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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 72 of 109

Price of Wheat N.S.W. Premier Sees Mr. Lyons SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 5

Before the Premiers' Conference connected with the wheat question opened at Canberra to-day, Mr. Lyons and Mr. Stevens had a private talk…

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P.P. Union's Butter Prices Policy Defended MR A. J. Dorsman Replies to Federated Milk Producers' Charges

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 1

A defence of the Primary Producers' Union policy in connection with butter prices was made by Mr A. J. Dorsman, a director of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co. at the annual meeting of shareholders on Saturday…

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400 French Farmers Evicted by Italy Paris, August 28

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

Four hundred Frenchmen living at Isola in the Department of Alpes Maritimes, whose land is on the Italian side of the frontier, according to the boundary drawn up by the treaty of 1860, were advised by the Italian authorities yesterday that…

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"Cruelly Criticised" Singleton Show Association Junior Farmers' Movement Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 4

Mr. H. Wright told a meeting of the Northern Agricultural Association on Saturday night that he was not given an opportunity to reply to some scathing references to the…

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Dairy Company's Progress Excellent Position Revealed at Annual Meeting Confidence in Policy of Board and Management

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 4

The 38th annual report and balance-sheet of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. were under review at the annual general meeting of shareholders on Saturday morning. There were two main features which deserve prominence in…

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Dairy Coy.'s Donation to Show Funds

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

Recognising the value to the district of the progress of its sister organisation, the Northern Agricultural Association, the annual meeting of…

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Registration of "Approved Society" for Dairy Industry P.p.u. Seeks View of All Interests

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

The Executive Officers of the P.P. Union have recently given careful consideration to the question of the desirability or…

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Butter Substitutes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 3

Dungog Branch sent forward two motions. (1) hat we protest to the Government on the delay in bringing in legislation to regulate and control…

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Butter Telephone Service

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 3

Mr. J. L. Gorton, from Stroud Road Branch, moved that the Federal Member, Dr. Page, be requested to inquire into the very unsatisfactory…

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Wool Qualities

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 4

"We were struck by the amount of research into the use of staple fibre in combination with wool, and by the closeness with which science is linked…

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Butter Equalisation Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 10

The equalisation price for butter this month is 15.85d per lb, the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee indicated. The estimated…

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Yesterday's Wool Sales. Values Firm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 6

Values at the opening of the Sydney wool sales yesterday were firm on the basis of those riding at the closing Sydney June…

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Wool Sales Good General Demand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 2

Intense interest was manifested in the opening of the new season's wool sales in Sydney, when an average selection comprising 11,526 bales was…

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Successful Half Year Bowthorne Co-op. Butter Co

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 4

What was considered a most successful half year's trading was traced in the reports presented by the directors and auditors at the half-yearly…

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Wool-Selling Season Opening SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 6

Intense interest was manifested in the opening of the new season's wool sales to-day, when an average selection comprising 11,520 bales was…

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The Small Wool Clip. Some Hints on Skirting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 6

Emphasising the importance of careful preparation of the small wool clip for market, a departmental sheep and wool instructor gives the following…

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Honours to a Dairy Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 3

Mr. Fitzgerald referral to the very fine performance put up by Mr. J. T. Young's A.I.S. cows in the butter fat competition recently. It was a…

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Wool Season Reviewed. "Thoroughly Disappointing Year." Mark 121) Decline in Values

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 3

Values during the 1937-38 wool seiling season proved very disappointing to growers, although sales opened with prices at satisfactory levels…

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Dairy Industry Production Figures Benefit of Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 9

Prescott Pty. Ltd. report that dairying areas will benefit by the rains received lately. Production is being maintained at about recent levels, but…

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Junior Farmers. Hunter River Clubs. Advisory Committee's Work Diversity of Interest

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 2

Beneficial rains have fallen over the whole area from Tenterfield to Newcastle, and a good spring now seems to be assured; Junior Farmers' Club…

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