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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 128

Dairy Products Quotas Announced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 4

"The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hugh Main), on the recommendation of the New South, Wales Dairy Products Board, has decided upon the…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— "Actual local transactions have been limited during the past, week, but a…

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Butter Exports July to May SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

In a Statement issued to-day the Department of Commerce states that the export of butter for the period from July 1, 1935, to May 23, 1936…

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Butter Standardisation Recommended Four Brands Proposed by Council

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 6

The principal decision of the Agricultural Council, whose sittings ended yesterday, was that butter should be standardised by reducing the present 800 brands to four…

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Four Brands Export Butter Grading Council View Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

The principal decision of the Agricultural Council, whose sittings ended yesterday, was that butter should be standardised by…

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New Weed Found at Glen Innes Menace to Sheep

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

Mr E. Cheel, State Botanist, announced, at the meeting of the Linnean Society , the discovery of a new weed in Australia, and said that if it was not…

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Monster Sheep Killer Trapped. The Last of the Pack

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 8

Last week a crossbred dingo which had been billing sheep in hundreds on Mr. R. H. Blomfield's property at "Valance's Arm," was…

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Wool and Substitute Fibres Aspects of the Outlook

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 26th inst. Though wages for those employed receded during the depression and…

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Dairy Farms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

It is rumored that when the Tea Gardens-Bulahdelah road, now under construction, becomes trafficable there will be a subdivision of several…

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Australia's Favourable Trade Balance: £28,423,000 Increase of Nearly £11,000,000. Big Increase in Wool Exports. CANBERRA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

Australia's favorable overseas trade balance for the ten months ended last April was £28,423,000, compared with £17,871,000 for the corresponding period of last year. Wool exports for the same period rose £15,000,000 compared…

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Dairying. Increases Winter Production Cheaply-made Rug for Dairy Cows

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 9

As a means of assisting the dairy cow to conserve heat (and thus preventing food wastage), the rugging of the animals during at least a portion…

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Citrus Crop Question of Bounty Council Meets Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

Representatives of the States at the Agricultural Council urged that the Commonwealth should make an early statement whether…

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Milk Inquiry Liverpool Dairyman Dissatisfied Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 7

Giving evidence before the Milk inquiry to-day, Beaufort Aoton Cook, a dairy farmer, of. Liver pool, said that although it had place, he had milk turned…

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Lake Macquarie Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

The Farmers' Protective Association, Charlestown, wrote complaining of the allegedly bad treatment meted out to the farmers of that district,…

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Quietly Steady Sydney Wheat Market Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 4

The city wheat market was quietly stoady yesterday opening, with sellers asking 3/68, February sile basis for prompt bulk wheat, and later 8/6 [?]…

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Field Farms&dairy Notes by Government Experts Agricultural Vegetable Weevil

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 9

The grubs of the vegetable weevil (Listroderes obliquus) occur during winter and early sprin, They are stout, legless larvae, pale green to…

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The Tariff Retaliation by Japan Wool Imports Tokyo. May 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 1

The Japanese wool industry proposes to reduce imports of Australian wool by 50. per cent to cancel purchase contracts, and to prohibit…

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DAIRYING Rugs Beneficial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 9

As a means of assisting the dairy cow to conserve heat (and thus presenting food wastage), the rugging of the animals during at least a…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 29th instant. The main topic of interest in the wool trade just now is the probable…

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Sharp Decline Production of Butter Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 8

In their weekly review, Prescott, Ltd. report a sharp decline in production is reported from several dairying centres. Arrivals are very much…

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