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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 109

Local Cattle Market To-day's Prices

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 3

At the Shire yards to-day Messrs Grainger and Falkiner Pty. Ltd. report having sold fat bullocks to £9 18/, steers to £9/14/, cows to £7/5/,…

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Wool Sales Values in Brisbane BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 4

The Brisbane wool sales were continued when 12,314 bales we offered. The selection was an average one Competition was very animated…

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London Wool Sales (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

The wool sales opened par to 5 per cent, better all round, with the exception of inferior merinos. There was good Home and Continental…

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Increasing Use of Wool Plans for Australian Wide Campaign. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

A meeting of the Australian Wool Board in Melbourne to-morrow will lay plans for an Australian wide campaign to increase the use of wool…

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A Keen Demand London Wool Sales Best Quality Dearer London, Jan. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

With a keen demand from the home trade the good selections offered at the first series of the London wool sales sold at prices from 5 per cent…

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Farm Workers Shortage in Germany Heavy Importations Berlin, Jan. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 3

In addition to 30,000 Italians, who it was recently reported, had been imported into Germany, for farm workers, 170,000 other farm workers are…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

During the week ended January 15, the Commonwealth Graders examined at Sydney 21,998 boxes of butter, including 21,336 salted and 652…

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Butter Markets

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

Prescott Ltd. report: N. S. Wales:—Although extremely hot weather has been experienced in most dairying centres, production is being…

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Cattle Slaughtering

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 8

The meat Inspectors' reports covering a period of four weeks, which were submitted to Kearsley Shire Council, showed that large cattle slaughtered totalled…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

The Brisbane wool sales were continued yesterday, when 12,201 bales were offered. Competition was again keen, Continental buyers being the…

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Butter Wanted in Canada

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

On behalf of the Australian Dairy Produce Board it was stated that Canada, which for some time has been able to meet her requirements of butter, finds that…

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Butter Exports Regulating Shipments MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

In November the Australian Dairy Produce Board decided to regulate the shipment of butter to the United Kingdom, and fixed the maximum…

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Raw Milk Cattle must be Tested T.B. Menace Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 8

Mr. R. H. Nesbitt, chairman of the Metropolitan Milk Board, reminds dairy farmers supplying raw milk to the Sydney and…

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Maize Crops Increased Areas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 6

According to agricultural instructors and crop correspondents of the State Marketing Bureau, the area planted to maize this year is…

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Crops Benefit Widespread Rainfall Bright Outlook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 6

The general widespread rain which fell over the Hunter district yesterday afternoon and last night has done much to repair…

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Fat Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 4

A full yarding of about 900 fat cattle in the prime section, and about 120 in the cracker section. The quality generally was not up to the…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 7

At Campbell's Hill yesterday, J. Enright made a total clearance of the store cattle advertised in conjunction with Wilkinson and Lavender Pty. Ltd…

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First Merino Sheep

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 5

From the Cape of Good Hope came the first shipment of merino sheep and around this small consignment has been built one of the mainstays…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operathe auctions in Brisbans this week tive Co. Ltd., reports on the 14th inst.: Reports concerning the progress of…

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