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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 93

War Effort Farmers Sock Lead Plan Soon Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1940 · page 7

At the annual [?]of the Agricultural [?] College [?]…

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Wheat Surplus Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 6

Disquiet at the prospect for the disposal of the wheat surplus and dissatisfaction with some aspects of Australian Wheat Board policy years…

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BUTTER-CHEESE U. K . Contract Renewed SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce Mr. Ca[?] announced [?] that the [?] for the [?] of Australian) butter and these to the United…

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Big Wool Stores Federal Government to Build NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 5

The Minister for Works (Mr. L. O. Martin) arrived unexpectedly last night to [?] reclaimed land at Wickham on which the Federal Government…

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Butter Contract Renewed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 2

The contract for the sale of Australian butter and cheese to Britain has been renewed for another year…

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DAIRYING Dairy Cattle Management Recommendations of Australian Committee on Animal, Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 6

Preferential rotational grazing to give the highest yielding cows the pick of the feed is advocated by the technical sub-committee on dairy…

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Butter Donated Milk Suppliers Assist War Effort

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 1

Suppliers of the Bowthorne Co-op. Butter Factory Ltd. have formed a war savings certificate group, and are also assisting the nation's war…

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Uniformity in Butter Quality Australian-wide Survey

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 3

The supply to the public of butter of uniformly good quality is an efficient means of combating the use of substitutes. The essential…

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Opening Day-august 19 New Wool Appraisements

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 4

The official announcement of the opening of the new wool appraisement season on August 19 will come as welcome news to woolgrowers, because it…

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American Wool Markets Crossbreds From South America

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The United States, though more or less isolated from European hostilities, cannot keep her markets free…

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Wool Report Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Limited, report:—

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 3

With the new wool appraisement season due to commence in a month's time, the trade is busily engaged in making the necessary preparations…

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Australia-wide Drought Reduced Wool Clip. Shearing Difficulties

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 6

Every State in the Commonwealth is feeling the effect of the prolonged lack of rain, which is retarding growth everywhere…

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For Success in Dairying Factors in Increased Returns

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 3

Discussing at a recent conference of farmers the methods by which he had increased his gross returns per year for cream supplied to the local…

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Cold Weather Affects Dairy Output MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1940 · page 3

Cold weather in most States is having an adverse affect on dairy production, says the Australian Dairy Produce Board in a review of the…

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Land for Wool Stores

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 July 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Worke and local Government Mr Master lased today that sate Government Would lead the commonwealth government…

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For The Man On the Land Agriculture and Pastoral Notes

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 July 1940 · page 8

(There Notes are used by direction of the [?] the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department [?] any [?]information [?] to his work on the land not referred to in these Notes at the time a [?]…

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District Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1940 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: At Flemington on Thursday we sold account A. Sansom, Gloucester, 26 steers to £12/9/, averaging…

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New Butter Contract

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1940 · page 2

It was announced by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Cameron) recently that the contract for the sale of Australian butter and cheese to the…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1940 · page 3

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report: The next event of importance the local wool market will be the distribution next Friday of the 10 per…

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