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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 85

Butter and Cheese

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, commenting on the position which had arisen in the dairying industry consequent upon the decision of the…

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Higher Price for Butter Morpeth Council's Support

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 2

The Morpeth Municipal Council agreed to a request from the district council of the Primary Producers’ Union to urge the…

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Dairymen's Demands

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

BODALLA Thursday.—South Coast farmers are demanding more money for milk converted into butter and cheese. They are…

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Breed and Strain of Dairy Cattle Milk Qualities Hereditary

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Dairy breeds differ widely in regard to the quality of the milk they yield, and there are also individual differences within a breed. The…

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Butter Shows Big Fall

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

"The production of butter in New South Wales is only about 40 per cent, of the normal quantity," declared the general…

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Season’s Record For Wool

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd.. report that the second half of the wool appraisement season is now well under way and big offerings…

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Wheat and Oat Varieties Upper Hunter Trials

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Variety trials with wheat for grain were again carried out on the properties of Mr. A. C. Ingram of Parkville, and Mr. A…

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America and Wool Prices. Supplies for Russia

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Action by the American authorities in placing a maximum limit at which wool can be sold in the States has…

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America and Wool Prices Supplies for Russia

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Action by the American authorities in placing a maximum limit at which wool can be sold in the States has prevented any…

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Butter Position Serious in N. S. Wales Big Percentage Coming From Other States

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

According to managers of northern butter factories, the butter position in New South Wales is as serious as the milk…

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WOOL Report on Appraisement No. 67 held by the Australian, Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Sydney, on 19th January, 1942

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

Our catalogue comprised many good wools from the Central and Southern Tablelands, and South-eastern Slopes, together with a few clips…

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DAIRYING. Hygiene in the Milking Bails. Some Unconsidered Causes of Milk Contamination

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

It is not always recognised that objects such as leg ropes, ball push rods, and stools, which are continually handled by the milker,…

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Dairymen Get Increase Public Pays 1/2 d More Price Review When Drought Breaks

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

Milk Producers under the control of the Metropolitan Milk Board will receive an additional 4d a gallon for their milk as from Monday next…

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DAIRYING Hygiene in the Milking Bails Some Unconsidered Causes of Milk Contamination

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

It is not always recognised that objects such as legropes, ball push rods and stools, which are continually handled by the milker, may be…

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Dairymen Get Increase Public Pays ½d MORE

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Milk producers under the control of the Metropolitan Milk Board will receive an additional 4d a gallon for their milk…

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Potato Crops Inland

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

The State Marketing . Bureau reports that throughout the bulk of the inland potato-growing districts, hot, dry and unfavourable…

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Petrol Rationing As It Affects Primary Producers Farmers Must Take Cream and Milk to Roadside

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

The Director of National Emergency Transport has advised the Dairy Produce Petrol Rationing Committee that steps must…

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Conference of Dairymen to Be Called Aldermen Discuss Practicability of T.b. Free Area

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 6

When the Health Inspector (Mr. W. P. Hall) reported to this week's meeting of the Municipal Council that recently five…

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Farmers' Serious Problem

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

The serious [?]light of farmers whose sons or employees have been stressed up for military servie was stressed at a meeting of the Casino Recruting…

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Wheat Storage Minister Investigates Position

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 3

It was announced by the Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, in Canberra that he was giving consideration to the question of the…

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