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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 93

Lew on Butter Urged to Buy Out Margarine GRAFTON

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 7

A new development in the dairy fight against the competition margarine against butter occurred , at a meeting of the Central Council…

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Citrus Crops Review of State Areas

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 7

The State Marketing [?] In a review of the alters crop conditions as at June 1, states that recently dry weather was explainded…

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Farm Films British Hedging Secrets Showing Italy (From a Special Correspondent) (By Air Mail) LONDON May 25

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 7

Is spite at the war, international exhibition still so on In neutral countries. And the warring nations contacts to vie…

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Wants Levy on Butter to Buy Out Margarine Primary Producers' Move

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 2

A new development in the dairyman's fight against the competition of margarine againet butter occurred at the last meeting of the Central…

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Feeding of Sheep in Time of Drought Experiments by Department of Agriculture

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 3

Exvperiments carried out by the Department of Agriculture to determine the relative. values of various foods for the hand-feeding of sheep…

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Sheep Classing. Seasonable Reminder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 5

Sheep classing is the operation of grading the breeding flock and selecting the sires for use in mating, the object being to gradually raise the…

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Butter Industry Seasonal Decline Arrivals Lower

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

Prescott Pty.. Ltd., in a review of the butter industry, state that the seasonal decline in production is in evidence in almost all dairying…

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Carpet Wool Is Wanted

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

The notable lack in this all-Australian enterprise is the fact that this country is not producing nearly enough carpet wool to meet the…

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Wool Appraisements at Newcastle "Nenco" As the Pioneer Wool Broker

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 1

Nenco, the pioneer wool selling company to establish the economic service of wool marketing at Newcastle some 13 years ago, has seen…

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Wool Appraisements at Newcastle. "Nenco" As This Pioneer Wool Broken

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 6

Nenco, the pioneer wool selling company to establish, the economic service of wool marketing at Newcastlc some 13 years ago, has seen the…

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Price of Wool Clip Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 8

Mr. J. P. Abbott, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers’ Council, said that he agreed that with the Empire fighting for its life it was no…

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Butter and Cheese for Great Britain Increase Not Expected

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

During 1940-41, the United Kingdom will probably purchase, under contract from Australia, 73,500 tons of butter and 13,000 tons of cheese,…

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Pastoral. Pasture Improvement. Ninety-two Per Cent. of Improvable Area Still Untreated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 6

One of the most striking developments in latter-day local farming has been that of a grassland improvement concept, and an important part of the work…

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Carpets for Australia We Start to to Make Them Ourselves. New Outlet For Coarse Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 6

One of the most significant of Australia's new industries is that of carpet-making. This country normally imports about 4,000,000 yards of carpets of various sorts and sizes each year, worth over a million-and-a quarter pounds (Australian). Meantime it has difficulty in disposing of its…

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Our Industries Carpets for Australia We Start to Make Them Ourselves. New Outlet for Coarse Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

One of the most significant of Australia's new industries is that of carpet-making. This country normally imports…

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Keen Bidding for Land Auchentorlie Goes Over to Dairying Over Score of Bidders for Eight Blocks

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

One Of the biggest land sub-divisional sales locally for some years took place on Friday, when the Auchentorlle Estate went under the…

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District Farms Fodder Conservation Judging Ended

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 5

Judging in the district fodder conservation competition was concluded this morning by Mr. G. T. Dawson, the district…

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Wool Appraisements at Newcastle "Nenco" As the Pioneer Wool Broker

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 3

Nenco, the pioneer wool selling company to establish the economic service of wool marketing at Newcastle some 13 years ago, has seen the…

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War and Wool Prices American Ups and Downs

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 3

Winchombe Carson Ltd. report:— The first shock of events in European markets has subsided in the United States, and values for wool have…

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