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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 109

Market Firm Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 5

Sales of wool at auction yesterday totalled 7580 bales and 300 privately. The selection was average to good. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers'…

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Bulahdelah's 17th Annual Show Opens Fewer Cattle Ring Events are Attractive Women's Handicrafts Bulahdelah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 7

Taken all. round, entries for the Bulahdelah Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Association's 17th show, which opened to-day, are well up to the average of former years…

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Junior Farmers' Display

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

The Junior Farmers, under the direction of Messrs. L. G. Davenport and F. Middenway, again presented a wonderful display of farm and garden…

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Not Registered Farmer Fined for Trading SYDNEY

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

Following the prosecution of a farmer for trading from unregistered dairy premises, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Main, advised to-day that…

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Improved Farms Milk Board Competition Hunter District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 6

The Milk Board, In an effort to end courage the adoption of improved methods on farms within the milk zone, has decided to conduct a competition…

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Farm Produce

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Butter, factory made, A. C. and F Co., Ltd.; barley, skinless, R. H. Parkinson; cape, R. H. Parkinson; maize, large Humphries and Bennett; small,…

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Dairying Handling of Separated Milk Need for Improvted Facilities

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

The method of handling separated milk at the dairy varies considerably. Some farmers run this milk into old cans standing alongside the separator,…

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North Coast Butter Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 3

The North Coast Butter Factories Association, which met at Lismore, fixed the pay to .suppliers for butler manufactured in March at 12½d per…

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World's Wheat Export Surplus Decline ROME, April 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 1

The world export surplus of wheat is estimated at 730,000,000 bushels according to the International Institute of Agriculture, which is 34,000,000…

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DAIRYING Separated Milk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 4

The method of handling separated milk at the dairy varies considerably. Some farmers run this milk into old cans standing alongside the separator,…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 31st instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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Low Price of Sheep

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 3

As a consequence of the prolonged drought and the ravages of grasshoppers, sheep at a clearance sale in the Young district…

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Rich Market for Pig Farmers Development of Industry in Australia

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

"Since my last visit to this district," said Mr Rollo Basche, at the Macksville Show smoke concert, "I have been to England and Denmark…

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Dairymen Better Off Than Two Years Ago Equalisation Brings Success

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

"We have been very hard-up, but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that dairymen are better off to-day than they were two…

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Scheme for Benefit of Farmers Canada's Example

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 3

There is scarcely a farmer who does not dread a serious illness within his family. To be ill or suffer an accident is…

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Maize Competitions Strongly Supported Many Good Crops

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

Maize growing competitions would be particularly well patronised this year, said Mr W. D. Kerle, special agricultural instructor…

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Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 3

The cattle classes were not so well filled as usual. Mr. R Paterson of Bunyah, about 30 miles north of Bullahdelah, was the only exhibitor in the…

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Store Cattle Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

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

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 31st. March:—We submitted at our sale on…

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