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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 121

Poultry Farmers Tenambit Association Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Tenambit Poultry Farmers' Association was held on Thursday, April 20. Due to inclement weather the attendance was…

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Dairying Insanitary Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 4

Sanitary conditions in the dairy and Its surroundings are essential for the production of choicest quality cream. By way of Illustration of this fact, the…

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Better Farming No Longer Hit Or Miss Occupation Scientific Side

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 4

Farming was no longer a hit-or-miss occupation, but one of the moat complicated callings, said Mr. J, Cavanagh, General…

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Stock Sales Fat Cattle Unchanged Good Sheep Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 5

The quality of the fat cattle yarding at the Campbell's Hill , sale yards, West Maitland, to-day, was not up to recent standards,…

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Sheep at 3D Each

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

During the recent drought in New Zealand 'a number of ewes were sold for 3d each in the Canterbury province. The owner…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 5

The Sydney wheat market was steady to-day. quietly steady to-day. Bulk parcole were quoted at 24½ Sydney March basis lrgged lots were nominally 2/6…

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Crossbred Cow's Remarkable Yield Eleven Per Cent. Butter-fat

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

Cross-breeding between Jersey and Guernsey stock would become very popular with dairymen if they were assured of milk of the high…

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Charge Against Pastoral Company Alleged Failure to Suppress Rabbits the Evidence

The Scone Advocate · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 3

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

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BROKE Junior Farmers and Bureau District Enti-iusiasm Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

Mr. S. Burgmann presided at a woll attended meeting of tho Broke Junior Farmers on Saturday night. Progress In projects was reported and It was…

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Dairying for When Pasture Is Short a Reminder Regarding Winter Fodders

The Scone Advocate · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

It is again seasonable to remind dairy farmers that for sustained production consistently ample feeding of cattle is necessary, and that the…

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Farm Horses Dumped

The Scone Advocate · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

"During the past two and a half years farm horses have been literally dumped, and, especially during the recent drought period, thousands were…

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Piallaway Twenty-five Farms Available May 15

The Scone Advocate · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

The decision of the State Government, under its closer settlement scheme, to make available for application on and after May 15 the 25…

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Broke Junior Farmers and Bureau District Interest

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

Mr S. Burgmann presided at a wellattended meeting of the Broke Junior Farmers on Saturday night. Progress in projects was reported,…

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Cattle Values Sales at Denman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 5

Edward, Higgens Parkinson and Co, report a fair yarding of cattle at their usual weekly sale. There was a good attendants of buyers, and competition…

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£10 VERDICT Cattle in Orchard CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

John Rhone claimed £42 in the Cessnock Smal Debts Court for damage alleged to have been caused to fruit trees on his property by the…

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Wool Fibre "Impossible To Equal" Expert Opinion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

"I here make the deliberate statement that the wool fibre will never be matched by any artificial fibre. The synthetic chemist…

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Sale of Dairy Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

A dairy farm of 72 acres, situated on the Williams River at Fosterton, about five miles from Dungog, was sold at the Court House Hotel on…

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Minister's Praise for Dairy Farm Competition Great Benefits

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Nothing but good could come out of the Coastal Dairy Farm Competition, organised by "The Farmer and Settler" in conjunction with the…

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Gresford Show Sets a High Standard Improvement in Competition Fat Cattle of Quality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 3

Gresford's thirteenth annual show, held last Friday, and Saturday, was one of the best exhibitions yet seen there. Entries showed a distinct increase in the aggregate, and the sections in which the most notable increases were in evidence were farm…

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Shooting of Farmer Sydney Youth Arrested Gungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 7

Shortly after dark on Wednesday night last, in the midst of a shower of rain, Mr. L. G. Caldwell, a dairy farmer of Mill Creek, Stroud…

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