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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 128

Stud Sheep Breeders' Annual Show Merinos Show Out Melbourne

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

Owing to adverse seasonal conditions rather more centres than usual were withdrawn at the 58th annual sheep, show of the Australian…

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Wheat Prices Show Further Advance. Sellers Holding Stocks. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 2

The State wheat market advanced another penny per bushel to-day, bringing the price for silo grain to 4/8½ per bushel on a February basis. Sellers,…

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Country Party and Pre-election Pacts. Resolution for Farmers and Settlers' Conference. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 2

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association which opens in Sydney to-morrow has 278 motions down for discussion. Among…

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DAIRYING Organised Marketing Industries Confer Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 5

Mr. T. Flood Plunkett, M.L.A. chairman of the Australian Dairy Produce Board, returned yesterday from the conference of…

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Dairy Industry Season's Prospects Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 5

Prescott, Ltd., in the weekly review state that reports from most dairying centres indicate that the prospects for the coming season are…

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Record Broken Price for Sheep MELBOURNE

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

A 10-year-old record was [?]llpsed yesterday at Newmarket, when 48/10 was paid for woolly sheep. Froshly shorn wethers roallned up to 31/8. The…

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Another Rise in Wheat Market Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 2

The local "wheat market to-day rose another id per bushel for silo grain. This brings the price in Sydney now to 4/9 a bushel, which amounts to…

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Dairy Produce Guaranteed Price N.Z. Scheme Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 2

The long anticipated guaranteed price for dairy products was announced by the Minister for Finance and Customs (Mr. W. Nash),…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Views of President and General Secretary." Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 2

Speaking at the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlors Association To-day the President (Mr E. E. Field said an erroneous impression existed in…

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Dairy Cattle Mixing of Fodders Experts Views Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 4

The senier, agricultural instructor on the lower north coast (Mr. J. M. Plu) advises dairy farmers to mix the fodders grown on the…

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Wheat Standard Motion Causes Outburst Farmer's Conference Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 1

When a motion was submitted at the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to-day, that the Department of Agriculture be…

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Wheat Goes Higher Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 7

Wheat was again higher in Sydney to-day, bulk ratos being 1d and she grala 1/4 per bushol above yesterday's rates. The increases were…

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Dairy Herds Testing for T.B. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 9

At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference a motion from Coroblmilla and the Murrumbidgee District Council, that the testing of dairy herds for…

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Dairy Industry Equalisation Scheme Market Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 8

It appears to up a conviction of the general president of the Union (Mr. M. P. Dunlop, M.L.C.), and those with whom he…

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New Method Crops in Sawdust

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 8

California nurserymen are trying a new trick which promises to vic with those of Luther Barbank for originality. They are growing plants without…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 2

A motion urging that dairy herds should be compulsorily tested for tuberculosis was negatived by the conference of the Farmers and…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— The opening series of sales for the 1936-37 season will take place in…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 4

Nenco, at Newcastle, reports satisfactory arrivals of new season's wool. The Company's opening sale is set down for September 10th. Wool in store one…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 7

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: The arrivals of wool have been slowed down on account of the bountiful rain, but sufficient stocks are in hand…

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Drovers, Note! Laws for Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 9

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

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