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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 85

Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 3rd instant: We submitted our first catalogues of 1942-43 season on the 28th ult., the…

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Record Number of Sheep Inspected

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 3

Mr T. C. Alkinson, Inspector of [?] Shire Council reported at to-day’s meeting that during July he had suspected 376…

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Wheat Field At Windsor Castle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 1

LONDON Aug. 5 —The king has given a lead in war time food production and is breaking new ground with the plough…

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Coupons For Farm Workers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE Thursday, — Country and [?] workers received equal treatment for equal [?]. All garments that an…

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Move for National V Farmers’ Union

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Thursday —The Farmers and settlers’ Association wants a National Farmers Union Membership of Which it…

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Wheat Crop Resolution

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 1

SIDNEY Friday—A resolution of protest against they Federal Government proposal tos confiscate that portion of the 1941-42…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 3rd inst.:—We submitted our first catalogue of the 1942/'43 season on the 28th u[?]t.,…

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Appraisements of Wool

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

Pitr, Son and Bad[?] Ltd., report that wool appreisemtns are now well [?] way in the Sydney market although aggregate…

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Proposal to Confiscate Wheat Protest at Farmers and Settlers Conference Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

A resolution of protest against the Federal Government's proposal to confiscate that portion of the 1941-42 wheat crop not…

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Warren Wool Makes 20¼d

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

The selection of 1889 bales of wool submitted at Winchcombe Carson's Sydney appraisement on Wednesday included the noted Eenaweena…

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Price of Wheat in New South Wales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 4

Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are as follow:—Millers' lots: All prices for export on application to the Board. Values of…

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Delay in Shearing Wool Tops in England

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 5

Rain in N.S. Wales has interfered with zone shearing arrangements, and arrivals of wool at the sea-board have been below…

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25Ib. More Wool to Every Bale. Appeal to Woolgrowers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 1

An urgent appeal for assistance from woolgrowers in conserving supplies of woolpacks is being made by the Central Wool Committee. Because…

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Bee-farmers’ Work in Early Spring

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

When the bees commence active field work in therearly spring the bee farmer will need to on giving his [?]…

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Share Farming Dispute Arbitrator’s Decision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Carlton, of Dungog who was appointed to act as arbitrator on a share farming dispute at Gresford, has given…

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Farmers Oppose Daylight Saving Protest To Be Made To Government

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

During the quarterly conference of the Central Hunter Council of the P.P. Union yesterday, members were up in arms over…

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Conference of P.P.U. Council Lengthy Business Before Yesterday's Gathering Farmers Are Not Pleased with Government Actions

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

REPRESENTATIVES of the vavious branches of the Primary Producers' Union who attended the quarterly conference of the Central Hunter District Council, which was held in Singleton yesterday, quoted themselves as not being pleased with a…

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Hatching Chicks Under Shellfire English Farm Nearest to Hitler's Guns

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

Chicks are hatching, ewes lambing and cows calving on a farm on the Dover cliffs, which is regularly shelled by Hitler's…

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Nominations for Dairy Company Directorate Seven in the Running

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

When nominations closed at 5 o'clock this afternoon for election of personnel to the directorate of Singleton Central…

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Cattle Values At Flemington

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1942 · page 5

Schute Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Limited report that the sheep market at Flemington on Thursday ruled irregular throughout…

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