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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 109

Wool Sales Average

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

In the 11 months to the end of May, 1,053.869 bales of greasy and scoured wool were sold in Sydney. The value of the turnover was…

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Manufacture of Butter New Process

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

The Chief Dairy Instructor for New South Wales (Mr. O. C. Balhausen), who is visiting the Richmond district, states that a new butter making…

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Maitland Stock Sales Fat Cattle Dearer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

The recent splendid rain in the inland and cattle grazing areas had its effect on the stock sales at West Maitland on Monday. In the cattle section,…

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Position of Wool Industry. Rain and Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—If the wool market had brightened to the same degree as the pastoral out-look over a great part of New South…

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Position of Wool Industry. Tain and Production

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— If the wool market had brightened to the same degree as the pastoral outlook over a great part of New South…

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Dominion Wool Sales Abroad. Threatened Boycott. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 7

The Chairman of the Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association, referring to the threatened boycott of Dominion wool sales abroad, if the…

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Judges' Award Raymond Terrace Dairy Factory Competitions Fodder and Pasture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

The awards have been made for the fodder conservation and pastures competition conducted by the Raymond Terrace Cooperative Dairy and Produce Company for its suppliers…

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Increases Winter Production Cheaply-made Rug for Dairy Cows

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

Where proper shelter is not provided for stock not only is their resistance to disease reduced, but much food material is wasted in "warming the…

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Importance of Bees in Crop Production Value of Pollinating Agents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 1

The beekeeping industry is of very much greater importance to Australia than is generally recognised, for in addition to the production of honey…

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The Department Takes Its Knowledge to the Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

"As a matter of fact, it is not always necessary to go after what you want to know, as the institutions charged with the duty of pointing the…

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Dairying Food Value of Milk. Our Consumption Far Too Low

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

Stressing the value of milk as a food and the need for increasing our present low per capita consumption, an article in the Agricultural Gazette…

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To-morrow's Warwick Farm Races Acceptances and Starting Times

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

June Hurdle Race, about 1$ mile (1.45).-Suearbine 11.5, Grecian Art 10.3, Tredonner 10.0, High 0.10, Cruhatus.9.10, Clifton 9.0, Kilfern 9.0,…

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RACING Sidelights. Gilltown for Farm Novice Handicap Leeds and Sign on Good Tote Bets

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

Gilltown, which disappointed When well backed last time of starting, has his chance of matting amends to-morrow,…

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PASTORAL Improved Pastures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 4

Probably the question most frequently asked at lectures, observed the Assistant Asrostologist of the Department of Agriculture in a recent…

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BUTTER—EGGS Storage in N.S.W.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 11

The State Marketing Bureau reports the following quantities of eggs and butter in cool stores in New South Wales:—…

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Staple Fibre Substitutes for Wool

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

The retiring Agent-General for New South Wales, Mr. Heath, discussing substitutes for wool, said there was no denying the fact that the wool…

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Price of Wheat Stabilisation Move SYDNEY

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

A home consumption price of 5/ a bushel for wheat will be asked for by the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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Field, Farm and Dairy AGRICULTURAL Brown Vegetable Weevil

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 4

The grubs of the vegetable weevil (Listoderes costirostris) occur during the winter and daily spring, and, although they attack most kinds of…

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Home Price For Wheat Industry Strong Move Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 1

By the fixation of a home consumption price of 5/ a bushel,for wheat, the Farmers and Settlers' Association hopes to transform…

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DAIRYING Food Value of Milk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 4

Stressing the value of milk as a food and the need for increasing our present low par capita consumption, an article in the "Agricultural…

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