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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 110

Butter Examined

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 7

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended May 14 15,336 boxes…

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Wheat Quieter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 5

The wheat market was qu[?]ter in Sydney yesterday. A little carly business was done for prompt sile at 5/[?] March, basis. As another [?]…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report: Greasy wools available for sale by private treaty are negligible, and what little business that…

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Butter Supplies. Steadily Shrinking. Weekly Review

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 1

Prescott, Ltd., in their weekly review of the butter industry, state that reports from all dairying centres indicate that production is steadily…

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Australia's Return From Wool Clip an Optimistic View

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 5

An optimistic view of Australia's return from the wool clip for the year ending June 30 was taken on Wednesday by a well-known authority, when…

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Dairy Farms New Methods Needed Warning Given Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 5

A plea for greater efficiency on dairy farms to reduce the coast of production was made by Professor Wadham, at the conference of…

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Farmers' Tour Australians in England LONDON, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 4

The party of visiting Australian farmers completed 2000 miles of their Coronation tour with a visit to D[?]hester to inspect f[?]ks of Dorset Horn sheep. They…

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Pig Branding Producers' Meeting Millet Crops Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 4

The district branch of the Primary Producers' Union, at a meeting held at Raymond Terrace yesterday, adopted a proposal recommending to…

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Closing of Denman Factory Protest by Meeting of Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 8

A large number of dairymen attended a meeting in the Parish Hall, Denman, to protest against the closing of the Denman butter…

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Butter Output Marketing Overseas Premier's View (No. 2)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 4

In the past few years Australian and New Zealand butter has ousted imported margarine from the United Kingdom market…

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DAIRYING Improving Pastures Expert Advice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 4

Contrary to general belief, there are not many extensive areas of fertile soils in our coastal dairying districts. As a matter of fact, except for the…

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"Air Tyres" Use on Farm Tractors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 8

No new development in yearn has met with such swift and amazing acceptance to have pneumatic farm tractor tyres. When loading agricultural schools in 1933…

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Stock Sales Cattle Firm at Flemington Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 2

Owing to a conference being held regarding slaughtering conditions at Homebush Abattoirs, sales of sheep and lambs were delayed at Flemington…

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No Sheep Sales Industrial Trouble Homebush Reports Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 1

Pitt, Son, and Badgedy [?] Owing to industrial trouble the sheep sales were indefinitely postponed, 3488 cattle yarded, including a fairly good proportion of…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 8

During the wools ended May 22, the Commonwealth graders examined for export, at Sydney 2677 boxes of butter of which 2537 were salted and 140…

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Prime Sheep Glen Oak Consignment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 6

The Oakendale Coy, of Glen Oak forwarded an exceptionally nice quality consignment of 2-year-old wethers to Campbell's Hill yesterday. These…

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Gaol for Wool Stealing Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 8

At Gunnedah Quarter Sessions before his Honor Judge Claney Richard Henry Barton pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing wool the…

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Control of Worms in Sheep. Importance of Good Feeding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 4

Discussing at a recent farmers' gathering the subject of worm infestation in sheep, Dr. I. Clunies Ross emphasised that a well nourished…

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Australia's Return From Wool Clip. an Optimistic View

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 4

An optimistic view of Australia's return from the wool clip for the year ended 30th June was taken on Wednesday by a well-known…

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