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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 109

The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: We sold 6600 bales of wool at our sale yesterday. There was strong Yorkshire, Continental and Japanese…

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North Coast Butter Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 5

The North Coast Butter Factories' Association at Lismore yesterday fixed the pay for supplies received during January at 10¾d lb for choicest. The pay is…

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Very Firm Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

Of the 10,810 bales offered at auction at the wool sales in Sydney, 9670 were sold at auction, and 1093 disposed of privately. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers'…

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The Wool Position. General Causes for Fall

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 1st February, 1938: Last season the strength of wool markets was an almost continuously…

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Wool Position. Growers and Brokers to Meet

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

The President of the Graziers' Association of N.S. Wales (Mr. J. P. Abbott) stated on Wednesday that the Chairman of the Australian…

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Local Cattle Market Weekly Stock Sales. W. Bailey and Sons

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 7

Fat Cattle.—A fairly heavy yarding, the bulk comprising cows and heifers, with a few pens of lightweight steers and bullocks, the…

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London Wool Sales. First Series Ends. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 2

The first series of the London wool sales for 1938 concluded today. A moderate selection was offered and met with keen demand…

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Appointment of Temporary Officers Kearsley Council Wants Act Amended. Echo of Cattle "Rescuing" Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 6

Echoes of the recent case in which the Kearsley Shire Council unsuccessfully prosecuted two men on a charge of…

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London Wool Sales Prices Par to 5 Per Cent. Lower. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

The first series of the London wool sales for 1938 concluded to-day. The moderate selection offered met with keen demand…

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Recent RACE from and GUIDE to Winning Selections Warwick Farm Races Hammerhead and Ponaster for the Double

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 9

Hammerhead has improved so much in recent weeks that 9.1, the weight he will probably carry when an allowance is claimed in to-morrow's Glenfield Handicap, should not keep…

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Warwick Farm Races Selections for Saturday Maiden Handicap, 6f, 1st div., 1.4[?]

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 2

MONTAGUE 1. A slow getaway last Saturday lost him the race and with better luck here looks the winner. Tote: Tom Cobley…

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Dust in Dairy Yard. a Source of Cream Contamination

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 6

Dust and mud due to neglect to give proper attention to the surface of the dairy yard are not only a nuisance, but a menace to cream quality on…

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Relief for Farmers. Applications Under Act

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sinclair) invites attention to the fact settlers who desire to apply for relief under the provisions of Section 4 of…

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Brazandt Selected For Glenfield Handicap Should Lead All the Way at the Farm Canegrass and Wise Boy Tote Bets

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

Brazandt, who led the Challenge and Kurnell fields up at the recent Randwick carnival, should go very close to taking out the Clenfield Handicap at Warwick Farm to-morrow. The Brazen colt won a race first up at Gosford…

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Panaster for Feb. Handicap. Expected to Lead Field Home at Warwick Farm Mananui and Limoux Hardest to Beat

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

The Pantheon colt, Panaster, should make amends for his Anniversary Handicap failure by taking out the…

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Butter: Cheese The London Market LONDON, February 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 3

The butter market is firm. Quotations: Danish, 126/ per cwt; choicest, salted, New Zealand 109/, Australian 108/; unsalted, New Zealand 112/, Australian…

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Field, Farm & Dairy AGRICULTURE Green Manuring

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 4

Green manuring—the turning under the soil of a crop specially grown for the purpose—benefits the soil ill two ways. It enriches the soil, in the first…

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Farmers' Clubs Increase in Members Annual Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

Showing an increase of nearly 1000 the membership of the various clubs in the Junior Farmers' Clubs' organisation, now totals…

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DAIRYING Winter Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 4

If the dairy industry is to progress, greater effort must be made to obtain an oven output throughout the year. That such continuity is possible,…

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Trade Balance with Japan Much Improved Wool and Wheat Demand

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 1

Largely as a consequence of increased purchases of wool and the sustained demand for wheat, Australia's adverse trade balance with…

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