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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 110

Wheat Dearer Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 1

A further increase in bulk wheat prices operated to-day when she parceis for bushed while delivery sold at 5/8 per bushed while bagged wheat…

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The Markets Melbourne Wool Sales. U.S.A. Support Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 6

About 8000 bales were submitted when the wool sales were continued in Melbourne. The bulk of the wool was drawn from later sheds of the…

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Dairy Conference Called

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 4

The Producers' Distributing Society has decided to call a conference of the dairy industry to be held on Wednesday April 21, at 11 a.m., in Sydney. The object is…

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Dairy Output Position in New South Wales Gradings for Export

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 5

Prescott, Ltd., in their weekly review of the dairy industry, state that further rains have fallen in many dairying centres, and in those…

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Field Farm & Dairy Pastoral Tree Planting Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 4

It Is again seasonable to remind farmers that the time for tree planting is approaching, and that the best results will be obtained it the land…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 4

Walter J. Hawke and Co. will conduct a cattle sale at Armidale on Thursday, April 8, at 11 a,m., when 1500 good quality cattle will be offered,…

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UP £11,000,000. Australia's Wheat MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 1

If present prices hold Australia's cheque for wheat sold overseas may reach £25,000,000. Adding wheat sold for local consumption, the value of…

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No Need for Shearing Wool May Be Plucked! London, March 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 1

Large-scale experiments in Russia have demonstrated that sheep's fleeces can be peeled off, declared the "Times" in a special article to-day…

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Search Goes on Missing Vacy Farmer Fears for Safety

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 4

The search of the rugged Mt. Johnson area, near Vacy, for Richard Ninnes, 61-year-old farmer, who has been missing since…

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Plucking of Wool From Sheep Not Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 2

Dr. Clunies Ross, director of the McMaster Animal Health Laboratory does not take seriously the experiments in Russia of plucking wool from…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 8

Attention in drawn to Messrs. W. J. Hawke and Co.'s advertisement appearing in this issue, announcing the sale of 1500 head of cattle at Armidale…

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The Markets Wheat Very Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 2

The Sydney wheat market wag very firm yesterday, and sellers wore scaree. Some business was done early at…

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Butter-cheese Prices Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 10

The Dairy Produce E[?] Committee announced that the estimated equalisation priced for commercial butter for the month of March was a…

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Butter Trade Steady London, March 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 9

Demand for butter is steady, Australian and New Zealand ch[?] salted are quoted at 101/- per owt, and u[?] 102/ and 104/ per owt,…

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HOMEBUSH Grown Sheep Weaker SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd, report: 44,248 sheep and lambs penned, a moderate showing of prime. The market for lambs was firm Grown sheep…

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Cattle Diseases Glenfield Research Work Reviewed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 4

At the Glenfield Research Station more than 1000 guinea pigs have been used in three years in attempts to control Bang's disease in dairy cattle…

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Primary Producers' Union Weekly Notes Butter Equalisation to Stand

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

The Equalisation plan in the Marketing of butter, the Primary Producers' Union states, can be maintained, provided it is accorded complete loyalty by every…

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Price of Wheat Poultry Men Hard Hit SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

Owing to the high price of wheat, poultry farmers are arranging deputations to the Federal and State Governments to ask that the dumping…

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Dearer Bread Flour Price Rises Wheat Values Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 5

The price of bread is likely to be increased to 5½ over the counter and to 6 delivered as from April 12. The increase is due to…

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Farmers' Tour Proposed Visit To N.Z.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 2

The visit of a number of New South Wales dairy formers to New Zealand which was proposed by the New Zealand Government Commissioner in…

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