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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

1,644 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 83

Pastoral Letter Methodists And The War SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 9

The President of the Methodist Conference, the Rev. W. N. Lock, in a pastoral letter to Methodists, says: “It is essential that over against the…

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Pig Exports Advice To Farmers MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 9

The Australian Meat Board announces that the new regulations governing the export of pig meat to the United Kingdom fixes the…

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Poultry Farms Common Mistakes In Planning Housing System

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 4

A common mistake observed on many poultry farms, particularly during recent years, is the building of continuous sheds for…

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Farmers Seek Brought Relief Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 6

About 8000 application have been received by the Victorian Drought Relief Board for participation in the £250,000 made available by the…

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Wool Report The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on the 28th inst.:—

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 4

The preparation of catalogues for the appraisements to be held next week is well in hand. Possibly the allocations arranged for will not…

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Rain Needed for Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 4

The stock inspector of Maitland Pastures Protection Board (Mr. J Lucas) In his report to the meeting to-day, stated that much more heavy…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co.-Op. Co. Ltd. reports on the 28th March The preparation of catalogues for the appraisements to be held next…

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Bad Season for Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 3

Local sheep men state that the present prolific season is one of the worse experienced for sheep in the past 40 years (says Manilla…

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Splendid Parade of Dairy Cattle Increased Entries at Gloucester Gloucester

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 5

Entries at Gloucester Show, which opened to-day, showed improvement of nearly 400 over last year. Quality also was distinctly better due to the bountiful season which is claimed to be the best for 40 years…

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Livestock Shipments From Britain Horses and Cattle Head List

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4

Dogs of various breeds, fowls, ducks, pigeons, even oysters and bees, are unexpected items in the livestock safely shipped from Britain overseas…

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Food for an Emergency Butter and Meat Cool Stokes Being Built

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4

Temporary buildings for holding butter and meat in cold storage for an emergency will be built throughout Australia…

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The Wool Industry. Address by Prof. 1. Clunies Ross

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 5

Every Australian who has the welfare of his country at heart would do well at this, time to consider the future of the wool industry and those…

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Navel Orange Crops in Jeopardy Fruit Fly Menace Worst on Record

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

"Unless the present population of fruit flies is greatly diminished the coming navel orange crops in the Gosford district will be in jeopardy,"…

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Dairy Output Sharp Drop In Some Districts

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 3

In a review of the dairy industry, Prescott, Pty., Ltd., report that whereas production has fallen back rather sharply in some quarters,…

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High Values Boom In Dairy Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 8

High prices are being secured for dairy cattle on the South Coast [?] At the dispersal of A. J. Besant Winfield A.I.S. stud, at East…

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Lost Cattle Charge Of Stealing Heddon Case

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 5

George Newstead pleaded not guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day to a charge of having on January 2 at Heddon Gre[?]…

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First Entry Dairy Farm Competition Coastal Districts

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 7

Within a few days of the announcement that a coastal dairy farm competition would be held, the first entry—from a Middle Rivers…

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Outlets for the Wool Clip American and Australian Mills

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The general demand for wool from the world's consuming countries is considerably less than in…

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Condition of Crops Hunter Valley And Coast

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 4

Dry condition prevail again throughout the district. Little rain was recorded from February 8 until the period ,10th-19th…

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