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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 109

New Season's Wool Clip. Supplies and Demand

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 3

Wincheombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 14th instant:— Though Australia is estimated to only grow 2,970,000 bales of wool…

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Use of Word "Wool." Legislation Urged. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 2

Countries represented at the International Wool Conference, with the exception of Germany, carried a resolution that it was desirable…

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Margarine Effect on Prosperity of Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 5

"In consideration of the fact that the successful development of the land relies to a great extent on the dairy industry," Mr. C. Bennett (Upper…

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Dairy Science Schools For Dairy Produce Factory Employees

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

In continuance of the policy of giving instruction to dairy produce factory employees, arrangements have been made by the Director of…

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High Status Position of Farmer in Community

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

Many primary producers seemed to have developed an inferiority complex, said Mr. A. G. Allnutt, M.L.A., of Victoria, when referring to the necessity…

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Shortage of Farm Labour Acute on the Hunter

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 2

Representative farmers on the Lower Hunter complain that there is an acute shortage of labour…

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Facial Eczema Sheep and Cattle Losses in New Zealand AUCKLAND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 10

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Lee Martin, stated that sheep and cattle losses as the result of the recent epidemic of facial eczema were…

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Coastal Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report.— Sales at our Homebush auction on Thursday included: J.T. Grant. Gloucester, 20 steers to £9/18/. avg. £9/…

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MR. C.E.D. MEARES Retirement From Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Services Praised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 10

Mr. C.E.D. Meares, who recently retired from the directorate of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company, Limited, was…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 17th instant: The opening of the final series of…

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Defence of Dairy Farmer "Pathetic Conditions."

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 4

A strong plea for the dairy farmer was made by Mr J. Francis (Qld.) and Mr R. T. Pollard (Vic.) in'the House of Representatives…

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Maitland Markets. Cattle 10/ to 20/ Dearer. MAITLAND, Monday. Mr J. Enright reports:—

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 2

Cattle.—820 in the prime section and 110 in the medium and rough classes. Supply on the whole was much below the requirements of the…

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Murder Charge Farmer Shot Dead PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 2

When he was Bitting in an armchair reading a newspaper in front of the kitchen fire at his farm, 140 miles south of Perth. Walter Hornby, 51, was…

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Dismal Picture of Canadian Farm Conditions "Back to the Horse."

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 1

Extreme poverty among the farmers has caused a remarkable transformation in the life of the people over wide an as in Saskatchewan, Canada,…

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T.b. Testing of Dairy Cows Federated Milk Producers Claim It Should Be a National Work

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 3

At a meeting of the delegate board of the Federated Milk Producers' Association in West Maitland on Friday night, Mr S. Hicks presided over…

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Pastoral Wound Infections of Sheep. Measures Against Losses During Shearing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 2

With the approach of sheaving operations the attention of sheepowners may be directed to the necessity for carrying out preventive sanitary…

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Butter Factory Repairs

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 2

Extensive repairs and renewals are being carried out at the butter factory, and, for the time being, all cream is being sent to Morpeth for…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 17th instant:—The opening of the iinal scries of…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 17th instant:— The opening of the final series of…

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Dairying Feeding of Dairy Cows. How to Utilise Farm Crops to Best Advantage

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 2

Most farm crops grown in New South Wales will, with the addition of a small amount of concentrates, form excellent balanced rations, and by…

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