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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 128

Another Rise Price of Wheat SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 7

The local wheat market advanced another 1½d to-day, making a total, rise since Saturday of 3½d a bushed. Selling quoted sile lots at 4/3½ a pushed…

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BRIGANDS Attack on Farm British Defenders Addis Ababa, July 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 1

Four Britishers, including an Australian, William Harris, are defending a plantation against brigands, and are short of supplies owing to the…

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Died at Work Brunkerville Farmer BRUNKERVILLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 6

When the niece of Mr. Richard Joseph Bucton, 68, a farmer, of Brunkerville, noticed two horses, which were harnessed to a plough, galloping…

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Dairy Science Bega School Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 4

Advice has been received by the Department of Agriculture that extensive additions are being made to the premises of the Bega…

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Dairy Products Quotas

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board has decided on the following quotas:—…

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Sheep Properties

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 3

The sheep property market is still dormant, but recently there have been first-class well-improved properties listed for sale in the Central districts…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: With the absence of auction sales, there is not much business in wool circles in Sydney, except the sale of…

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Willow Tree Carnival Cattle Drafting Eliminated

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 6

When the Willow Tree Carnival takes place in the course of the next few months, there will not be any cattle drafting. The committee came…

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Butter Scheme The Finals Payments MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 4

The Butter Stabilisation Committee, which administered the Paterson Scheme until it was wound up in April, 1934, held its final meeting…

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Wheat Soars Winnipeg Market WINNIPEG, July 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 1

Persistent reports that the Government is about to lift the 87½ per cent. fixed price for wheat sent July futures to 102 coats a bushel to-day…

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Store Bullocks in Demand in Queensland Cattle Prospects Brighter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 3

Consequent on store bullock buyers' inability to fill requirements, and possibly also due to the influence of the proposed trade agreement with…

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Japan and Australia Wool Not to Be Licensed Tokio

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 6

The Minister for Commerce and Industry (Mr. Ogawa) announced after a Cabinet meeting that it was not intended to license any Australian…

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Wheat Price in Canada Highest Since October Last. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) WINNIPEG

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 1

Persistent reports that the Government was about to lift the S7½ cents pegged price for wheat sent the July futures to 102. cents per bushel…

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Farm Animals Worth £156,000,000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 8

Great Britain's 150,000,000 worth of farm animals produce 75,000,000 in meat and more than £60,000,000 in milk a year. Poultry valued at…

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Rotation of Vegetable Crops. As a Factor in Disease and Pest Control

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 1

Discussing in the Agricultural Gazette the possibilities of vegetable production in inland districts, a departmental instructor emphasizes the…

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Brunkerville Farmer's Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 5

Richard Buckton, 68, a farmer, of Brunkerville, near Kurri, was found dead in a, paddock on his property late or Wednesday afternoon…

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PASTORAL Ear-marking Calves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 8

In the roaring of stud stock. It is essential to brand the calves at birth with some distinguishing mark in order to guard against error when the…

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Field Farm & Dairy Notes by Government Experts Agricultural Vegetable Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 8

Discussing in the Agricultural Gassite the possibilities of vegetable production in inland district, a departmental instructor emphasizes the…

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MARKETING Butter—Dried Fruits "Continuance" Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 2

A deputation of representatives of the butter and dried fruits industries, which waited on Federal Ministers, declared that they…

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Prices Soar Active Wheat Market SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 1

The demand for wheat continued unabaled to-day, parcels being quoted at 2d a bushed higher. Cabled information indicated that…

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