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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 110

GRESFORD Shooting Charges Loss of Cattle Gresford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

Stanley Earl Eveleigh appeared before Messrs. A. R. Brown, J.P., and A. K. Muir, J.P., at the Gresford Police Court on a charge of having at…

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N. Z. Wool Sales Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 8

The second Charistehurch wool sales this season saw little Japanese competition. Fine wools eased slightly, but crossbreds were firm, and sometimes…

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Stud Cattle From Scotland. Shipment One of Most Valuable Ever to Arrive

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

Valued at £20,000, 48 head of cattle arrived in Sydney from Scotland on Wednesday. The consignment is one of the largest and most valuable…

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In My Garden More Shade-Loving Subjects—Stone Paving—Crop Rotation for Vegetables

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

Everyone, becomes troubled sooner or later regarding the handling of portions of the garden which are of…

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Fundamentals in Profitable Dairying "Breed, Feed And Weed."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

The three fundamentals that make for profitable dairying are better herds, better pastures, and better feeding methods, points out a…

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Wheat Steadier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 2

The Sydney wheat market yesterday was a little better than at the weekend on the improved tone of overseas cables…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co.-reports on the 29th. inst. We submitted at our sale on Thursday, 28th. instant, a catalogue of…

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Wool for Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 6

It has been calculated that 42,800 women's dresses could be made with the all-wool material needed to up-holster 10,000 new motor cars…

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Production of Unshrinkable Wool Important Developments

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 1

Important developments in wool research are referred to iii the annual report of the Wool Industries Research Association, whose headquarters are at…

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Butter Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 4

Prescott Ltd. report:— New South Wales:—Production is steadily expanding, but arrivals are still not equal to those of the corresponding…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2

During the week ended February 30, the Commonwealth grader's examined for export at Sydney 30, 308 boxes of butter of which 18,870 were salted…

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Sheep Cheaper Sales at Homebush SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report; 4500 cattle yarded, Prime werer unaltered and plain sorts were easier Best vealers to 30/, heifers to…

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The Markets Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 12,700 bales, and the…

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Double Production Hunter River Dairying Conservation of Fodder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 8

With a view to at least doubling dairy production on the Hunter, a gathering of dairy farmers from all parts of the district at Messrs. Dutton and Scobie's farm at Midlorn, West Maitland, yesterday, appointed a committee to further that…

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Branding Travelling Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

The letter "T" in Roman Character cannot be allotted as a brand, being reserved for the branding of travelling sheep. The part of the Act…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 8

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 29th. January:— We submitted at our sale on…

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Cattle Branding Alteration Suggested

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5

After it had been stated that there were objections to the branding of cattle low down on the thigh, the Maitland Pastures Protection Board…

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750 Cattle at Manilla

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

The next special cattle sale at Manilla takes place on Tuesday February 9, when V. J. Byrnes, auction is offering 750 good fresh conditioned…

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Market Notes Armidale Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 1

Particulars of cattle to be offered at A. H. McArthur and Co.'s special sale at Armidale on 12th inst., are advertised in our current issue…

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