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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

1,644 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 83

Sale of A.i.s. Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 2

An important sale of Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cattle was effected last week, when Dr. A. W. Woodbury, of the Meadow Stre[?]…

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Stock Sales Fat Cattle Dearer Quality Very Low

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 5

Whilst the values of fat rose in instances to [?] higher than fast week’s prices at the Campball’s Hill saleyards to–day, the quality was…

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Wool Sales Pitt, Son & Badgery’s Report

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 6

Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., Newcastle, submitted to appraisement [?] catalogue of approximately 1700 bales, drawn from all the wool growing…

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Farming of the Future Use of Electric Rays

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 6

The American Society of Agricultural Engineers recently discussed the part likely to be played by ultra–violet and infra–red rays…

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Aliens and Farms Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 3

The Agricultural Council, after hearing complaints that increasing numbers of lens were entering the banana industry, asked that…

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Cheese or Butter ? a Problem for the Dairying Industry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 3

The British Ministry of Food has expressed a desire for much larger shipments of cheese from Australia, and the request has evoked many…

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Cattle Market at Denman

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 6

Edward Higgens Parkinson & Coy., Demnan, report, a fair yarding of mixed cattle at the fortnightly sale There was a good attendance of…

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Newcastle Wool Appraisements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 3

On Friday, 27th June, Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., Newcastle, submitted to appraisement a catalogue of approcimately 1700 bales, drawn…

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Sheep Decline Values At Flemington

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 6

Schule Bell, Badgery, Lumbey, Ltd., report a penning of 30,402 sheep at Flemington yesterday, including 16,200 lambs. Values were generally…

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Promoting Britain's Wool Exports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 4

Britain has set up the National Wool Textile Export Corporation to encourage and assist the export of woollen textiles from Great Britain…

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Wool Consumption Increasing Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 7

The output of Australian mills in 1939. in was 14,674,179 square yards of woollens and worsteds and 245,222 [?]ules of blankets. rugs, etc. It is estimated that…

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Britain's Food. Pre-war Imports Valued at £400,000,000. Task of the Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 3

In support of the need for greater agricultural production in the United Kingdom, Mr. E. Gelling, agricultural adviser to the 'North Riding War…

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The Farm Home "The Lawn Beautiful" a Valuable Booklet

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 3

To most residences, even in the city, there is attached a lawn of sorts if only of the most miniature dimensions, and a simple and authoritative…

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DAIRYING Dairy Records As an Aid to Increased Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 1

Speaking recently of methods for the increase of herd production, a special dairy instructor of the Department of Agriculture stressed the…

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Dairy Cows at £150 in England Big Prices

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 2

In Britain war does not appear to have had any adverse effect on the dairy industry. The London "Farmer and Stock Breeder," a copy of which…

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Russian Crops Late (A.A.P. Service) WASHINGTON. June 30

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 1

The Agricultural Department to-day reported that unfavourable weather conditions had delayed the…

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District Crops Good Rainfall Needed Winter Fodder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 4

The district agricultural instructor (Mr. G. T. Dawson), in his report for June on the condition of crops in the Hunter…

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Alleged Damage By Fowls. Nulkaba Farmer's Claim. Novel Case at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 1

An unusual type of case was heard in the Small Debts Court at Cessnock yesterday, when Arthur Charles Slade, farmer,…

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Wheat Plan Canberra

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 4

In the House of Representatives a Labour member described the wheat scheme as a gross blunder.” He said that New South Wa[?] farmers…

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Farm Tenancy Problem In Dairy Industry Coastal Districts

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 4

Tenancy has recently become recognised as a problem in the dairy industry of New South Wales Some 85 per cent of…

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