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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 75 of 121

North Coast Butter Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

The North Coast Butter Factories Association has fixed a price of 1/0 1/2 to bo paid to suppliers tot July. This is the same as that paid for June. The…

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Merriwa News Stud Sheep Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 7

Since the Sydney Sheep Sales, Mr, T. B. Maefarlane, of Cullingral Corriedale stud, Merriwa, reports the sale of twenty selected flock rams to a Victorian,…

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The Butter Industry New South Wales Figures

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 4

Consumption of butter in New South Wales during the year ended June 30, 1938, was 34.665 lbs. per head of population…

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District Ear Mark for Sheep Local Graziers' Support

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 5

The members of the Singleton district branch of the Graziers' Association decided at a meeting on Wednesday to support a plan…

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The Empire and Wool Prices and Prosperity

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The British Empire is the greatest wool producing and the largest wool consuming aggregation of people in…

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Threat of Wool Substitutes Science to the Rescue

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

"In my opinion, wool still nan a grout lead over its competitors, though the pace at which the latter are advancing is quickening…

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Wool Report. Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Ltd., report:—

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 7

Although the political news from Europe to-day does not appear to be of an encouraging nature, it is noteworthy that, the British Parliament…

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Wool for Japan's Mills Reserves Exhausted. Increased Purchases Likely

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

A fair inquiry for wool privately on Continental account has been experienced in Sydney this week and Japan also has sought supplies (says…

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£4,000,000 Need for Wheat Temporary Scheme May Be Used

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 5

Several plans to assist wheatgrowers with the next crop will be examined this week by Federal Cab-inet in an effort to place a scheme…

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Wool Like Silk Stockings to Be Imported. Str'd. Kelly's Address. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2

Woollen stockings and underwear, which are almost indistinguishable from silk, will be imported into Australia in the near future, said the…

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Baerami Dairy Herd New Arrivals and High Tests

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 8

Members of the Hunter River local committee of the Australian Jersey Herd Society have occupied a prominent place in the Jersey news lately…

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Dairy Products Export Levy Reduced MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 7

Prospects of a very good season have induced the Australian Dairy Produce Board to reduce the levy imposed on exports of butter from…

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Trees on the Farm Homestead Shelter Belts

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

Shelter belts about the homestead serve a dual purpose. They increase the comfort of the dwelling, making it a much more…

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Coastal Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 4

Sales at Winchombe Carson's Homebush auction last Thursday included Alf. Moore, Gloucester, 11 bullocks to £10/9/, avg, £9/13/8/. Mrs…

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N.s.w. Wheat Stackings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 8

For the week ended July 29, 235,888 bags of wheat were despatched from country stations, making a total of 13,439,286 bags for the season…

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Wheat Bounty Closing Date Extended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 12

The Rural Bank of New South Wales, which, under the Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act, 1938, is the distributing authority for this State, advises…

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Veild Witch Appeals in Tellers' Handicap Warwick Farm Prospects Denita Should Go Well in Sprint

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 11

The Newcastle trained filly, Veiled Witch, appeals as the winner of the fillies' division of the Tellers' Handicap at Warwick Farm on Monday. She has been successful at two of…

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International Wheat Negotiations

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr Menzies, said that, if the international wheat negotiations, now in progress, should fail, the Commonwealth Government…

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Wheat Steady Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 1

Sydney wheat market was quietly steady to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 2/0 1/2. Sydney March basis; bagged lots 2/3 1/4 a bushel…

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BUTTER—EGGS Quantities in Cold Store SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 6

The State Marketing Bureau reports the following quantities of butter and eggs in New South Wales cold stores: Butter: In store July 22, 121,775…

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