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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 121

Brisbane Wool Sales BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

The fifth series of wool sales was concluded yesterday when 11.820 bales were offered. Compared with the opening rates of…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

A good selection offered at the wool sales to-day met with a brisk ready sale. The Home trade competed strongly for New Zealand…

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Synthetic Wool Extensive Progress Made

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

Remarkable progress has been made by Italy, Japan and Germany in the production of synthetic wool, according to a statement furnished…

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Wool Publicity Exhibition Planned SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

In order to encourage the use of wool in Australia and to combat claims that synthetic wool is as good as the genuine article, the New South…

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Better Beef for Export Hornless Cattle. the Poll Shorthorn

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

The first serious attempt to bring poll shorthorns into prominence in Australasia was in 1935, when the Poll Shorthorn Society of Australasia…

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Queensland Markets Plight of Sheep Pastoralist. Many Faced with Disaster

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

What the future holds for the sheep pastoralist in Queensland is at present a matter for much serious consideration (writes "Mitchell Grass" in the…

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Synthetic Wool Remarkable Progress London Report Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

Remarkable progress has been made by Italy, Japan and Germany in the production of synthetic wool, according to a statement furnished…

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Dairy Profits How Farmer Improved Average Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

The practical advantages to be de[?]ved from the building up of purebred dairy herds are gradually being recognised by farmers throughout the…

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London Wool Sales Good Selection Offered. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

A good selection, was offered at the wool, sales to-day. It met with a brisk arid ready sale. The Home trade bid strongly for New Zealand…

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Dutch Settlers Know How To Farm Swampy Areas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

The Dutch Consul-General. T. Elik-Schuurman, said to-day that he welcomed the suggestion made by the Minister for Commerce that Dutch…

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Promising Stock Imported Guernsey Bulls Experiment Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

Three Guernsey Island bulls, recently imported for the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture's Wollongbar Experiment Farm, were the…

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Cooling of Milk on Farms Deputation to Milk Board

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

Representatives of producers' organisations on Wednesday interviewed the Milk Board in Sydney, urging the board to reconsider its decision…

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"Little Knowledge" City Men Ignore the Land. Farmer's Protest. Tumut

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

At the official opening to-day of the southern district conference of the Agricultural Bureau, the General President, Mr. J. Cavanagh, said it was…

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Butter Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 5

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined 13.649 boxes of butter at Sydney and Newcastle last week. Approximately…

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Polish Sheep Dog Consigned to Australia SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

A Groenendai dog, now on its way to Australia on the steamer Somerset, is the first to be consigned to this country…

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Demand Slackens London Wool Sales LONDON. January 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 1

A good selection was offered at the wool sales to-day. The demand was less active, bids often failing to reach sellers' high limits. There were…

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Board Replies Coolers on Dairy Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 6

Tho following letter has been received from the secretary of the Milk Board (Mr. J. J. Shells) by the secretary of the Federated Milk Producers…

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Field, Farm and Dairy Agriculture Specifics in Plant Disease Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

Science is constantly at work in an endeavour to simplity the problems of the farmer, and although each year unfortunately sees an addition to such…

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Dairying Milking Yards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

Hygiene and woll-planned dairy promises are an important factor in successful dairying, and certain standards are prescribed under the Dairies…

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Crops Without Earth British Discovery Grown in Water

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

The most revolutionary and sensational scientific discovery for centuries—one that will affect the lives of millions, of ordinary…

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