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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

1,644 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 83

Sheep Dearer Sales At Flemington

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 7

Schute Bell, Badgery, Lumby. Limfied report 38,453 sheep and lambs penned at Flemington yesterday, There was a keen inquiry for all prime…

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New Butter Contract Big Export Cut

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 3

Export of butter from Australia will be reduced by 50 per cent, under the new contract with the Imperial Government, but more cheese,…

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Wool Receipts Australian Figures

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 3

Australia’s wool receipts during two years of war totalled £1260,050,[?], a return approximated only once in any previous two-year period. Winchcombe…

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Soil Erosion. New Booklet Available to Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 5

The Rural Bank, in association with the Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales, has published a booklet "Soil Erosion and its Control." The…

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To-day’s Leaders: Opposing Interests Science and the Farmer Pensions for Miners N.S.W. to Honour Promise SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 1

The Deputy premier, Mr. Baddeley, informed officials of the Miners’ Federation to-day that, irrespective the attitude of the Victorian and…

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Soil Erosion New Booklet For Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

The Rural Bank, in association with the Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales has published a booklet, Soil Erosion and Its…

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Canned Beans Crops In New England

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 8

Beans for Canning have been grown successfully on the New England tablelands this season. Almost all the requirements of the…

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Wheat Crop Prospects Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 4

The outlook for the wheat crop in New South Wales this season is generally satisfactory, but the [?]age will probably be less than last y[?]…

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U.k. Will Not Take Second Grade Butter Commonwealth Government to Acquire Supplies

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 3

More worries for the already harrassed dairy dairymen are foreshadowed in a statement by Sir Earl Page that the United Kingdom is not…

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Singleton District Dairy Industry Stock Inspector’s Report Milk Production Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 2

Although milk production is at a low level there are many holdings in [?] district where over a gallon of [?] per [?] per day is being obtained…

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Died Suddenly Jerry's Plains Farmer SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 5

Sydney Royle Barry died, suddenly at [?] home, Appletree Flat, near Jerry's Plains yesterday. He was 64 years of age…

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Heavy Frost Coldest Morning For 23 Years Farmer's Loss

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 5

Maitland had its coldest morning to day Since 1918. The temperature was down to 29 degrees and in most parts of the district,…

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Chicago Wheat Rises Chicago, July 8

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 7

Wheat futures to-day touches the [?] months the[?] of the strength of the general co[?] list…

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Helping the Dairyman Milk May Be Dearer

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 5

The Minister for Health Mr. Kelly, told a deputation that the Government would increase the price of milk if in[?] being made showed that…

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Aid for Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 4

DAIRYMEN, and particularly those who supply milk for the city, will appreciate the assurance given by the Minister…

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DAIRYING Challenge to Butter Quality Competition of Margarine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 5

Emphasising in a recent address to farmers the need for improvement of butter quality, a departmental dairy instructor pointed out that although…

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Pastoral Still Time for Tree Planting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 6

There is still time to make tree-plantings this season—the period of planting may be said to extend until the end of August. In "Trees on the…

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Maitland Stock Sales Cattle Dearer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 1

There was an all-round rise of ten shillings in the prices for fat cattle at the Campbell's Hill saleyards, West Maitland, on Monday, despite the…

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Britain to Take More Cheese Reduction of Butter

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4

It was expected that Australian butter purchased by Britain for 194142 season would be about 60 per cent of the amount taken last year, said…

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Rural Industries. Challenge of Butter Quality. Competition of Margarine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 5

Emphasising in a recent address to farmers the need for improvement of butter quality, a departmental dairy instructor pointed out that although in…

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