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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 121

Board's Demand Protest by Farmers Coolers on Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 7

In a letter to the editor Mr. S. Ebbeck, of Mowbray, Vacy, writes:— I would like to mention the following matters in support of the protest…

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Farmer Found Dead Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 6

Roy Leslie James Perrett, 26, a sharefarmer on the Frogmore Park Estate, about seven miles from Gunnedah, was found dead on the bank…

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Dairying Chief Retires

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

Mr. L. T. MacInnes, Director of Dairying in New South. Wales since 1929, this Monday relinquishes his official duties. He is retiring after an…

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Warwick Farm Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

The New Zealand colt, Defaulter, made his Australian debut in the Chipping Norton Plate at Warwick Farm on Saturday. This big…

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Winter School for Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. A. D. Reid, M.L.A.) states that It ia proposed to hold the usual winter schools at the Hawkesbury…

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Grazing Trials Dungog District Farms Mixed Fodder and Oats

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 4

Mr. G. T. Dawson, agricultural Instructor, reports as follows: During the past season trials were conducted with the object of…

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Junior Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

One of the main features of the produce pavilion was the Junior Farmers' Exhibit, cleverly displayed and arranged, and the standard of the…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co.Ltd. reports on the 31st March:—. We submitted at our sale on…

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Faults in Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 11

"The Wool Record and Textile World," the official organ of the Bradford textile trade, declares that careless shearing in Australia, particularly…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 10

Statistics compiled by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia show that 995,640 bales of greasy and scoured wool wore sold in…

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Wheat Quotes Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7

The Sydney wheat market was quiet and unchanged to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 2/4, bagged lots 2/5 a bushel…

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Cattle Sales Sydney Show Ground SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 3

Top price at the cattle sales at Sydney Show Ground yesterday was 205 guineas paid by Donald. Munro for a Shorthorn bull, Clifton Prince…

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Butter Grading Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5

The butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined in Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended March 31, 17,769 boxes of…

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District Cattle Sales. Denman

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 8

Edward Higgens, Parkinson & Co., Denman, report having a good yarding of cattle at their usual fortnightly sale on Friday last. There was a…

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Wheat Market Steady Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 1

The Sydney wheat market was quietly steady to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 2/4¼, bagged lots 2/5¼ a bushel…

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Wool Market Prospects Brighter Full Clearance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 8

The wool market is in recess for the Easter holidays and, apart from a few odd sales of passed-in lots, wool sailing locally is at a standstill, states…

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Wool Board Publicity Campaign Preparing Plans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

For a considerable time the Australian "Wool Board has been considering a publicity campaign with the object of promoting the sale of woollen…

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Field, Farmand Dairy. Dairying Choicest Quality Cream

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 2

Dirty utensils are responsible for more inferior quality cream than any other single factor—it has been estimated that from 80 to 90 per cent. of…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

The Chairman of Directors, Mr. L. B. Fisher, welcomed the attendance at the half yearly meeting, but regretted that there was not a larger attendance. He…

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How the Storekeeper Helps the Farmer Service That Is Not Always Appreciated

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5

The Trundle "Star" taps its typewriter to say that "some time ago, a certain metropolitan newspaper circulated the F. and C. Branches…

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