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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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

Wool Sales Good Class in Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday 11,812 bales were catalogued. The clearance, including private sales of passed-in and fellmongered wools,…

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More Cattle Sold At West Maitland Saleyards Last Year's Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6

In seven months of last year, fewer cattle were sold at the West Maitland saleyards at Campbell's Hill, compared with the corresponding periods of the previous year, but the aggregate for the twelve months rose slightly. The yearly sales…

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Death of Cattle Sudan Grass Blamed Coastal Losses Albury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

Following losses under similar circumstances, suffered by dairy farmers in the Bonegilla and Wagga districts, the death of 20 cows from eating Sudan grass was…

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Washaway at Gungal Sheep and Cattle Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

As the result of a very heavy storm accompanied by a strong wind in the vicinity of Gungal last week, portion of the permanent way on the…

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Fat Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5

A fair supply of about 750 fat cattle in the prime section and about 100 in the cracker section was forward and the quality throughout was…

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Armidale Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5

The number of cattle to be offered at Walter J. Hawke and Co.'s sale, to be held on Monday next, has been increased, to 1500. The sale…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 8

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd. reports:— The second half of the wool season was entered upon in this market on…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report: At our sale yesterday there was a strong inquiry for better classes, although prices were on the lower levels…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3

N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., Ltd., report 5th January: The second half of the wool season was entered upon in this market on Monday last, and this…

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Store Cattle Sale at Armidale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

Messrs Walter J. Hawke and Co. announce in our advertising columns a special sale of 1500 New England-bred cattle at Armidale, on Monday next,…

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Cattle Die After Eating Sudan Grass

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 7

Mr. W. A. Coulston, dairyman, of Glencroft, about five miles from Wodonga, who has a large farm on the Kiewa River, lost 15 of his herd…

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Maitland Stock Sales Cattle Values Increase

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5

Fair supplies generally were forward at the Maitland stock sales on Tuesday last, and there seemed to be a demand for all classes of stock…

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Pasture Improvement on the Monaro Clover Beats Sheep

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

The outstanding feature of pasture improvement on the Monaro this season is the phenomenal growth made by subterranean clover where…

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The MAN from the Gulf Chapter Xxiii. Cattle Duffers at Work

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

The cutting out had been finished, the mob handed over to the head drover, the official paper pouched with Gilligan's spare shirt in a…

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Clover Beats Sheep. 10 Head to the Acre Fail to Control Growth

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

The outstanding feature of pasture improvement on the Monaro this season is the phenomenal growth made by subterranean clover where the…

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Paralysis, Then Death Stock Mortality on North Coast Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

Stock are dying on a property in Clarence district from a cause which will not be determined until official investigations have been completed…

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Country Police Dairy Supervision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 6

The secretary of the Police Association of New South Wales (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove), who has completed a tour of the country districts, during which…

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Millet Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 6

The millet crop on the lower Hunter promises well. They show good long hurl and fine fibre. Dry weather for a week or so will make some good…

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Tossed by Bull Dairyman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3

As Joseph Radke, 30, employed by C. Ardrey, a dairyman of Eumundi, walked past a Jersey bull in the milking yard, the animal attacked him. It…

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Egg Board Poultry Farmers' Association

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

Great interest is being taken by poultry farmers in the possibility of the Egg Board acting as agents for the Poultry Farmers' Association of…

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