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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

2,173 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 109

DAIRYING Feed for Dairy Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 8

Although there Is a progressive increase in tho quantity of silage made each year, the total quantity of fodder conserved is quite negligible when…

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Sheep Taken Over Newly-tarred Road

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 2

A mob of about 100 sheep, which had been encamped in the travelling stock reserve at Sedgefield, were taken through the barrier that stretched…

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HOMEBUSH Prime Sheep Dearer SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 7

Winchcombe. Carson, Ltd., report:—Sheep: 76.800 panned. The market was irregular. Prime were 2/ dearer, plain being unaltered Mutton to 3½d lambs and…

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Wool Exports Half Year's Figures SYDNEY, Monday."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 8

Exports of wool from New South Wales during the first half of the current financial year amounted to 551,300 bales valued at £10,773,607…

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Wool Council's Policy May Carry Over Part of Clip

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 2

"If the necessity arises, the Australian Woolgrowers, Council will this season carry over portion of the clip, and will possibly adopt some…

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Farm Home Paint for Cement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 2

The paint ordinarily used for house painting is not suitable for application to new cement, which contains all alkali which will cause the…

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Home Burnt Farmer's Narrow Escape CASINO

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 2

The pyjamas which he was wearing was the only thing saved by Peter Stone, a farmer, of Clarence-road, three miles from Casino, when his…

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Dairy Products Safeguards in Modern Progress

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 3

In the dairy industry, especially in Australia, there should be some body capable of keeping pace with modern developments…

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Mystery Sniper in Victoria Farmers in Peril

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 2

Farmers living near the mining town of Korrumburra, in Eastern Victoria, have, sought the assistance of the police in tracing a man who has…

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Butter Exports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

According to advices from Messrs. Whiteley, Muir, and Zwanenberg, Ltd., London, the quantity of butter afloat on route to United Kingdom ports on…

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Wool Market Easier

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 1

Prices obtained for wool at the resumption of the Sydney sales yesterday ranged from 5 to 10 per cent, below those ruling at the close of last…

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Choice Beef Cattle Valuable Shipment to Sydney

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 3

Thirty-two head of polled Shorthorn beef cattle, said to be the largest and most valuable shipment of its kind ever to enter Australia from the…

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Market Weaker Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

A good selection of 10,710 bales of wool was submitted at the Sydney sales, but prices were 5 to 10 per cent. below those ruling at the close of the…

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"What Madness." Bullets Before Butter. Mr. Hughes Critical

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 3

Addressing members of the Legacy Club yesterday, the Minister for External Affairs, Mr. W. M. Hughes, said that if permanent peace could be…

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Serial Story "The Man from The Gulf" Chapter Xxiii. (Continued). Cattle Duffers at Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

The cutting out had been finished, the mob handed over to the head drover, the official paper pouched with Gilligan's spare shirt in a valise…

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Feed for Dairy Cows the Neglected Claims of Silage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 1

Although there is a progressive increase in the quantity of silage made each year, the total quantity of fodder conserved is quite negligible when…

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Manning River Dairying

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

The Manning River Co-operative Dairy Society paid 771 suppliers at the rate of 10¾d per lb for choicest, 9¾d per lb for second-class and 1/0¼…

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Empire Farmers Lord Wakehurst to Open Conference

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

The draft agenda for the Empire Primary Producers' Conference, which will be opened in Sydney by the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, on March…

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Jersey Cattle Taree Man Satisfied

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 2

A Taree farmer, who does out desire his name disclosed, has every reason to feel satisfied with the results achieved from registered Jersey…

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Wool Sales Market Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 7

At the wool sales yesterday 11,26¾ bales were catalogued. The clearance, including private sales of passed in and fellmongered wools, amounted…

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