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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 128

Murder Charge Death of Farmer MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1936 · page 5

As a sequel to the shooting of Alexander Memery, 46, in the kitchen of his farmhouse at Bookaar, near Camperdown, it was stated that James…

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Fat Cattle Prices

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 3

A pleasing feature of the position in regard to the fat cattle market this last week has been the good demand for prime quality bullocks. At last…

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The Sheep Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 3

Matters are still moving along quietly in the South-West. Good breeding ewes at all reasonably priced do not lack buyers. The ruling price…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 11th instant:— While the uncertainty regarding the wool position for the immediate…

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Butter Exports Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

During the week ended June 18, the Commonwealth grades examined at Sydney for export 2837 boxes of butter, consisting of 2444 boxes of salted…

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Butter at 1/- Lb

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 6

Suppliers to the local butter factory were paid 1/- per 1b. for butter manufactured during the month of May. This is the highest price paid…

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World-Wide Search for Pastoral Grasses

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 2

Details of a scheme to explore the world for plants to maintain or increase the pastoral value of semiarid regions of Australia, are being…

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Wool Prices and Japan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 6

One Sydney daily paper to-day gave undue prominence to the fact that Japanese buyers did not operate at the wool sales in…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Evidence at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 3

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court to-day Thomas Lewis of Quorrobolong was charged…

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Wheat Quiet The Sydney Market SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

Lifeless conditions in actual wheat overseas were reflected in the city wheat market yesterday. In the sile parcels trade, sellers were offering…

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Dairy Farm Championship. Judging Begins

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

On Monday last the judges of the coastal dairy farm championships conducted by "The Farmer and Settler" in conjunction with the N.S.W…

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Prices Down Sydney Wool Sales Five—ten Per Cent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 7130 bales, and the clearance,…

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Wool Prices Slight Reduction Japan Holds Off Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 10

Japan did not compete at the wool sales yesterday, but although prices were lower than at the May sales, they were higher than in June, 1935…

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Shipping Companies and Wool Freights Pointed Comments by Graziers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 2

The failure of the Federal Government to induce shipping companies to reduce freights on wool was the subject of pointed comments in…

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£200 BAIL Wool Buyer in Court Sequel to Fatality Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 1

Ball of £200 was allowed James Henry Ormond Bowden (25), a Woolbuyer, at the Glebe Court to-day when he was remanded to the Central Court…

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Milk Trade and the Upper Hunter Share Sought by Farmers. (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 5

Sir.—With reference to my letter brought before the District Council of the P. P. Union at Scone and your report of the discussion, I was…

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Stud Fees Claim Before Court Farmer Sued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

A claim for £15/15/ allegedly due as stud fees for "Royal Sun" was made by Austin Frauenfelder, of Woodville, against…

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Gloucester Co-op. Dairy Co

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 2

Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Company for May, 1936, manufactured 146,150 lbs. of butter, for which suppliers were paid £7284/1/2 at the rate…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 8

A London cable advises that on June 13 butter afloat to the United Kingdom totalled 747,587 boxes. This was comprised of 177,014 boxes from Australia,…

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