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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 110

Big Saving. Lower Wool Freights SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 4

The reduction announced in over[?] shipping freights would save the Australian wool growers approximately [?]400,000 a year, said the President…

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Field Farm & Diary. Agricultural Dangers Of One-Crop Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 4

In an address on fodder crops and pasture improvement at the recent south-western district conference of the Agricultural Bureau, the…

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DAIRYING. Repairs To Cream Cans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 4

Dairy farmers should take advantage of the slack period of the year (say, from June on) to attend to any necessary repairing or re-tinning of…

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The Butter Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 4

Sir, Mr. M. P. Dunlop, M.L.C., president of the Primary Producers' Union, when addressing the delegates at the Agricultural Bureaux canfer…

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Huge Dingo Trapped Killed Many Sheep

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 3

A huge dingo was trapped on Thurrumbi, Baan Baa, the property of Mr Neil Carson. Mr Carson has been greatly troubled with dingoes during…

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Homebush Sales Prime Cattle Firm SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 5

Pitt, Son, and Badgery's report: 30,414 sheep and lambs penned, of average quality, The market was generally unchanged, Wethers sold to 34/10, ewes…

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Australia's Wool Cheque Nearly £56,000,000

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 3

The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia has reported that 2,679,667 bales of wool were sold in Australia for the 10 months of the…

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Found Dead Kelso Dairy Farmer Police Inquiring Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 1

Police are inquiring into the death yesterday of Maurice Mc-Phlliamy, 40, a well known Kelse dairy farmer, who was founded dead…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Returns

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 3

Men on the land are advised that agricultural and pastoral returns are now due, and the returns must be completed and returned within seven…

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Butter Factory Closed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 2

The closing of the Denman butter factory, has caused regret throughout the district. Following a long period of dry weather supplies have…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 7th instant:As the only wools eligible for…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports 7th inst.: As the only wools eligible for disposal at the present time are passed…

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Uniform Butter Brands New Regulations Framed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 2

New regulations, to operate from 1st July, are being drafted by the Department of Commerce to provide a uniform brand for Australian…

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Wool Prospects "Outstandingly Strong." London Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 4

Outstandingly strong among commodities is wool, especially medium and low crossbreds, unsold stocks of which are the lowest ever. It would…

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Japan Wants More Wool Petition to Government

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Creagh, buyer for a well-known Sydney firm, who returned recently after a visit to the East, said Japan wanted 200,000 more bales of…

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Cleaning of Dairy Utensils the Process Involved

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 6

As the great majority of the de milk and dairy produce are due to dirt, it would be difficult to over emphasize the need for…

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Farmers Confer Agricultural Bureaux Conference

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 6

The annual conference of agricultural Bureaux of the Hunter River and Lower North Coast held at Maitland on Thursday last, decided to seek the…

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World Record Dairy Shorthorn's Great Milk Yield

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 4

Sapphire, an English Dairy Shorthorn, has made a new world's record for her breed for producing more than 13 gallons of milk in 24 hours…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 4

The Fanners & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 7th instant. As the only wools eligible for disposal at the present time are…

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