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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 109

Butter Market Queensland Supplies Week's Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 8

Prescott Pty. Ltd. report that with present mild winter conditions, the output should be maintained. Any shortage in the local market is being…

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Market Notes 11,000 Sheep at Manilla

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

The very slow growth in the feed since the widespread general rains a few weeks back contributed largely towards the reluctance of buyers to…

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Local and General Thousands of Sheep Bogged

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

Round Moree thousands of sheep, hand fed for many months, have been lost in the thick mud that followed the breaking of the drought. One…

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Brisbane Wool Sales. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: An average to good selection of wool at today's Brisbane auction met very keen competition from…

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Wool and Artificial Fibres. German Position

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The wool selling experiences at recent Brisbane auctions are a reflection of the general trend in world…

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HALTON Movements of Cattle Back to Scone Halton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 8

Due to the recent rain, the prospects for improvement in the Upper Hunter pastoral districts is already being noticed…

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Keen Demand Brisbane Wool Sales BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 4

Competition at the tenth series of the Brisbane wool sates was keen and general, Germans, French, and Japanese being the chief operators. There…

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The Early Tomato Crop Points in Seed-bed Work

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 3

Seed for the early tomato crop should be sown in rows four inches apart in order that the young seedlings will have plenty of room to…

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Store Cattle Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 4

E. W. Sparke Pty. Ltd., report having yarded a big number of cattle at their special sale yesterday. The bullocks were of outstanding quality and…

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Local Cattle Market To-day's Prices

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 3

Messrs Grainger and Falkiner.Pty. Ltd. report selling fat cows to £9/3/, heifers to £8/17/, vealers to £5/5/, store bullocks to £5/9/6, steers to £4…

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"T" Brand on Travelling Sheep Request of Graziers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 1

It was resolved at the last annual conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales to ask for the abolition of the "T" branding of…

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Prison Farm Closure at Tuncurry Approved SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 4

The State Cabinet has approved of the action of the Minister for Justice (Mr. L. O. Martin) in closing down the Tuncurry Prison Farm…

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Homebush Sales Sheep and Cattle Firm SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Sheep: 20,000 penned. Prime were very firm, and in places dearer. Mutton of 4½d lb., lambs to 7½d. Cattle:…

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Butter Pay Dairying on Manning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 13

Suppliers to the Wingham butter factory, for the month of May, were paid 1/1¾ per lb. for choicest butter and 1/0¾ for second grade,…

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Butter Dividend New Zealand Farmers Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 8

Addressing the National Dairy Conference at New Plymouth, the Minister for Marketing, Mr. Nash, said that from the estimated surplus in the…

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£100 CLAIM Loss of Fifty-Six Sheep CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 11

Charges that a dog owned by the chief of the Commonwealth police Lieut-Colonel H. E. Jones, has been, responsible for the death of or injury…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. Factory Report for May

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 4

Markets: Australia, butter 1/5 per lb, cheese 10 1/2d per lb; London I/0 3/4d, cheese Equalisation Quota.: Butter 25.7…

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Butter Substitutes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 2

The following motion was carried: "That, in view of the fact that the successful occupation and development of this country rely to a great extent…

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Store Cattle Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 5

E. W. Sparke Pty. Ltd., report having yarded a big number of cattle at their special sale at Maitland on Tuesday last. The bullocks were of…

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Commercial Maitland Store Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 4

E. W. Sparke Pty. Ltd. report having yarded about 1200 cattle at their special sale on 21st inst. Bullocks and steers of good quality formed the…

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