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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 121

Sheep Show Splendid Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 2

1 "An enthusiastic response from Australia's leading sheep studs places beyond doubt the success of Sydney's 1939 annual' sheep show, which will…

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Butter Market Quieter in London MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 4

The London butter market is steady but quieter, with spot values on June 1 unchanged, stated the Loudon office. of the Dairy Board in its weekly…

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Cattle Disease Research Proposed Visit To Glenfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 4

The secretary of the Australian Cattle Research Association (Col. G. C. Somerville) reports that arrangements for an inspection by cattle…

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MARGARINE Debate In House Of Reps. Butter Menaced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 11

Legislation to meet the competition of margarine with the dairying industry by ensuring that butter substitutes be readily…

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"Wear Wool" Campaign Drive Against Substitutes SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, has received from the Agent-General in London, Mr. Hay, details of the plans of the International Wool Secretariat to…

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Field, Farm and Dairy Agriculture Smut in Onions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 4

Onion smut has not yet been recorded in Australia, but it is important that growers should have some knowledge of the nature of…

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Dairying Common Defects in Cream

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 4

For the production of choicest cream the following four precautions must always be observed:— 1. Cool all cream promptly…

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"On the Sheep's Back"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 4

THE old aphorism "on the sheep's back" is familiar to most of us, but the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) widened the…

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Butter Eggs Quantities in Cold Store

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau reports the following quantities of butter and eggs in cold store in New South Wales:…

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Tariff Hinders Use Of Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 3

The International Wool Secretariat in London (of which Dr. J. Clunies Ross…

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Stock Sales Fat Cattle Firmer Store Pigs Cheap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 5

Satisfactory supplies were forward in all sections at the Maitland stock sales to-day. A useful trade offering of fat cattle met…

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Choicest Grade Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 2

It was reported at the annual conference of the Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association in Sydney last week that '22 butter…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 4

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Ltd., report:— Following the movement in private treaty business for skin and…

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Butter Exports Canberra

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

Australian butter exports have doubled in the past 10 years. Exports in 1937-38 were 88,101 tons, compared with 44,271 tons in 1927-28…

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DENMAN The Cattle Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

Edward Higgens, Parkinson report a good yarding of mixed cattle at their usual weekly sales. In addition to local operators, Singleton…

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Control of Cattle Diseases Observations in U.S.A. and Canada Farming Methods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 8

Australian cattlemen who determined to eradicate the serious scourge of contagious abortion from their herds are advised by Mr. King, in this article, as to the best methods of obtaining replacement stock…

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Stabilisation of Wheat Industry Growers Not Ignored

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, denied in the House Representatives that the wheatgrowers' representatives had been ignored in the…

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Guard the Butter Industry Policy of Government Factory Managers Told

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

"You must rely on yourselves, Get together und manage your own business on a proper co-operative basis," said the Minister for Justice, who…

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Wool in Demand Firm Rates in Sydney SYDNEY

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

Sales at the Sydney wool auctions yesterday totalled 6222 bales and 1945 were disposed of privately. Offerings totalled 7682 bales…

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Aid for Wheat Industry Government's Plans. "Something Useful." Canberra

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, assured members of a deputation today that the Federal Government intended to formulate a scheme to assist…

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