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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 93

Price of Wheat Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

The Australian Wheat Board quotations were unchanged to-[?] Bulk lots were a oted at 3[?] and bagged millers’ parcels at 4/0[?] a bushel…

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Wheat Sold to Britain Prices Disclosed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 7

The British Government has acceded to a request from the Australian Wheat Board that the price of the 1,500,000 tons…

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British Wool Needs Effects on Rag Trade

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The mills in the United Kingdom are running at high pressure. Raw material has been made available…

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Wool Scheme Pitt, So [?] Bodgery’s Catalogue

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

The appraisement machine is now roaming very much more smoothly than was the case in the earlier stages of the scheme, reports [?]…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act. Final, Payment to Growers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

The Rural Bank of New South Wales, which is the distributing authority in this State, announces that the rate of the final payment under the Act…

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Shark Sensation 14ft. Monster at Clarence Town Cattle Dog Taken

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

A sensation, almost unprecedented, occurred at Clarence Town on Thursday morning, when a 14ft. shark was seen to devour a large cattle dog in…

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Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

At a meeting of the organising committee it was decided that entries for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions, conducted by the…

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Quality of Milk and Cream Some "Don'ts" for Dairy Farmers

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 8

The following advice was given to a gathering of dairy farmers by the manager of a North Coast factory some years ago…

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Commission Paid on Silo Wheat. Graziers' Association Protests SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

The Graziers' Association of New South Wales has asked the Australian Wheat Board for an explanation of the system of payment by farmers of…

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Wheat Control Fears Effect on Horse Breeding. Minister's Aid Sought

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

Members of the committee of the Horse Association of New South Wales consider that, if wheat restriction is ever considered necessary, it…

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Butter Trade. New Consumers for Australia Fresh Channels Opened in Britain. Post-war Chance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

"Our butter and cheese are going into the households of people who never before have tasted it because the distribution in Great Britain is in the…

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Denman Soldier Farmers. Committee Appointed. (From our Correspondent)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

A public meeting held at Denman to form a committee to act in an advisory capacity in connection with properties owned or leased by men…

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DAIRYING Italian Rye and Red Clover an Excellent Temporary Pasture for Fertile Soils

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

A pasture mixture which has established itself in popularity with dairy farmers is Italian rye grass and red clover. Any plant or…

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Dairy Produce Board Election

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

Forms of application for enrolment as producers eligible to vote in the forthcoming Australian Dairy Produce Board election have been…

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Dairy Outlook Better Rains Increase Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

Convincing evidence of the great benefit the district received from the rains which fell a week ago was provided by the manager of Dungog…

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Review of Maize Crop Conditions

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

Although a considerable portion of the maize-growing areas of the State is in need of rain, the general outlook is considerably better than that…

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DENMAN Helping Soldier Farmers State Scheme Denman

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

A public meeting held here to form a committee to set in as advisory capacity in connection with [?]owned or leased…

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Pastoral Provision for Drought

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 7

[?] food at the [?] of the summer is no guarantee that similar conditions will months throughout the season, Summer was…

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Wool Appraisement Adelaide

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3

Prices for Adelaide’s fifth wool appraisement were made available yesterday. A total of 47,500 bales were dealt with compared with 52,421…

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Coastal Cattle. Sales at HomebusI

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3

Sales at Winchcombe Carson’s Elomebush auction last Thursday included Jupp Bros, Grestord, 30 steers and helfers to £10/17/, avg, £10, 20…

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