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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 109

Advance in Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 12

At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday, 10,249 bales were catalogued The clearance, including private sales of passed-in and fellmongered wools…

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HOMEBUSH Best Cattle Dearer SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—4300 cattle yarded. Prime heavy bullocks were unaltered, others again 10/ lower. Best vealers to 42/ 100 lbs.,…

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Muswellbrook Show Sheep Strongest for Years Fine Children's Work Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 6

For a number of years the Muswellbrook district has experienced drought conditions for the greater part of the summer, and this has had an effect on the annual show of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association…

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Junior Farmers (To the Editor)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 1

Sir.—May I be permitted to make on appeal for support for local endeavour and the Junior Farmers' Club in particular The latter will be holding it annual…

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Awards. Dairy Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Australian Illawarra Shorthorns.— Cow, 3 years and over, R. H. Strong; 3 years and over, in milk, R. H. Strong: three dry cows, D. Kelleher;…

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Stud Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Merinos.— Ram, fine wool, 2-tooth, H. T. Thompson; medium wool, 4-tooth and over, H. T. Thompson; 2-tooth and rising, H. T. Thompson;…

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Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

Wheat prices in Sydney, after a good rise during the week, fell again yesterday, silo grain being 2¾d. a bushel lower than on Wednesday…

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Wool Down

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

Prices were generally five per cent, down during the second series of London wool sales for 1938, which closed yesterday…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 8
Also in The Scone Advocate

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— The catalogue brought forward by this Company on Wednesday last,…

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Beef and Fat Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 5

"I haven't judged a belter lot of cattle, nor do I think I have seen better cattle at a Gloucester Show," said the judge in these classes, Mr. G. W…

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Market Notes Tabulam Cattle Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

A further of the series of important cattle sales in the Tabulam yards is announced for Tuesday next, 5th April, when the yarding will…

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Pastoral Lucerne for Grazing Method of Sowing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

The growing of lucerne for grazing is of the utmost importance in the drier parts of New South Wales, as it is the one means of pasture…

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Commercial Store Cattle Sale at Maitland

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 8

E. W. Sparke Pty. Ltd. reports a good attendance of buyers at the special store sattle sale on March 29th. Buyers were present from the…

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Pastoral Conditions Serious Position in N.S.W.

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

Reports have been received by the Australian Woolgrowers' Council regarding pastoral conditions in the various States. In both New South…

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Around the Exhibits. A.i.s. Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

The judge stated that competition was not so keen as one would desire, but the winners in most of the classes were very creditable. The champion…

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The Wool Situation Russian Position

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Evidence supplied by recent wool sale experiences indicates that the market is not without strength, despite the…

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Upper Hunter 54th. Show Splendid Display in Dry Season Outstanding Exhibits in Jersey Cattle Section Junior Farmers' Magnificent Effort

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

The 54th Annual Exhibition of the Upper Hunter P. and A Society, held at Muswellbrook on Wednesday, Thursday and to-day, was a fitting contribution to the efforts of Show Societies engaged in commemorating the 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Although drought had taken its toll of pastures, and brought in its train…

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Pastoral Notes the Markets in Queensland. Fattening Land Areas in Demand

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 3

During the last week or two there have been inspections of several freehold cattle fattening properties on the Queensland, and negotiations are…

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Sheep Industry Suffers From Drought Worst for 36 Years

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 8

The manager of the stock department of the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. (Mr C. E. Walder) said on Wednesday that drought…

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