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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

1,644 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 83

Butter Export Prospects Murwillumbah

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 7

Prospects for the disposal of Australia's surplus dairy products are apparently better than was at first expected. That statement was made…

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Nazis Ruin Butter Trade in Denmark

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 1

Denmark's once-flourishing butter trade has been almost ruined since the Nazis have been running the country, according…

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Smaller Dairy Herds . British Fodder Shortage (A.A.P. Service.) LONDON, June 8

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Britain's beef and dairy herds will be reduced by the autumn by 300,000 animals. Farmers will be asked to reduce their…

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U.S. Loans to Farmers Washington, June 7

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced a schedule of rates on which loans will be made to farmers for this year's…

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Politics and the Dairyfarmer. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 3

Sir,—The justice of the demand by Mr D'Arcy Rose for an increase in the price of milk to the producers is sufficiently attested by the finding…

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Pastoral. the Wool Industry. [?] Unexplored Fields of Research

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

Discussing in a recent address to farmers some of the difficulties facing the wool-growing industry, and in particular the competition represented by…

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Tamworth Sheep Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 5

Mahony and Co. Pty. Ltd. will hold their next special sheep sale at Tamworth saleyards on Thursday next when 8000 woolly sheep will definitely…

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Butter Prices Living And Farm Costs MURWILLUMBAH

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

“That extra living costs should be thaken into consideration in addition to increased farm costs when computing the price of butter,” will be…

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Market Notes Tamworth Sheep Sale. 9000 Head. — Thursday Next

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

Mahony & Co., Pty., Ltd., announce another important sheep sale to be held in the Tamworth yards on Thursday next, commencing at 1.30 p.m…

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The Dairy Farmer Sad Lament

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

Under the spreading hopeless debts The farmer's homestead stands; Its lord, a mournful man is he As he ploughs his mortgaged lands…

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To Improve Dairying Better Pastures and Stored Feed Coastal Irrigation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 1

The average dairy farmer dislikes being told that he should increase production or that he should make greater efforts to maintain…

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Sheep Killers “Alsatians A Menace” SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 2

Greyhounds and terriers were classed as being dangerous sheep killers by directors of the Denmun-Singleton Pastures Protection Board…

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Better Farming Planning For Postwar Era

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 6

The Chief of the Division of Animal Husbandry, Mr. Max Henry, in a lecture to the Stock Inspectors’ Conference,…

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Cattle Dearer Sales At Homebush SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

Pitt Son & Badgery, Ltd., report; 31,998 sheep and lambs penned, the average condition fairly good Heavy wethers, were a little cheaper, other…

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Minister on Stud Sheep Export Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 5

The export of stud sheep to South Africa and, Japan, which was criticised at June by the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully. will he considered…

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Sheep and Cattle. Sydney Quotations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 8

Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report that 31,998 sheep and lambs were penned yesterday. Heavy wethers were a little cheaper and all others…

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Tamworth Special Sheep Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 3

As advertised in other columns of this paper, Messrs A. L. Stewart and Co., auctioneers, Tamworth, will hold a special store sheep sale in the…

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Market Notes Tamworth Special Sheep Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 1

As advertised elsewhere in this issue, Messrs. A. L. Stewart & Co., auctioneers, Tamworth, will hold a special store sheep sale in the…

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Striking Wool Display Entry In Window Competition

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 6

More than three-quarters of a mile of wool is being "held" by the two enormous hands featured in the Singleton and District…

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NAZI - Soviet Crisis Is Predicted Balkan Blitz Army Masses Invasion Threat by Hitler May Be Bluff to Get Oil and Wheat London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 5

From almost all of Europe comes mounting evidence suggestng that Hitler is deliberately forcing relations with the Soviet to a crisis…

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