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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 79 of 128

CRITICS Wool Publicity Need Stressed Sydney

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

The General Secretary of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, Mr. J. W. Allen, said to-day that some…

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DAIRYING Blackkleg—A Notifiable Disease

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

Blacking is a notifiable disease under the Stock Diseases Act, and any outbreak must be reported at once to the district Stock Inspector…

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District Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 3

Good to prime beef made 27/ to 33/ per hundred pounds, good to prime yearling beef 28/ to 30/, good to prime cow beef to 20/ at Homebush last…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 30th instant:— With shearing becoming more general…

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Stock Sales Cattle Quality Better Pigs Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 5

The quality of fat cattle at the Campbell's Hill Saleyards to-day showed a marked improvement, but prices generally remained the same…

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Wool to Newcastle Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 5

New season's wool from the north and north-west is reached Newcastle freely, and since the opening of the season on July 1 3000 bales have been…

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Lambs Dearer Sales at Homebush Cattle Firmer Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report: 21,900 sheep penned. The market was very firm,. Mutton flirt 3½d to 4½d, lamps and hoggets 4d to 6½d, suckers 6d…

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Wheat Advance Sydney Prices Rise Overseas Failures Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 1

The Sydney wheat market was very firm again to-day and prices for country Wheat advanced 1½d a bushel, bagged wheat 1d, and silo wheat ½d…

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Butter and Dried Fruits Industries Desire for Continuation of Existing Marketing Conditions

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 3

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

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Wool Trade with Japan a Visitor's Impressions Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 2

Mr E. Abbey Jones, a well-known New Zealand business man, who arrived in Sydney to-day from the East, said the Japanese press advocated all sorts…

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Wheat Market Takes Another Jump Sellers Refusing to Sell Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 2

The local wheat market took another jump this morning, when values for country wheat rose 1½d a bushel, bagged wheat 1d and silo grain ½d. The…

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West Australian Farm Tragedy Bones in Ashes

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 2

Human bones, metal buttons, and the barrel of a gun wore found by officers of the Agricultural Bank in ashes on the farm of Raymond Farrell, aged…

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Canadian Wheat Crop

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 2

Canada has the lowest wheat carryover in eight years, with indications that the current crop will be the smallest in 12 years…

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Laws for Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 1

Drovers and stockmen are required under the regulations to give the same traffic signals as motorists. Enquiries from members of the…

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Wool Report

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

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 30th. July:— With shearing becoming more…

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Penny Rise Wheat Market Crops Overseas Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 1

The wheat market advanced another 1d a bushel to-day, bringing the price to 4/8½ on a February basis. Holders generally…

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"Rangle River" Cattle Scene Opens Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 1

The first sequence for "Rangle River," one of the biggest cattle scenes ever photographed in Australia, was completed on Wednesday at…

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Shortages of Butter Alleged Manager for Trial

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 3

Leonard Arthur Watson, 45, of Muswellbrook, was charged at Raymond Terrace Police Court before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., with having,…

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Wheat Prices Soar Further Rise on

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 4

The wheat market continues to soar, and an increase of [?] a bushel on the Sydney market on Saturday threw operators into a state of…

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