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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 85

Dungog Butter Co. Shows Profit

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 3

Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory, at the 37th annual meeting, showed a surplus of £871. The chairman of…

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Higher Price Imperative for Butter

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE Wednesday.—The imperative need for a price increase to encourage dairy farmers was urged in the Legislative…

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Boys Help Moss Vale Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 2

The Director General of Manpower (Mr. Wurth) quotes with keen appreciation, a recent incident where a Moss Vale (New…

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Sale of Farm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 3

Acting on behalf of the executors of the Estate of the late Arthur G. Skinner, a high class [?] dairy larn of about 138…

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Farmer Being Slammed All The Time Re-classification of P.P. Board Advocated Directors Discuss Sir Thomas Mitchell Line

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 4

Outcome of a discussion arising from a motion submitted to yesterday's meeting of Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board was instruction to the secretary to gain full information and submit it to next meeting of the Board when it may be…

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Wheat For Russia

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 2

OTTAWA Sept. 9.—[?] has agreed to an extension of credit [?] to 10,000,000 dollar to Russia for the purchase of wheat…

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Manpower and Dairying

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 2

The Dairy Produce Control Committee in its reports to the Dairy Board for the Commonwealth Government said: The question of manpower caused grave…

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Dairy Man Power Factory Committees Set Up

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 2

In every butter factory throughout Australia a dairy factory manpower committee will be established forthwith and before the end of September the…

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Butter Position

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 4

Mr. Sharpe, of the Producers Distributing Society, apologised for the absence of Major King, the chairman. He said he was pleased to be present…

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Cattle Sale At Tabulam

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 4

A cattle sale will be held at Tabuiam on Friday, September 18, when 1330 head will be offered. The Sale will commence…

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Wool Arrivals Delayed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report that receipts of wool are still bumpered by the shortage of rolling stock on the railways,…

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Local and General Cattle Slaughtering

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 6

During the past fortnight the slaughterings in the Kearsley Shire were: Bovines 534, sheep 1150, pigs 200. The condemnations were one…

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Werribee Cattle Bring Top Prices

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 6

Werribee cattle offered for the first time since the ban on sales was lifted by National Security Regulation, brought top prices at…

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No Compulsion To Reduce Sheep

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA Fri — Appealing again for graziers to mate as many of their surplus sheep as possible available for canning and…

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Wool Sales at Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 6

Winchocombe Carson Ltd. report: 2,134 bales of wool were appraised in our Newcastle sales yesterday. Results included: C. J. Maslin,…

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Plans For Wool Industry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 3

The Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. Dedman) said this week he strongly objected to allegations by the leader of the…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory Profit on Half-year

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 3

In their report to the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., at Morpeth on Friday afternoon…

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Wool Industry. Advice Offer "Ignored."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 1

An offer to advise on the proposed wool industry rationalisation plan had been made by woolgrowers' organisations last July, but they had been…

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Tabulam Cattle Sale. 1350 Head: Friday, 18th INST

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 6

The attention of cattle men, re-stockers and others, will be focused on Tabulam, where a quality yarding of 1350 head, in which…

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