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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 110

North Coast Butter Byron Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 4

Butter production on the far North Coast is reaching its peak from the effect of the recent rains thought still below normal. More rain is required…

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Wool Reports District Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

Sales by Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., on Tuesday last included: Gundebri/Merriwa, 5 c 23½d, 6 at 21½d, 6 at 17½d, 5 at 16½d; Ravensworth/…

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Beef Cattle Dehorning Advantages MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

A Demphlet published by the Australian Meat Boards advocate the dehorning of beef cattle. Very little dehorning was practised…

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Sheep Branding and Earmarking. What the Law Demands

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

Every sheep-owner is directly concerned with the requirements of the P.P Act, yet comparatively few are entirely conversant with them. In a…

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The Markets Greasy Merino Wool Record Price

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5

The season'e record for Sydney, 4O½d, was established at the wool sales in Sydney when a Bradford operator paid that price for five bales of greasy…

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Pasture Plant Potentialities of Perennial Wheat in Dry Areas

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

In regard to the evolution of a perennial wheat by breeders at. Ottawa(Canada), the Director of Agriculture in N.S. Wales (Mr. A. H. McDonald)…

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Rural Problems. Farmers & Settlers' Assn. Executive Decisions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 4

The referendum, the New South Wales Government's closer settlement scheme, soil erosion, and a number of other Important…

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Serious Gap Position of Farmers Marketing Laws

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 4

The farmer, unlike other sections of the community, cannot approach the Arbitration Court fora living wage. Unless he Is assured…

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Dairy Boiler Sterilizing Purposes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5

Offered to dairy farmers at reasonable rates, the Jacks dairy boffer and steam generator is the result of several work by engineers long…

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Field Farm & Dairy Agriculture Spraying Tomatoes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 4

Tomatoes which have been sprayed or dusted with load arsenate as a control measure against insect pests, unless unless effectively treated for the…

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Dairy Farmers Protection Vital Referendum View

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 9

Producers in the dairy industry have been unable to achieve the Australian living standard. Few, if any dairy, farmers, reach the…

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Advance in Wheat Cargo Sold To Spain SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 1

Owing to further market advances overseas, wheat prices advanced 1d per bushel to-day. A cargo of Australian wheat now afloat, was sold…

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The Markets Adelaide Wool Sales Best of Season Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 9

The wool sale which concluded yesterday afternoon was the best for the current sanson, and is estimated to returne about £630,000 to the growers…

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Dairy Produce Measures For Increasing in Hunter Valley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 2

Several measures for increasing dairy production are outlined in the article below by Mr. Mark H. Reynolds, H.D.A. District…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 8

In our advertising columns will be found full details of Messrs Walter J. Hawke and co's yarding of 1800 (or more) New England bred cattle, at…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited reports:— We brought forward a catalogue of 5980 bales on Friday which was drawn…

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Firmer Wheat Values Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 1

The at road thening of American markole and firmer options produced a further rise in whoat values to-day in sydney, The riser ranged form…

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Taints in Butter Wrapping Experiments Aluminium Foil

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

Frequently the injurious effects on butter, arising from packing it in boxes made from resinous or sappy wood, such as hoop pine,…

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Problems Facing the Dairy Farmer Conference to Be Convened in Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 3

The delegate board of the Federated Milk Producers, at a meeting in Maitland on Friday night, decided, to convene a conference…

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Output Reduced Sickness in Dairy Herds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 8

A report from Tares states that 1 from 25 to 30 per cent, of the. dairy herds on the Manning are affected by three-days' sickness…

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