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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 75 of 128

Butter Supplies Production Still Falling Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 4

Prescott, Ltd., report that production in some districts is still slowly falling away, but other areas report a little improvement. In the aggregate,…

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London Wool Sales Best Types Higher

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 4

Best types of wool are now 5 percent higher than in May. A few days before the sales commenced, a noticeable improvement was recorded…

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Pig Food Wheat Is Best College Tests

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 4

Wheat is the most suitable grain to produce first grade porkers or baconers. That, Mr. F. Bostock, piggery instructor at Hawkesbury…

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Capacity to Buy Wool Yorkshire and Elsewhere

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 21st July, 1936: The brighter demand experienced of late for passed-in greasy and…

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Wool for Japan South American Contract Kobe, July 17

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 2

The Domei News Agency states that, owing to the restriction of Australian imports, wool importers have already contracted for the supply of…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, July 21, 1936. Rail Bridge As Thoroughfare. Likely to be Closed. Farmers' Difficulty

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 3

The construction of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway will have one unpleasant effect for Muswellbrook. The iron bridge over the…

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Farmers urged to Make Better Use of Their Land Big Move Storing Fodder Great Need Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 1

Over 200 delegates of agricultural associations, officers of agricultural departments, and representatives of…

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Farm Tragedy Man's Body Found INVERELL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 2

The body of a young man named Christmas was found yesterday afternoon in a paddock on his father's preperty near Texas, Close by was a…

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DUNGOG Dairymen's Concern Dried Fruits Case Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 4

The Privy Council decision on the "Dried Fruits" appeal, as published in the press at the end of last week, has caused grave…

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Primary Producers' Union Weekly Notes (Issued by Authority of the Central Executive Council) Dairy Factory Managers' Problems

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 4

The annual conference of the New South Wales Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association is regarded by good judges of this class of…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 3

A London cable advises that, on July 18, butter afloat to the United Kingdom totalled 740,003 boxes. This was composed of 193,181 boxes from…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 17th instant: A pleasing feature in wool circles is the continued firmness of the London…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 3

Nenco, at Newcastle, is prepared to include in the coining catalogue to be submitted on September 10th all wool in store one week previous. Growers…

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Vital Need Fodder Reserves Farmers Told Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 1

In a paper read to the Fodder Conservation Conference to-day, Mr. H. C. Stening, Chief Agricultural instructor, of the…

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Dairy Products Exports to Britain LONDON, July 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 3

In the House of Commons, the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. W. E. Ellott) informed Mr. R. H. Dorman-smith (Con., Petersfield), that no…

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Sheep for Japan Tokyo, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 1

Five hundred and fifty Corriesdales from Sydney. have been landod at Yokohama for the Hokkaldo Government, which will distribute them…

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Wheat Market Quiet in Sydney SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 9

The tone of the city wheat market was a shade quieter yesterday. During the morning sellers were asking 3/11b February, silo basis for…

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Quotas Fixed Butter and Cheese Local Sales Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 1

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

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Lambs Dearer Sales at Homebush Cattle Unchanged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: 15,257 sheep penned. The market was very strong. Mutton 3½d to 4d; lambs and hoggets 4½dto 8d; suckers 6½d to…

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Farm Labourers Strike in France Harvest Time London, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 1

Despite, the Government's appeals, several agricultural strikes have broken out in various parts of France. All the Agricultural labourers in 20…

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