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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 109

Commodity Councils for Dairy Products Resolutions Carried

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 2

A joint meeting of members of the Australian Dairy Produce Board and the Commonwealth Equalisation Committee devoted several hours to…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Exported Pastry Butter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 2

A large increase in the quantity of pastry butter exported by South Australia caused the Board much concern. The Commonwealth Supervisor of Dairy…

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Homebush Sales. Prime Cattle Dearer SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report.—1780 cattle yarded. Prime were to 10/ dearer. Best vealers to 50/ hundred lbs, steers to 43/, heifers to…

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Poor Prices Outlook for Wheat Experts Views Calgary (Canada), August 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 10

Prospects for a good world price for wheat do not appear to be very bright, according to Mr. L. Hutchinson, chairman of the Alberta Wheat Pool Board…

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Next Election Farmers and Settlers Plan Contest All Seats Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 10

A meeting of the executive of the Country Party and representatives of the Graziers' Association and the Farmers and Settlers' Association,…

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Dairying in Queensland

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

Queensland produces more cheese, bacon and pork than New South Wales, nearly as much butter, but lags somewhat in milk production because the…

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Canadian Wheat Crop. Ottawa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 2

The Prime Minister has announced the fixed price of wheat at 80 cents per bushel, and that the Government would buy all offering at that price…

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Exported Pastry Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 4

A large increase in the quantity of pastry butter exported by South Australia caused the Board much…

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Butter Box Timber

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 4

After lengthy discussion, following reports that experiments in shipping butter in boxes made of hemlock timber had proved successful, the Board…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

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

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More Cotton and Less Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 8

Britain is using more cotton and less wool, according to the Imperial Economic Committee's annual review for 1937-38. The increase of cotton…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Official Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 4

Throughout the whole of last week Australian dairying organisations have held meetings in Melbourne. Three days were occupied by the annual…

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Better Trading Bowthorne Butter Factory Production Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1938 · page 4

Production figures for the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., for the six months ended June 30 showed a definite…

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Field Farm and Dairy AGRICULTURAL Late Blight of Potatoes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1938 · page 4

Late blight, or "Irish" blight, caused by the parasitic fungus Phytophthora infestans, was responsible for serious losses in potato crops on the…

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Farm Home The Greatest Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1938 · page 4

"The greatest industry In which woman is engaged is home-making in the number of persons employed, it is ahead of all occupations," said…

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DAIRYING Tuition in Dairy Science

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1938 · page 4

The Director of Dairying of the Department of Agriculture draws the attention of those interested to the fact that it has been necessary to cancel…

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Stock Sales Cattle Much Dearer Pigs Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 5

With a brisk demand, prices for fat cattle advanced 10/ to 20/ a head at the Maitland stock sales to-day. The supply was good and…

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Co-operative Proposal for Cattle Marketing Queensland Scheme

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 4

Proposals aiming at the establishment by cattle growers of a co-operative scheme for the marketing of their products in the…

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New Wheat Discovery (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 1

After 10 years' research, Professor Charles Englweow has discovered a new wheat superior to any of Britain's varieties…

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