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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 121

Dairy Output Heavier Arrivals Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 4

Prescott, Pty. Ltd., report that production Is keeping up very well in at most all dairying centres, arrivals being somewhat heavier than those of…

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Cheaper Butter Dairy Industry's Need Views of Exporters

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

Dairy exporters on Wednesday emphasised the necessity for cheapening the cost of butter and cheese so that they could be sold at a price that…

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Butter, Margarine, and Vitamins

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 3

Under the above heading, the following letter by Mr. Alex Smith, of Bandon Grove, appears in "Truth" of 8th instant:…

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Wool-selling Policy

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

"It is undeniable that important world changes have taken place in recent years, which have had tremendous direct and indirect effects on the…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 3

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Ltd., report:—No auction sales of wool have been held in Sydney for the past fortnight owing to the Easter…

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Dogs Attack Sheep Blacktown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 8

Mr. J. K. Lethbridge informed the Blacktown Council that an alsatian dog had recently killed 21 of his sheep and injured 22. Several days later,…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 7

The Sydney wheat market was quiet today. Bulk parcels were quoted at 2/4½. Sydney March basis, and bagged lots 2/5½ a bushel…

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The Markets. Denman Cattle Market Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

Edward Higgens, Parkinson & Co., Denman, report a good yarding of cattle on Saturday last. There was a large attendance of buyers from…

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Denman Markets Pigs and Cattle DENMAN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 5

Edward Higgens, Parkinson & Co. report having a good yarding of pigs at their usual sales. There was a good attendance of buyers and…

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Inferior Lower Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 5

Wool sales were resumed in Sydney yesterday when 10,014 bales were catalogued. The clearance, including private sales of passed in and…

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Charge Against Pastoral Company Alleged Failure to Suppress Rabbits. The Evidence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

The following evidence was given in connection with a charge against the McLean Pastoral Co., Ltd., for failing to suppress rabbits on Ridgelands…

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Dairy Farm Competitions Milk Board Section Full Conditions for 1939

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

"The board has much pleasure in joining with the 'Farmer and Settler' in another series of Dairy Farm Competitions," said the chairman of the…

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Marketing of Wool Changed Conditions. Appeal for Subsidy. Canberra

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

Small wool-growers from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia decided, at a special meeting to-day,…

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Approaching Sales. Farming Property and Store Business

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 6

Messrs. Grainger and Falkiner Pty. Ltd. (Singleton) have received instructions from Mr. W. J. Oxford to offer at auction at 2…

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Found Dead on Kitchen Floor West Wyalong Farmer SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

On January 13 last James Pratt, aged 79, was found dead on the kitchen floor of his farm near West Wyalong…

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News of the Day Farmer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 6

FREDERICK GULLIVER, 66, a farmer, of Louth Park, received a, large lacerated wound to the heel when his right foot was caught in a…

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Maize Crops Improved Outlook Rain Helps

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 5

Unless there are unusually heavy frosts, there should be satisfactory returns from the late maize crops on the north and…

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Sale of Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

On Friday next at 12 noon, J. Enright and T. Carlton (in conjunction) will sell at Dungog a high-class dairy farm on the Williams River, at…

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Dairy Science Schools

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

All wishing to attend departmental dairy science schools during the winter months should make written application, accompanied by a fee of 5/,…

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Dairy Industry Payment According to Quality Food Values Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

"We should strongly unite and assert ourselves politically, in order that we might obtain the benefits that are due to the dairy industry," declared…

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