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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 110

Farmers' Debts Money For States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 4

The Commonwealth Government has made available to the States £12,000,000 to adjust farmers' debts, and enable, where possible, those men badly…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

W. Balley and [?] is will conduct a store cattle sale at the Shire Saleyards at Singleton Friday next at 3 p.m. The consignment consists of…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle, The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 20th instant:— We submitted at our sale on Monday,…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Ltd., report: Spirited competition for well grown wools which has been a feature of the market for some time…

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Six Months. for Cattle Stealing. Telarah Man

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 7

Sentencing William Anderson Lamb, of Onus-st, Telarah, to six months' gaol, concurrent, on each of two charges of cattle stealing the…

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The Markets Sydney Wool Sales Values Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 14,038 bales; and the…

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Mammoth Cattle Station of the North. Manned Entirely by Native Stockmen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

Away down on the lonely western coast of the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland, approximately 400 miles south of Cape York, the most…

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Singleton Police Court (Before Mr C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.m.) Friday, 23rd April. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 7

Herbert Thomas Wells, aged 19, of Howe's Valley, was charged with the theft of 11 dairy heifers on March 13th, valued at £30, the property of…

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Gresford Show Entries Up To Last Year First Session Keen Competition in Draughts Durham Cattle Strong Gresford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 7

The 11th show of the Gresford District Agricultural Society opened to-day with a total entry about the same, as last year. Poultry is not shown in the numbers of recent…

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Stock and Crop Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

The police ask that all stock and crop return forms be completed by persons concerned and forwarded to the police station…

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Manning Dairy Co Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

Manning River Co-operative Dairy Society paid £33,580/2/9 to 747 suppliers in March. This was at the rate of 11d per 1b for ch[?] and 10d per…

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Value of Maize in the Dairy Ration

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

The value of crushed maize as part of the dairy ration is not appreciated by farmers to the extent it should be, points out a departmental instructor…

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Farm and Garden Produce

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

Mr. Henny said that the scarcity of exhibits in the farm and garden produce section on this occasion was a disgrace to the Association, and he…

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Grasshopper Swarms. Little Danger Anticipated. Farmers Urged to Sow

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. Hugh Main, M.L.A.) has received a reassuring report from the Government Entomologist, Mr. W. B…

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Would Be Fined Whatever He Did Farmer in Quandary

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

At the Mirboo (Vic.) North Police Court, George Hope, a landholder, was proceeded against by the noxious weeds inspector for failing to destroy…

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Rain Needed for Lower Hunter Crops Review of Prospects

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

Farmers of the lower Hunter River district state that, notwithstanding the showery weather experienced recently, the whole…

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PASTORAL Trees On the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

Trees serve many purposes on the farm, and there is no doubt that in the settlement of most districts the axe has been far too indiscriminately…

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Field Farm & Dairy Agriculture Potatoes For Winter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

The usual method of pitting potatoes is to select a level piece of land, which should be so situated as to ensure drainage. Two poics or saplings…

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