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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,842 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 93

Wheat Belt C.P. Leaders Tour His Impressions Parkes

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5

During an extensive tour of the whast self the country party lender, Mr Cameron Sold be gained an outstanding impress…

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Dairying Italian Eye and Red Clover

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 7

A pasture mixture which has established itself in [?] with dairy farmers is Italian eye [?] and red clover. Any plant or combination of…

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Need Rain Dairying Districts MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3

The Dairy Board’s weekly review [?] that Queensland experienced heavy thunderstorms last week-end over a wide dairying area, also a heat…

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American Wool Consumption Avoiding Heavy Stocks

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— A downward variation has recently been experienced in wool prices in the United States. The New York…

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Burglary at Boys, Farm Home Action Taken Against Officers

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 1

Grave laxity in certain sections of the administration of the Mittagong farm home for boys had been found by the Public Service Board,…

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Dairying for Sustained Production Adequate Feeding Is Essential

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 4

It is unfortunate, observes a note in the "Agricultural Gazette," that so many dairy-farmers still cling to the idea that a…

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District Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 2

Sales at Winchcombe, Carson's Homebush auctions last Thursday included Jupp Bros., Gresford, 30 steers and heifers to £10/17/, average £10…

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Bright Prospect for Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 2

Not alone are the wheat and wool men benefiting as a result of the overseas demand for primary products. Whilst war conditions rule…

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High Butter-fat Production A.I.S. Cow's Performance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 1

Heading the list of Australian Illawarra Shorthorn senior four-year-old butter-fat productions completed in New South Wales during…

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Attempted Arson. at Tasmanian Wool Store. Launceston

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3

Poneo are investigating an attempt to commit arson on Inspection Head wharf yesterday. Inside the main door of a store containing 3000 bales of…

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Wheat Carry-over Prospect ABOUT 30,000,000 Bushels Adelaide

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, said to-day that, although it now appeared that the wheat harvest would yield about…

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Prolific Veteran of the Dairy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3

Reading in a newspaper recently of a reported record of a 22 1/2-year-old cow still milking and breeding, Mr. Joe Huckstead, of Underbank…

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The Dairy Herd Building Up the Fat Content (Article No. 1)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 4

In a former-article on this subject, it was shown that the Board's request to suppliers to conform to a butter-fat standard of 3.4 per cent…

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Farm Home Painting Galvanised Iron

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 8

Under the heading of Iran may be Included roof Iron guttering downpipes, tanks water pipes . In all these instances the iron is Sal vanished…

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Dairy Produce Butter ant Cheese Quotas

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board, has determined the following quotas to…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 26/1/40:— Our appraisement Catalogue No. 12, comprising 10,838 bales, was…

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Norco Butter Lismore

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

The output of butter from the factories of Norco Co-operative, Ltd., during December totalled 1715 tons, which was 351 tone more than the…

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Wheat Crop May Be Record 204,000,000 Bushels Expected

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

The Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr C. McPherson) said it appeared that the Australian wheat crop for the 1939-40 season…

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Farmers Not Alone to Blame Cause of Bush Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 5

Representatives of graters, farmers, and and fire officials to-day repudiated the — that carelessness of farmers was…

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