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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 85

Wool and Store Sheep South American Stocks Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 4

The improved price cf wool in conjunction with the better pastoral outlook has brightened the inquiry for store sheep. In the plain areas of…

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Wheat Conference

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA Wednesday—The Minister for Commerce Mr. Scully, said that a conference of wheat organisations would be…

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Quirindi Dairy Co.’s Profit

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 5

QUIRINDI Wed.— Despite the long series of droughts the Quirindi Co-operative Dairy Society was this year again able to…

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Hidden Arms Found In Belfast Thirteen Persons Detained In Raid on Farm (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 1

LONDON Sept. 1.—While agitation is being whipped up in Eire, Ulster and Irish quarters in London for the reprieve of Thomas Williams, a 21-year-old member of…

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Isolated in Wet Weather Farmers in Miller’s Forest Area

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 3

Four residents of Miller’s Forest, Messrs. A. Mexon, A. Randall, W. Crawley and F. Haviland, informing Tarro Shire…

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War on Farming Front Conditions in England

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 4

Meet the Walkers, a farming family in the south of England, and find out how life has changed for them, as it has…

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Wool and Store Sheep. South American Stocks

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The improved price of wool in conjunction with the better pastoral outlook has brightened the inquiry for…

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Butter Production

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

The local Dairy Company distributed to suppliers for the month of July £20,313, as compared with £23,918 for the corresponding month…

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 6

Clips from the Western, Southwestern. Inner Western, and NorthWestern Plain areas comprised the bulk of the wools offered at…

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Longer Wheat Harvest

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY Friday—The Deputy Director-General of Manpower, Mr. Bellemore, stated last night that the N.S..W. wheat harvest…

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Healthy Sheep On North Coast

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Friday.—It is not generally realised that in the North Coast areas there is quite a number of small Hocks of sheep…

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Pressing More Wool Into Every Bale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus, The Scone Advocate

Over a period of years the average weight of wool per bale in the Commonwealth generally has gradually declined, the figure for all…

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Fodder Conservation 20,000 Silos Fob British Cattle Owners

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 3

British formers have always recognised that the profitable raising of stock involves fodder conservation. Striking proof of war-time Britain's…

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Rationalising of Wool Plan Adopted by Government

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 2

Far-reaching recommendations designed to rationalise the wool industry, have been adopted by the Federal Government…

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15 Years Ago (From Issues of the "Argus" Dated August 30 and September 3, 1927) Sheep Killers

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

Several sheepowners in the Bowman's and Campbell's Creek areas have been heavy sufferers lately through depredations of dingoes…

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Free Service for Farmers. Why Not Consult the Department?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 1

Farmers are reminded that in the Department of Agriculture there is still available to them a service of value to all who make their living…

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Shot The Cows Farmer Got His Gun

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

Because his neighbour's cattle had been in the habit of breaking into his oat paddock, an Albion Park farmer took his shotgun and…

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Free Service for Farmers Why Not Consult the Department

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 3

Farmers are reminded that in the Department of Agriculture there is still available to them a service of value to all who make their living…

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