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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

1,644 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 83

Scone Stud Farms Supplies Nearly Third Of Yearlings 164 YOUNGSTERS

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 7

Scone stud farms will be well represented at the annual sale of thoroughbred yearlings, which will be conducted In Sydney…

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Export Butter Award

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 3

The Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. was awaked first prize at Sydney show yesterday for box of butter, salted, suitable for ordinary…

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Fat Cattle. At Denman

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 5

Edward Higgans, Parkinson and Co., Denman, report a good yarding of cattle. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was…

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Home Garden When Will There Be a Crop[?]

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 6

Vegetable plants vary very considerably in the time they occupy in maturing their crop. In the appended [?]ahle are given the approximate…

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Wheat Harvest

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 3

Australia’s wheat harvest for 1940 41 was about 88,000,000 bus[?] about 94,000,000 bushels below the average harvest for the ten years…

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Wheat Prices Marketing Bureau

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 5

The State Marketing Bureau reports the following prices for New South Wales [?] Rates [?] by the Australian…

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Throttle in Easter Cup Flemington Success From Koorenbeen Wheat Sheaf Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 3

Throttle, finishing fast along the rails, got up to beat the Sydneysider, Koorenbeen, in the Easter Cup at Flemington this…

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For The Man On The Land Agricultural Standardisation of a Australian Farming Products

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1941 · page 2

Speaking recently of the beneficial influence of agricultural shows on the quality of livestock and other primary products. Gol. G. C. Somerville,…

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Wheat Areas Stabilisation Scheme

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 2

Much uncer[?]inty exists as to the area to be sown to wheat in New South Wales this [?]son, Under the stabiliqtion sc[?]me the area…

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Export Butter Singleton Factory’s Success SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 2

The manager of the Singleton Central Co-operative Da[?]ry Co. (Mr. G. Seat) when referring to the com win at the Royal Show in the…

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Best for Years New South Wales Maize Crop Coastal Areas

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 2

Reports received by the Department of Ag[?]culture from its offficer[?] show that the heavi[?]t mal[?] crop for many years is…

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Canadian Farm Income

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 7

The cash [?]come [?]in the sale of Cana [?] fa[?] products in 1940 is [?] at 14,000,000 d[?]liars £20,000,000) competed with…

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Barley Crop Big Drop In Yield

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 6

The Australian Braley Board doe[?] not expect to handier more than 4,500,000 bushels form the last crop, against 11,616,000 bushel the…

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A Butter Secret

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 4

Butterfat has a something' that other fats cannot claim—a 'something' which produces better growth and better health than other fats which have been…

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Supply Falling Butter Production Market Firm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 5

Prescott Pty. Ltd. reports: New South Wales: Production is steadily shrinking in all centres. Arrivals are much lower than they were…

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Pool Wheat Payment By Board

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 5

During the past few days the agents of the Australian meat Board lave been making a fourth and final, payment those whose whose wheat was…

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Cattle Cheaper SaIes At Homebush SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson’s report: 2378 cattle yarded Market 10/ lower vealers. 51/, steers 43/, heifers 39/, bullocks, 37/, cows 34/,…

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High Butter Fat Yield Gloucester Jersey Third Purebred Tests

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 6

Avon Valley Favourite owned by M. J. G. Wllion of Gloucester, [?] The third highest butter fat yield for Jersey mature…

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Dairy Farmers' Milk Co

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 4

The articles concluded with last week's issue dealing with the beginning and growth of the Dairy Farmer's Milk Co. of Sydney show what can be accomplished…

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Improving Dairy Buildings

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 4

In the House last week Mr. C. E. Bennett M.L.A., drew the Minister's attention to the high cost of dairy buildings required by the Milk Board. He said:…

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