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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 110

Wool Classer's Opinion

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

Mr. R. S. Green, who has classed the Delegate clip for the past 12 years, has some very definite opinions on the effect of pasture improvement…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report: At our sale yesterday we submitted a catalogue of 6258 bales. Prices for the best sorts were firmly…

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The Markets Sydney Wool Sales Inferior Lower

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 13,347 bales, and the clearances…

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Wool in Widespread Demand. Argentina Production Aspects

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—With wool in the course of this season being exported to 37 oversea countries and also used in large…

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"Hints and Facts to Countrymen." 2Fc Talk. "Three Day Sickness in Cattle." (Talk by Mr. R. Sneddon on 13th February, 1937, at 4.45 p.m.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

Summary.—In view of the introduction of this disease into New South Wales, particularly on the North Coast and also in the North-West, this talk…

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Conserved Fodder and Root Crops

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

Seventeen acres are sown with lucerne for hay, and from this 120 tons of hay have been stored, and 100 tons of first-cut material placed in…

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Farmers' Fatal Fight Manslaughter Charge

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

Following a fight between two farmers at Clapham-cum-Newby, Yorkshire, Thomas Shepherd sustained fatal injuries, and Richard Fawcett, 35, went…

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PASTORAL Trefoil Dermatitis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 4

This disease, although known in certain parts of new South Wales for a considerable number of years, may not be recognised by many…

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A Slight Decline Production of Butter MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 3

In all States of the Commonwealth, except Tasmanta, butter production is showing a slight decline, In Tasmania it is holding out satisfactory…

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Field Farm&dairy Agriculture Smut In Oats

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 4

Varieties of oats vary in their susceptibility to smut, Fulghum and Lampton are immune, and it is unecessary for farmers to go to the trouble of…

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DAIRYING Bloat In Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 4

Bloat, or hoven, in cows is due to succulent foods eaten under certain conditions, which cause the formation of large quantities of gas in the rumen…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 10th instant. We submitted at our sale on the 9th instant a catalogue totalling 9278…

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Commercial Singleton Markets. Special Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 3

W. Bailey and Sons report having conducted a highly successful special store cattle sale at the Shire saleyards on Friday last, when 1035 head of…

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Three-day Sickness in Cattle Letter From Stockowner

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 3

In connection with the Three Days' Sickness in cattle, manuy cases of which have been reported in Singleton district Mr H. J. Threadgate, of…

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The Dairy Farmer (To the Editor.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 4

Sir.—The dairy farmers who produce £40,000,000 a year of the real wealth of Australia are worst off of all the workers They seldom reach…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 6

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:— On Wednesday we submitted a catalogue of 6258 bales of wool. Prices for the best sorts were firmly…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

Of the 12,925 bales offered at the Sydney auctions yesterday 11.250 were sold. An additional 1080 were disposed of privately…

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Money from Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 3

Sales of wool in Australia from July 1 to January 31, totalled 1,763,110 bales, which realised £35,530,176. The quantity was 53,357…

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Wool Rates Preference To Sydney NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 5

In December the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce directed the attention of the Commissioner for Railways to the unfair incidence of the…

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Poor Reward. Twenty Years of Hard Work Ends in Poverty. Fate of a Dairy Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

Seldom, If ever, in a parliamentary election, does one question directly affect the interests of the whole of the electors, hut in the case of the…

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