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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 109

Melbourne Sheep Show Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 5

Sheep worth £52,000 were sent from all States to the Australian Sheep Breeders' Annual Show which opened at Melbourne to-day. For the first time…

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Reversed Verdict's Importance to Farmers Dairying Dispute

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 4

The Full Supreme Court on Friday delivered a verdict of great importance to dairy farmers when it set aside a verdict…

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Dairy Produce Commodity Councils Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 3

A Joint meeting of members of the Australian Dairy Produce Board and the Commonwealth Equalisation Committee in…

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Commodity Councils Dairymen Affirm Principle

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 1

A joint meeting of members of the Australian Dairy Produce Board and the Commonwealth Equalisation Committee, after disecussing a…

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Co-operative Farming Interesting Experiment in England

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 4

One of the most interesting experiments in farming in the Empire is the Darlington Hall co-operative estate in England,…

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Wool Substitutes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 6

An investigation will be made ,by the Customs Department to ascertain whether the recently gazetted regulation designed to protect the…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 29th July:—The fourth series of London sales…

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New Butter Making Process

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 1

It is reported that after having inspected experimental operations with a new butter making process at Cobden (Vic.) the Chief Dairy Instructor…

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No Permit Travelling of Cattle Court Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 6

On May 17, James Wesley Horn, of Vacy, travelled a mob of cattle from Vacy to Wallarobba on the way to Booral. He failed to…

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Charge Against Maltese Farmer. To-day's Hearing. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 2

When the hearing of the charge against Joe Camilleri, a Maltese poultry farmer, was resumed in the Central Court to-day, Mrs. Jean Cassar…

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Dairy Industry Production Decrease Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 8

In a review of the dairy industry, Prescott Pty., Ltd., state that in the aggregate production is lower, arrivals from the South Coast districts…

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The Dairy Season Increased Production and Exports

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 4

The latest monthly summary of the dairy industry in Australia, issued by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Roland Wilson) and containing figures…

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Butter Factories Production Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 8

The following information relative be the production of butter at the Hunter River and North Coast butter factories during the 1937-1938 season is…

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Butter for Export Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 6

During the week ended July 30 Commonwealth graders examined for export 159 boxes of salted and 70 boxes unsalted butter at Sydney, and 60…

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Local Cattle Market To-day's Prices

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 3

Messrs Grainger and Falkiner Pty. Ltd. report selling fat bullocks to £11/11/, fat steers to £11/19/, cows to £9/19/, heifers to £9/3/, vealers…

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Dairy Farms. Value of Improved Pastures City Milk Supply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 4

The value of improved pastures in assisting to maintain the supply of milk was emphasised yesterday by speakers at the field day held on the farms of Messrs. S. O. Masters, of…

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British Imports More Cotton Than Wool LONDON, Aug. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 1

Britain is using move cotton and less wool, according to the Imperial Economic Committee's review for 1937-38…

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World Wheat Prices Prospects Do Not Appear Bright. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) CALGARY

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 1

Prospects for good world wheat prices do not appear very bright, in the opinion of Mr Len Hutchinson, chairman of the Alberta Wheat Pool…

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Crop Conditions Hunter Central Coast Official Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 5

"Conditions on the Hunter and Central Coast were exceptionally dry during June, and little useful rain was recorded in July,"…

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Berlin Workmen Engaged on Fortifications Farm Horses Needed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 2

Twenty thousand workmen, mostly carpenters, excavators, and masons, employed on Berlin's public building programme, have been sent…

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