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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 128

Sydney Sheep Show. Grand Champion Merino Ram Sir Frederick McMASTER'S 3,000-Guinea Sire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 8

At the Sydney sheep show last week Sir Frederick McMaster's 3,000-guinea medium woolled merino ram, Jubilee, won the grand championship…

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Farm Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 4

The winter vegetable crops are progressing well. Early Horn carrots appear to be more satisfactory than the other varieties. The superphosphate…

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Closer Settlement. Support from Farmers and Settlers' Association. Question to Be Discussed at Conferences

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 7

The movement to bring pressure to bear on the State Government to introduce a vigorous policy of closer settlement is growing rapidly…

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Dairy Board Personnel Announced CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 3

The names of those who will represent producers on the Australian Dairy Produce Board are announced in the Commonwealth "Gazette."…

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Thrown From Car Farmer's Narrow Escape NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 6

Although he was thrown from the car and fell heavily to the paved roadway, John Brown, 64, of Miller's Forest, a farmer, narrowly escaped…

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PASTORAL Destruction of Rabbits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 8

The spread of noxious weeds is undoubtedly due partly to rabbits eating out the best grasses, which otherwise would compete with the weeds and…

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Drought Menace American. Wheat CHICAGO, June 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 10

Abnormally high temperatures, with continued absence of rain, in the north-west grain-production arens, have grently increased the drought…

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Wool Sales Values at Perth PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 11

At the final wool sale of the Pen[?] season 6000 bales were offered, including some early-shorn clips. Japan was not represented, and the…

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Field Farma Dairy Agricultural Four Types of Silage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 8

Writing to the Department of Agriculture recently, a Wagga farmer inquired: "Would you advise me which silage has the best feeding properties…

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Not Justified Japan's Reprisals Wool Man's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 10

The Commonwealth Government is still without official advice from the Japanese Government of the licensing system impozed to restrict the…

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DAIRYING Defects in Cream

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 8

Tho following paragraphs are taken from a departmental leaflet setting out the causes of some common faults in cream and the methods by which they…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 26th instant: Conditions disclosed at the wool auctions in Brisbane this week indicate…

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Butter Supplies Steady Falling Off Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 3

In their weekly review, Prescott, Ltd. state that as is to be expected at this time of the year, production is steadily falling off…

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Wrong Position Branding of Cattle Fine Improved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 3

The necessity for owners of cattle to brand beasts in the manner prescribed under the Act was stressed in the Glen Innes Police Court, when…

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Families Homeless Through Floods Thousands of Cattle Lost

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 2

Many families are homeless, thousands of head of cattle have been lost, crops have been ruined, and bridges have been washed away in the floods…

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Shortage of Butter in Victoria Production at Low Ebb

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 2

Melbourne exchanges report that production of butter and cheese in Victoria remains at a low level, and although no general shortage has been declared,…

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Blow to Wool Industry Statement by Graziers

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 4

In a statement issued in Melbourne by the president of the Graziers' Federal Council, Dr. Boyd, he said it was difficult to understand how the…

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Australian Wool Board Representation of Small Graziers

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 1

The general secretary of the Graziers' Association (Mr J. W. Allen), replying to the complaint of the president of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 June 1936 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 26th. instant:— Conditions disclosed at the wool…

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Blow to Wool Industry Statement by Graziers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1936 · page 1

In a statement issued in Melbourne by the President of the Graziers' Federal Council, Dr. Boyd, he said it was difficult to understand how the…

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