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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 121

The Wool Outlook Signs of Better Trade

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The wool market has not displayed any notable change, nor is it likely to do so during the immediate future…

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Experts to Confer on Wheat Industry Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 9

Mr. Menzies, Prime Minister, announces that he had asked the State Governments to send experts from the agricultural departments to Canberra almost at once to investigate the plight of the wheat industry…

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London Wool Sales First Series Concludes. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

The first series of the London wool sales for 1939 concluded to-day. Compared with closing prices last series, greasy merinos were from par…

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Citrus Crop Marked Improvement In Trees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 8

Ample rainfall was received throughout the citrus-growing areas of the State and, as generally mild conditions prevailed,…

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Field, Farm and Dairy Agricultural Greening of Seed Potatoes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 4

Although the green sprouting of seed potatoes is carried out by some growers in Tableland districts, the practice is almost unknown on the…

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Dairying Discomforts of Winter Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 4

The wet boggy conditions occasional on many farms by the continuous heavy rains of recent weeks have given a foretaste of the discomforts…

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Stock Sales Fat Cattle Values Sheep Cheaper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 5

Good supplies of all classes of stock were forward at the Maitland stock sales at the Campbell's Hill yards tb-day, and in all…

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Homebush Sales Sheep a Littlle Firmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: 27,074 sheep and lambs penned, the average condition fairly good. The market for grown sheep was a little…

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Miners Peg Whole Farm West Wyalong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 2

A grazier has complained to the mining warden (Mr.F.Grudgeon) that prospectors have pegged out all his land. The warden said he could…

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Butter Substitutes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 4

Continuing, Mr. Shute said that the problem of the menace to the industry of butter substitutes had not yet been solved. In fact, the more closely it…

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Tamworth Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 7

A total of 800 head of good quality New England bred cattle will be offered at a special sale at Tamworth on Tuesday next, at 1.30…

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Dairy Cattle Jersey Tops Production Pure Breds' Records

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 7

The official Australian purebred dairy cattle production recording scheme, showing the milk and butter fat yields of…

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Butter Supplies Seasonal Decline Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 10

Production is definitely declining in most centres, arrivals this week being about 14 per cent, lower than those of the week…

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Sheep Stealing Alleged Lochinvar Man Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 7

A charge of sheep stealing was preferred against Joseph Cantwell, Lochinvnr butcher, in the West Maitland Police Court. this…

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Wool Market Brisbane Sales BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 4

At the wool sales 14,944 bales were submitted. The section was similar to that offered last week, and the bulk of it consisted of topmaking…

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Facial Eczema In Sheep and Cattle Preventive Methods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 2

During recent years the disease condition known as facial eczema in sheep and cattle has been somewhat prevalent in New Zealand…

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Butter Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 8

During the week ended May 13, the Commonwealth graders examined for export the following quantities of butter Sydney, 5195 boxes of suited, 761…

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Stealing Charge Ownership Of Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 2

After our report closed yesterday afternoon, further evidence was taken in the case in which Joseph Cantwell, butcher, of…

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Control of Cattle Diseases Observations in U.S.A. and Farming Methods (No. 3 - By R. 0. C. King, B.V.Sc, R. M. Kinross Research Officer)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 5

In order that readers may be fully conversant with the information embraced in this and subsequent articles, Mr. King describes the principles of the agglutination test, which is recognised as the best known method for the control of contagious…

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Woman's Hard Life on Farm Discharged on Arson Charge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 1

Beatrice Maud Riley was charged at Gunnedah Quarter Sessions on Monday, before Acting Judge P. V. Storkey, with having, on April 6, set…

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