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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 109

Sporting Turf. Warwick Farm Races. Acceptances and Starting Times

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 8

August Hurdle Race, about 1¾ mile (1.30).—Verdoc 10.12, Frassadale 10.6, Beau Ideal 9.10, Judicial 9.6, Longshot 9.0, Gibson 9.0, Arabian King 9.0…

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RACING sidelights. Brazandt Likes It Heavy. Fancied for Warwick Farm. Place Money May Go to Mohican and Bonnie Region

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 6

Brazandt, which won a race very easily at Moorefield just recently, should take no end of beating in the…

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Wheat Purchases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 7

The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation will begin the purchase of wheat for export and relief distribution immediately…

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High Yield Dairy Shorthorn Heifer 8161b. Butter Fat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 4

What is believed to be the best milk and butter-fat record for an animal of her age and breed is in process of being set up by Megan 4th, a roan…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 9

The Australian wool selling season will open in Sydney on Monday. The first series of auctions will extend over eight days, during which period 96,000…

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Wheat Plan Dearer Bread Predicted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 2

The opinion that the wheat plan proposed by Mr. Stevens to the Premiers' Conference might add 1d to the price of bread, was expressed by Sydney…

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Wheat Price States Unanimous SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 9

Unanimous agreement has been arrived at by all States to proposals for the stabilisation of wheat prices. The conference of State Premiers…

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Move Rejected P.P. Union Membership Fees Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 10

Shareholders of Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., yesterday rejected a move to make membership fees to the Primary Producers' Union a working expense on the operations of the society. The margin was very small, for another…

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Dairy Farmers' Co-op. 38th Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 10

The thirty-eighth annual meeting of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company Limited will be held at the registered office of the society in…

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Field, Farm and Dairy AGRICULTURAL For Green Fodder and Ensilage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 4

Maize is a valuable stock food, both for the grain and the greenstuff it provides, and as a crop for ensiling it is unexcelled…

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No Arbitration Expropriation of Farm Lands Mexico's Refusal Washington, August 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 2

Mexico's refusal to accept arbitration on the question of the expropriation of American-owned farm lands is a violation of international law, threatening a…

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DAIRYING Mammitis Treatment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 4

Although from time to time many and varied remedies have been recommended for mammitis, the best results are obtained from a…

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Coastal Lands Improved Pastures District Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 10

The council of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association has decided to co-operate with the Royal Agricultural…

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Butter Substitutes Primary Producers' Protest

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

A motion of protest against the Government's delay in introducing legislation to regulate and control the manufacture and sale of butter…

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Synthetic Wool Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

Mr. L. Falkiner, a director of F. Falkiner and Sons Pty. Ltd., who reached Sydney by the flying-boat Corsair, which alighted at Rose Bay on…

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Sheep Missing From Trucks Search by Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 1

Police arc searching for 20 crossbred lambs, alleged to have been stolen between Quipolly and Tamworth railway stations last…

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Price of Butter Position in New Zealand SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 1

It is reported from Auckland that tho Butter Price Committee has unanimously suggested to the Government that the guaranteed price should be…

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Japan to Buy Wool Tokyo, August 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 1

The newspaper "Chagal Shogyo" says: "Tho Department of Commerce and Industry has sanctioned the purchase of 1,40,000 bales of wool for the…

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Opening of Wool-selling Season Japanese Competition Negligible. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

Japanese competition was negligible, at the opening sales of the 1938-39 wool selling season at the Royal Exchange…

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The Wheat Question Statement by Mr Stevens. Sydney, Monday. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

Before the Premiers' Conference in connection with the wheat question was opened at Canberra to-day, Mr Lyons and Mr Stevens had a private…

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