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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 109

Breeding of Stud Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday last Mr. H. C. Carter, M.L.A. (Liverpool Plains) asked the following question:—"I wish to ask…

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Maitland Stock Sales Heavy Cattle Supply

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 4

Heavy supplies of fat cattle were again forward at the Maitland stock sales on Monday, and, with keen competition, recent rates were maintained…

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Cattle Killed or Mauled Alsatian Dogs Blamed

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 3

Dogs believed to be Alsatians have killed or mauled nearly a dozen cattle in the Riverstone district in the past week,…

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Alsatian-dingo Cross Breed Playing Havoc with Cattle

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

"Any man who declares that Alsalians will not cross with dingoes is either a fool or a war," declared Mr N. Johnston, at a meeting of the…

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

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

A good selection at the wool sales met with active competition, the Home trade being the principal buyer…

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Singleton News Drover Fined Travelling of Sheep SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 2

When J. S. Johnston, a drover, appeared and pleaded guilty in the Court of Petty Sessions at Singleton yesterday, Mr. C. R. Dunlop,…

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Farm Tractors Increased Development in Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 8

A factor which has had a profound influence on farming practice during recent years has been the development of the farm…

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Stock Sales Strike Affects Market Cattle Cheaper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 5

A slaughtermen's strike in Newcastle to-day had an adverse effect in some sections of the Maitland stock sales…

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DENMAN Cattle Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 5

Edward Higgens Parkinson and Co., Denman, report holding their usual fortnightly sale on Friday last. Buyers operated strongly throughout, but the…

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Wool Stabilisation

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 3

Your Council realises that there ia much to be said for and against plans for stabilising wool prices, but we lieve that organised marketing of…

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Butter Pay Wingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

Suppliers to the Wingham Rural Co. op. Society Ltd. during the month of June were paid 1/2¾ per lb for choicest butter, and 1/12 per lb for second…

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Butter Industry Production Figures Weekly Review '

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 8

Prescott, Pty. Ltd., in a review of the butter industry, states that although production in some districts in N.S.W. continues to decline there is a…

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Wool Industry Must Extend Markets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

In an interview, Mr. Joseph Brierley, a prominent English authority on textiles, said that, while there was at present no ground for acute alarm…

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The Wool Market. More Confidence

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The generally firmer prices recorded at closing London wool sales and the maintenance of rates for tops in…

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Denman Butter Facotory Returns. Best Pay for Years

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

Suppliers to the local factory were paid at the rate of l/2½ per lb. for butter manufactured during the, month of June. This is the highest…

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Poison in Cakes Poultry Farmer Charged Wife's Illness Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 7

On the resumption of the case in the Central Court to-day in which Joe Camilleri, 43, a poultry farmer, was charged with having feloniously…

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More Land. for Settlement. Further Purchases Indicated. Mixed Farming Areas

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Sinclair, said in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, that the Government had under review a number of estates,…

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Kurri Men Visit Government Training Farm. Scheme of Youth Training Recommended

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 2

In order to get first-hand knowledge of the conditions for the training of youths at the Government training firm at Scheyville, a visit to the farm was taken recently by Messrs. C. Christianson (President of the Kurri Young…

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Coastal Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 2

Despite a yarding of only 1677 cattle at Homebush on Monday, rates were easier. A draft of 16 steers from Alan McDonald, Dungos. made to…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on 22nd inst.: The fourth series of the London sales, comprising an offering of…

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