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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 109

Brighter Wool Market. Speculators and Trade

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The slight improvement in wool values and prices for most commodities latterly experienced is…

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The Dairying Industry. Notes and Comments. (Reprinted from "The Australian Dairy Review.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 8

Producers generally will benefit pro rata by the return at the increased price from butter held in store at the time of the increase. The amount will…

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DAIRYING Improving Production

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

Many suppliers think of the dairy produce factory as a thing apart, but actually it is the central core of the dairy industry in any district, and as…

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Improvement of Dairying Production How Dairy Factories Can Help Suppliers

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

Many suppliers think of the dairy produce factory as a thing apart, but actually it is the central core of the dairy industry, in any district, and as…

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Agricultural the Maize Crop. Preparation of the Seed-bed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 4

No amount of after-cultivation can make up for insufficient preparation of the soil for maize, and the land should be given a deep ploughing in…

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Dairying Leads Worth Following. Improvement of Dairying: Production. How Dairy Factories Can Help Suppliers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 3

Many suppliers think of the dairy produce factory as a thing apart, but actually it is the central core of the dairy industry in any district, and as Many other avenues have come under notice, some of which might, with advantage, be enumerated. One large dairy concern has…

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Wheat Crop Increase in Acreage State Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 10

A report on the estimated acreage of wheat sown in New South Wales, which has been prepared by the Director of Marketing…

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Sheep and Lambs Dear SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 6

Sheep and lambs were dearer at Homebush to-day than for 20 years. The supply was inadequate, and…

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Cattle Dearer Sales at Homebush SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: 2032 cattle yarded. The market was 10/ dearer. Best vealers to 47/ hundred 1b. Steers to 40/, heifers to 38/,…

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Stock Sales Heavy Fat Cattle Supply Porkers Cheaper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 7

A supply of approximately 1500 head of fat cattle formed one of the heaviest yardings for a considerable time at the Maitland…

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Price of Butter

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

These men worked harder and longer hours than the men in city industries. They could not put their products on the market and demand…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report underdate July 1st:— Brisbane sales, which terminated on Tuesday last, marked the close of…

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Assailed! Housewives' Association. Butter Price

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly the Housewives' Association and Mrs. Glencross, its President, were vigorously assailed by Mr. W. Frith,…

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Wool at Newcastle Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

For the season ended June 30, 47,230 bales of wool were received at Newcastle by rail, being an increase of nearly 5000 bales over the quantity…

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Pastoral Lay-out of Shearing Sheds. Some Important Considerations

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

In planning a shearing shed, observes a departmental leaflet, there are a number of considerations deserving of special mention, namely:—…

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Local and General Butter Cheque, £10,000,000

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

Australia's butter cheque this season has exceeded £10,000,000, an increase of £2,000,000 on 1936-37. This is due to larger export and better…

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"Sell More Butter" What it Means to the Grocer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 4

Under the above caption the "Grocery and Storekeeping News" devotes its leading article in the June issue to comment on the publicity campaign…

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Pact with Japan Wool Imports. Quota Reduced

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

Particulars of the trade agreement between Australia and Japan, which was signed in Sydney on Saturday by the Minister for External Affairs,…

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Wool Substitutes Research in Germany Mr. Heath Tells Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

"I was more than impressed," said Albert Edward Heath, former Agent-General for New South Wales, describing the inquiries he had made…

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Decline in Italian Wheat Harvest. Signor Mussolini's Further Outburst. ROME

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 2

Standing naked to the waist upon a threshing machine on which he had worked for a quarter of an hour, inaugurating the threshing…

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