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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 85

Evacuation Plans for Dairy Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA Thursday.— A report received by the Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, from the Commonwealth Stock Dispersal…

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Beef Cattle Fair

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY Thursday.—Entries of stud beef cattle for the exhibition and sales to be held in Sydney this month have been so great— nearly…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate, The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Co. Ltd. reports on the 18th instant: We submitted our Appraisement…

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Stray Cattle a Menace

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Friday.—Straying cattle are a menace to drivers in the shire areas, declared Cr. Clydesdale, at the meeting of…

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Australian Wool Consumption

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 5
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

It is probable that Australian woollen mill machinery has been more consistently busy since the war started than any similar…

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Necessity of Lime for Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4

The results of recent work carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, with the financial assistance of the…

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Handling the Wool Clip

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report that the programme of winter wool appraisements in the Sydney market provides for the…

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Lime for Sheep When Fed on Cereal Grains

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 3

The results of recent work carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research with the financial assistance of the Australian Wool…

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Dairy Farmers and "Scorched Earth."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4

Dairy farmers are very anxious for a definition of the "stay put" and "scorched earth" policy announced by members of the Federal Government…

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Immediate Work For Labor Crops

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 6

Labor Corps units are to be employed immediately. For security reasons, the nature of the work and the disposition of the men will…

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Lime for Sheep with Cereal Grains

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 6

The results of recent work carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research with the financial assistance of the…

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To-day’s Leaders: Welcome Rains Books For Soldiers Post-war Farming Relief Will Be Needed

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 1

LONDON March 20.—Under the auspices of the British Association. a conference has been opened in London on the post…

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Lower Millet Crop Yield

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 6

Last season the recorded yield of broom millet fibre in New South Wales was 23,424cwt. from 3783 acres, equal to 6.9lcwt. per…

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Vacancies for Share Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture advises that on the Murrumbidgen [?] Area there are at present about 50 vacancies for shire farm…

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No Rise in Pastoral Wages

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 6

No alteration in rates for employees under the Federal Pastoral award will be made this year. A decision to that effect…

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Wool Insurance

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 4

Official statements emphasise that any person with goods on hand valued at £1000 or more must insure them against war damage. A grower…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 3

Australian Mercantile. Land & Finance Co., Ltd., report: As the weeks and months pass on, wool is playing an increasingly…

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