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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 109

Butter Market Firm London, March 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 2

The butter market is firm. Quotations: Choicest Baited, Australian and New Zealand, 120/ per cwt; unsalted, 121/…

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Waste Potatoes Converted into Meal Food for Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 2

The potato-growing districts In the East of England have long been faced with the problem of how to utilise the considerable quantity of…

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Wool Exports Nearly £11,000,000 Less SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 4

Exports of wool from Australia in the first eight months of the present trade year were worth nearly £11,000,000 less than in the corresponding…

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Mole Crickets Damage to Lawns Farm Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 2

Mole crickets at times cause extensive injury in lawns, golf and bowling greens and tennis courts. There are two common species, both of which are…

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Dairy Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

McTaggart and Saegar from Maitland were prominent and successful among the Jersey classes. They exhibited the champion bull and cow,…

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Dairy Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

Mr. J. G. Wilson, of Gloucester, who judged the Jerseys and Guernseys, praised the general standard of quality. The champion bull was a fine…

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Beef Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

Champion Hereford bull and cow were shown by the Estate of the late G. B. Waller, also noted for good types of cattle…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 11th instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 11

The Brisbane wool sales closed with an offering of 12,800 bales. Keen competition of the earlier sales was fully maintained. German, French…

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Market Notes Tabulam Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

Buyers and re-stockers should peruse the announcement going with the sale to be held at Tabulam on Friday next, 25th instant. It is an…

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Maitland Stock Sales. Fat Cattle Dearer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 4

Although there were smaller supplies in all sections at the Maitland stock sales on Monday, there seemed to be sufficient to meet the…

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Butter Scheme Praise from Dominion Producers Meet Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

Admiration for the Australian dairy produce stabilisation scheme was expressed to-day by Mr. Col-son, member of Parliament, and…

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Latest Figures for Wool Exports Value of Clips

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

Exports of wool from Australia during the first eight months of 1937-38 were valued at £32,542,724 (Australian currency)…

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Wool Sales Good Clearance in Melbourne MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 4

Nearly a total clearance of an offerIng of 9500 bales was made at the wool sales in Melbourne. Japan continued to dominate the market and…

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Farmers' Gathering. Empire Conference. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 2

New Zealand delegates who arrived in Sydney to-day to attend, the Empire Producers' Conference, expressed the hope that intelligence services…

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Dairy Problems Three Days' Sickness P.P. Union Executive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 9

Mr. G. A. Dobbin, representative of the Rhodesian Agricultural Union and a delegate to the Empire Producers' Conference, attended a meeting of the…

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Farm and Garden

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

Mr. G. Ernst, of Mitchell's Flat, Singleton, judged an interesting section in the farm and garden produce. He spoke in the higest terms of all…

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Winding Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 5

Here is a simple way of winding wool if there is nobody else to help you! Make a little roll of cardboard, tie it round firmly, and fix it over…

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Field, Farm & Dairy AGRICULTURAL Training of Youths

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 4

An excellent demand exists for the employment of youths amongst farmers and grazier. It is required, however, that the youths shall have had…

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