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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 109

Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 2

The thirty-third annual meeting of shareholders of Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday next, in the…

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Best in World Australian Butter SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 9

Mr. A. E. Sheehan, who has been attached to the dairy branch of the Department of Commerce, and stationed in London, says that the quality of…

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Stud Cattle Jersey Herd Sale Low Prices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 7

For its high quality, the Jersey Mead stud, which was sold by J. Enright, in conjunction with Ken Fraser and Co., of Sydney, at the…

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Cattle Die After Dipping Dungog Owners' Loss

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 7

Five hundred cows, purchased at Gordonbrook Station, on the Clarence River, by Messrs. John Alison and Ken Mackay, of Dungog, were…

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Market Notes the Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., offered at auction on Thursday 4088 bales to good competition from the Continent and Yorkshire, Japan…

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Values Firm Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 5

Values at the Sydney wool sales yesterday were firm at the previous day's rates. Of the 12,471 bales offered 11,705 were sold at auction, and…

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Field Wheat Competition Corrected Scale of Points

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 2

(1) Yield: One point being allowed for each bushel of estimated yield. (2) Freedom from disease: Thirty points allowed. The diseases being…

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Smaller Wool Clip. Effect of Seasonal Conditions. Mr. K. E. Winchcombe's Address

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 5

In the course of an address at the annual meeting of Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, on Tuesday Mr. K. E. Winchcombe (acting chairman) said…

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Registration of "Approved Society For Dairy Industry. P.P.U. Seeks Views of All Interests

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 8

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

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Our Junior Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 3

Referring to the Muswellbrook Junior Farmers' Club, Mr. Blacklock (supervisor) states that the juniors are being supervised by Mr…

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National Insurance Farmers' Obligations. Replies from Commission

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 3

Two questions, in relation to the application of the National Insurance Act were submitted to the "Chronicle" by a district resident recently,…

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Junior Farmers And Singleton Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 6

Mr. Stan Nichols, of Kirkton, Lower Belford, writes: "Will you kindly al low me to reply to Mr. H, Wright's accusations regarding the statement…

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District Crops Instructor's Report August Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 6

Reporting on crop conditions for August, the district agricultural instructor (Mr. G. T. Dawson) states that the dry spell experienced on the…

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Tamworth River Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 7

The auction sale of Rosebank farm, of 1954 acres freehold, will take place, at Tamworth on September 9. Rosebank, originally part of the old…

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Our Correspondence Page The Farmer as Scapegoat. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 4

Sir,—Mr. S. Tideman of Chicago. U.S.A., thus sums up the position of the American farmer as "the scapegoat on whom all tax [?] are laid…

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Bradford Wool Tops London, Sept. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 9

The Bradford wool tops market is slightly easier. Business is limited as buyers are holding off pending the outcome of the European political…

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Field, Farm and Dairy AGRICULTURAL Control of Bean Fly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 4

An effective means of controlling bean fly in French beans has been developed as the result of departmental investigations extending over the past…

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DAIRYING Warts on the Udder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 4

Warts, which are really small tumours, occur frequently on the udder and teats of the cow. They are seen more often in young than in old…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 September 1938 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Company Ltd. reports on the 31st August: We submitted at our sale on…

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Heavy Loss Mortality in Cattle After Dipping

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 September 1938 · page 2

The recent mortality among a number of cows and calves recently purchased by Messrs. J. Alison and Ken Mackay, of…

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