole of the sheep country throughout last season, and, in portions of it, during two previous seasons, is still…

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Heavy Yields Mr. Knight's Enterprise Prosperous Farm Glennie's Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

To see what irrigation means for the farmer, one has to visit, Mr W. J. Knight's farm at Glennie's Creek, where many broad acres seem to have…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. reports on the 3rd instant:— No new market features are reported from Melbourne where sales have been…

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Wheat Stocks Ottawa, April 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 9

Replying to the suggestion made in London that Britain should have a reserve stock of wheat in case of war, the Minister for Trade and…

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West Australian Drought 1,000,000 Sheep Lost

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 1

The Commonwealth Meteorologist (Mr E. V. Curlewis) stated on Monday that the drought now prevailing throughout Western was one…

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Wool Publicity Intensive Campaign SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 2

The chairman of the Graziers' Federal Council, Mr. G. Dalziel Kelly said to-day that Australia must give the lead in world-wide wool publicity…

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Farmer Hurt Thrown From Horse Miller's Forest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 6

Thrown from his horse yesterday, Mr. Thomas O'Brien sustained a fracture of three ribs, and suffered from a severe bruising and shock…

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Victorian Rain Relief for Farmers Some Floods Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 8

Rain, which has been anxiously looked for for some months has fallen throughout Victoria greatly enhancing prospects of the rural…

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A Prosperous Farm Mr W. J. Knight's Enterprise

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 2

To see what irrigation means for the farmer, one has to visit Mr W. J. Knight's farm at Glennie's Creek, where many broad acres seem to have…

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Cattle Dearer Sales at Homebush Sheep Advance Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report 2100 cattle yarded. The market was 10/ to 15/ dearer. Good to prime beef realised 23/ to 30/ per hundred…

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