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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 110

Dairy Industry Production Declining Good Rains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 4

Prescott, Ltd. in their weekly review of the dairy industry state that reports, from dairy instructors indicate that all districts have received good rains, but in…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd., reports, on the 2nd instant. At the resumption of the auctions…

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Local Cattle Market To-day's Sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 3

Messrs Grainger. and Falkiner Pty. Ltd. report selling at the Shire yards to-day fat steers to £6/8/6, cows to £6/4/, heifers to £5/19/, vealers to £3…

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Homebush Sales Cattle Market Strong SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:-Cattle: 2700 yarded. The market was very strong. Best vealers sold to 40/ 100 lbs., steers to 33, helfers to 29/, bullocks…

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Lower Prices London Wool Sales LONDON, July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 1

The fourth series of the London wool sales for 1937 opened to-day, and compared with the closing rates of last season, prices were generally…

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Heat Wave Sears Crops Winnipeg, July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 8

A heat wave on the prairies is scaring the crops, There has been no rain for a fortnight. The temperature at Moosejaw (Saskatehowan), to-day was 106 degrees…

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£60,175,497 Wool Cheque

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 9

The value of wool sold at auction in the Commonwealth for the 1936-87 season was £60,175,497 against £49,100,537 for the…

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Wool in Demand Activity in Home Trade LONDON, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day there was an offering of 7708 bales, of which 5390 were sold. The catalogue included 669 bales…

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Experts Impressed Young Australian Farmers LONDON, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 1

The Australian team of young farmers was placed fourth in the international judging contest at Wolverhampton Royal Show, England, for…

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Bees Send Farmer to Asylum BUDAPEST, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 8

A reputed madman, coming to Budapest on a train, proved to be a farmer whose bees, having escaped from milk jugs under the carriage…

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Poultry Farmers. Visit of Executive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 6

On Saturday next Mr. Owen French, president, and Mr. W. Baker, general secretary of the Poultry Farmers' Association, from Sydney, will pay a…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Co., Ltd., reports on the 2nd instant:— At the resumption of the auctions…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 2nd instant. At the resumption of the auctions…

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Payment for Butter Quality Basis Suggested

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

The Director of Dairying in New South Wales (Mr L. T. Maclnnes) has suggested that payment for butter should be on a quality basis in…

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The Price of Butter (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

Sir,—As a contributor to, and reader of, your paper could you allow me space for a few remarks regarding the explanation of Mr G. Searl, manager of…

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Butter Exports Trade with Japan Australia's Share

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 4

A setback to the Japanese butter industry of recent, months has necessitated increased imports, and of the small market made…

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Blending Butter Something That Will Cover Bread with Least Exertion

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

The practice of blending, which is now so extensive, aims at a soft spreadable butter so much desired by the grocery trade, writes the London…

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Stud Sheep Not Being Re-exported Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. Lee Martin) announced that the Government had agreed to co-operate with the Australian authorities to…

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Strike Holds up Wool New York, July 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 1

It is feared that the strike at Boston may cost the United States its, supremacy as the nation's largest wool importing centre…

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Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Sheep and Lambs. a Firm Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 2

The quality of the offering at Flemington yesterday generally was fair. Lambs were not too plentiful, especially the smaller ones Competition…

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