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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 110

Wool Market Far Eastern Demand SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1937 · page 8

On his return by the Talping, Mr. K. V. Chapman, managing director of K. V. Chapman and Company Ptu., Ltd., said that China probably would be a good…

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South Coast Dairyman Condemns City Milk "Poor Quality" Board President Wants Proof Evidence at Inquiry Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1937 · page 7

Replying to statements by a witness that pasteurised milk was being forced on to an unwilling public, the Chairman of the Milk Board, Mr. Nesbitt, stated to-day at the…

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Dairy Produce Board

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1937 · page 3

The Dairy Produce Board has resolved, to fix the amount of levy on export at 1/16 of 1d per lb. for butter and 1/32 of 1d. per lb. for cheese. These…

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Fat Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

Messrs Barry Bros., consigned two trucks of fat cattle to the sale in Sydney during the week…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 30th. July:— Shearing is daily becoming more…

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Giant Dingo Killed Hundreds of Sheep. Captured in Trap

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 7

A giant dingo, credited with the destruction of hundreds of sheep on properties bordering the pilliga Scrub and the Culgoora district, was…

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Wool Outlook No Need for Worry SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

Mr. H. Mitchell, managing director of H. Mitchell (Australia), Ltd., wool brokers, who returned to Sydney by the Narkunda, Said that the prospects for…

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Stock Sales 12 Head of Cattle at Flemington Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 6

Cattle.—There were only 12 head yarded, and the market was nominal. Sheep.—A light supply of 1200 head, and the market was firm. "Wethers…

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Evidence Before the Milk Board Dairy Farmers State Case

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 8

Several dairy farmers, in evidence before the Milk Board, at the Commonwealth Bank Building, Sydney, urged that the price paid…

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N.Z. FARMERS To Tour Two States Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

A party of 42 farmers left Welling ton by the Wanganelia last night for Australia. They will tour New South Wales and Queensland. Fourteen more…

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Export Levy Dairy Board's Decision £25,000 for Publicity

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 1

In budgeting for the current year, the Australian Dairy Produce Board, at its annual meeting in Melbourne, decided to fix the amount of the levy…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board. Official Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

The 12th annual meeting of the Australian Dairy Produce Board was concluded in Melbourne on 28th ult., after a three days' sitting. Mr. T…

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Romance of Lake George. Luckless Pioneers Settled on Its Bed. Houses, Farms and Livestock Engulfed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 4

Most mysterious and romantic lake in Southern New South Wales, Lake George, between Goulburn and Canberra, is to play a new role in the…

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Field Farm & Dairy Agriculture Asparagus Culture Bright Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 4

Provided canners can still enjoy tariff protection and the fresh bunch growers keep up the quality of their product, the prospects for the…

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DAIRYING Rearing of Calves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 4

In the rearing of calves it is important that they be fed separately. The practice of feeding in tubs or troughs must be strongly condemned, because…

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Special Sale of Woolly Sheep

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 4

Messrs Mahony and Co., auctioneers, Tamworth, report We held a special sale of 10,000 woolly sheep at Tamworth municipal sale yards last,…

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Butter Supplies Early Uplift Expected Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 3

Prescott, Ltd., in their weekly review state that output in some districts is still declining, but it is felt in a few weeks' time there should be…

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Commercial Singleton Markets Special Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 4

W. Bailey ami Sons report having conducted a special store cattle sale at the Shire sale yards on Friday last, when the entire offering of 1221 head…

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Stock Sales Cattle Market Dearer, Pigs Unaltered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 5

There was a shortage in both sections of the fat cattle market at Maitland saleyards to-day, and prices were 10/- to 15/- dearer…

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