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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 109

Splendid Rain Wheat Areas Benefit More to Come Sydney

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

During the week-end splendid rain fell throughout the State, over two inches being recorded in many districts. The falls in some…

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Farming in the United States

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 4

United States farmers have opened their marketing season for major crops with prospects of a cash income 25 per cent, below the goal set up by…

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Butter Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 2

During the week ended August 6, Commonwealth graders examined for export 321 boxes of butter in Sydney. Butter exported for the week…

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Butter Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 4

Mr. Robert Wilson Ronald, a grazier, of Nap Nap Station, near Hay, who died on June 8, left a personal estate in Victoria valued at £15,135. He left…

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Dehorning of Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1

Dehorning is becoming more popular with daliyfarmens in the Lower Hunter and elsewhere. During the winter Mr. S. Parish, of Wallalong…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers Cooperative Co. Ltd. reports on the 5th instant:—The opening of the Australian…

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World Wheat Glut

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 4

World-productipn figures for wheat exceed the bumper year of 1928 by at least 200,000,000 bushels. Prospects of a good…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory Production Figures

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 3

Production figures for the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., for the six months ending June 30th show a definite increase when…

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High Prices for Sheep at Local Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1

At the New Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., sale on Friday last there was. particularly keen competition for fat sheep, one outstanding…

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Not Entertained Proposal to Rent Butter Factory Building

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1

The proposal of Mr. George Ryder to rent the Cessnock branch building of the Raymond Terrace Co-operative…

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The Price of Wheat (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 2

St.—Permit me to enter a strong protest against a letter in your paper purporting to be a reply to a letter of mine in…

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Home Consumption Price of Wheat. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 2

Sir,—Mr. Nock. M.P. has written to the press in support of a home consumption price for wheat and 5/ per bushels is…

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German Wool Ingenious Story Hawkers Fined Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1

A story, of unusual Imposition was told in the Police Court today, when Harry Korn (49) and Noel Miller (24), salesmen…

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Modern Plant Dairy Farmers' New Depot at Wollongong

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 3

The new depot to be erected by the Dairy Farmers Co-op. Milk Co. Ltd. in Wollongong will serve a wide and growing centre…

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Dairy Board VOTES £255,000 for Publicity

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 3

A sum of £25,000 was voted at last week's meeting of the Dairy Board of the Australian Joint Trade Publicity Fund for advertising in Great Britain…

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New High School Agriculture Dairying Class Sought

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 2

At the first ordinary meeting of the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations, held last night, it was decided to request that provision…

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British Migrants Boys for Farm Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 2

In the last three months 577 British migrants have been given permission to enter Australia, all having been guaranteed work on arrival. More…

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Dairy Industry Cold Weather Affects Production Rain in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 4

Prescott, Pty., Ltd., in the usual weekly review of the dairying industry, report that tho extremely cold ,weather experienced throughout the…

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The Greatest Industry Home-craft As a Factor in Prosperous Farm Life

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 2

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

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