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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 121

South Australian Cereal Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 4

Tho satisfactory wheat yield or 31,737,411 bushels for the 1938-39 sen son has been announced by the Government, statistician, Mr. A. W…

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Crop Report for April Wheat Area Receives Saturation. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 2

The crop report for April, issued by the Department of Agriculture, states that the whole wheat area received a saturation through the rains…

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Wheat Harvest Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 8

The estimated Australian wheat output for the 1938-39 season is 153,6OO,000 bushels. It represents a decline of nearly 34,000,000 bushels, compared…

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Wool Sales German Buyers At Brisbane BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 8

The Brisbane wool sales were continued when 12.184 bales were offered. Germans were the principal buyers, concent rating on the better…

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Low Price of Wheat Overseas Victorian Premier Seeks Conference

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 2

The Premier (Mr A. A. Dunstan) has written to the Prime Minister (Mr R. G. Menzies) suggesting the holding of a conference of…

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Dairy Industry Pastures In Good Condition Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 11

Prescott, Ply. Ltd., report that pastures and cattle are in good condition for this time of the year, and production is being fairly well maintained…

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Grubs Attack Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 8

Although farmers in the south Western wheat districts are becoming alarmed at the depredations of the eut-worm grub in the young wheat…

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Butter Gradings Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 15

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended May 5, 14,1137 boxes of…

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London Butter Market London, May 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 14

The London butter market is slow. Quotations: Choicest salted. New Zealand 112/ per cwt. Australian 110/; unsalted, New Zealand 115/,…

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Values Firm Brisbane Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 14

The market at Brisbane all sale yesterday was firm for all good wools and superfine lets realised relatively high figures…

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Almost Doubled Butter Production Months Compared Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 4

Due to a vast improvement in the season, the butter production at the Dungog Cooperative Butter Factory last month almost doubled that of…

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Real Problem Combating Butter P.P. Union's Views Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 5

How to overcome the competition of butter substitutes is a very real problem, said Mr. J. L. ,Shute, General Secretary of the P.P.U., at a Primary…

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Out in the Bush Rush the Message Through—at Old Hill End—the "Barrier . Champion" —The. "Old Horse "—Dirty Butter Creek—when the Circus Came

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 13

RUSH THE MESSAGE THROUGH When you've got a pleasant message, Or a kindly word say,…

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Dairy By-products Casino

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 6

To ensure a thorough investigation into proposals to begin the manufacture of certain dairy products other than butter and bacon, a committee…

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Tobacco Crop Hit by Drought Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 7

Because of drought in southeastern j Australia, the Commonwealth's production of tobacco this year will be little more than half that grown last…

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Tomago Farms Sale

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 3

E. Windeyer and E.W. Sparke, Ltd., in conjunction had a successful sale of Tomago farms, on Saturday. The farms were all in the best condition, and realised…

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Wool Statistics

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

Statistics compiled by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia show that 2,601,714 bales of greasy and scoured wool realised…

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Tamworth Special Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 7
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

As advertised in another column of this issue, Messrs. A. L. Stewart & Co., auctioneers, Tamworth, will be holding a special store cattle sale in…

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Butter Substitutes Move for National Oppositinon

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 7

Mr J. L. Shute, general secretary of the Primary Producers' Union of N.S. Wales, said in C[?]ss nock yesterday that a movement…

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