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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 85

Cattle Weaker At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Thursday — Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that [?] cattle were yarded at Homebush. The market was weaker…

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A Dairy Subsidy

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 2

THE announcement yesterday of Cabinet’s decision to grant a subsidy of £2,000,000 a year to the…

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Destroying Apple Crop

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday:—A Bathurst fruitgrower, Mr. E. Ray. is destroying the whole of his potential Granny Smith apple…

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To-day’s Leaders: A Dairy Subsidy Help the Netters Odder Must [?] CONSERVED [?] Mr. Wurth

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs.—It is most [?]ortant in the national in[?] that farmers, should cut as [?] hay as possible for fodder…

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£2,000,000 Subsidy For Dairy Industry Federal Cabinet Decision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA Thursday—In the House of Representatives, the Prime Minster, Mr. Curtin, announced that Full Cabinet had decided to grant an immediate subsidy of up to £2,000,000 a year to the dairy industry. The scale of…

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Scone Dairy Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 5

Stan. G. Keene & Co. report yarding 66 dairy cows and heifers at the local yards on Wednesday co a good attendance of buyers. Included in…

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Wool Reports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd., reports on 6th inst.: We submitted our appraisement catalogue No- 87 on 1st inst., the…

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Wool Appraisement

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report having offered their eighth catalogue in Sydney, included was the RJM/YASS clip,…

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Wool Transport Problem

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 3

The N.S.W. clip is arriving at the seaboard in much slower volume, the receipts at the Sydney stores to date still being about 30 per…

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Local and General Cattle Slaughtering

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 6

During the past, fortnight the 3 slaughterings in the Kearsley Shire were 575 bovines, 1649 sheep, 170 pigs. The condemnations were 1 bovine, 1…

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Ration Butter Only to Help Britain

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 5

Butter will be rationed to civilians in Australia only if this is necessary to meet the British' Government's orders, it was…

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Wool Transport Problem. Less Bales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 3

W[?]nchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The New South Wales clip is arriving at the s[?]aboard in much slower volume, the receipts at the Sydney stores…

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Obviating Rise In Price of Butter Object of £2,000,000 Grant

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA Friday—Introducing the bill in the Howe Representatives to giant subsidy at the rate of £2,000,000 a year to the dairy industry, the Treasurer, Mr. Chifley, said it was hoped it would obviate the necessity for any increase…

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Rationalisation of Wool Industry. Minister's Reply to Mr. Abbott. Canberra

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 6

The action of the Country Party member for New England (Hon. J. P. Abbott), in moving the adjournment of the House of…

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Unfavorable Reception Subsidy Plan for Dairymen. Federal Cabinet Decision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 2

In the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, announced that Full Cabinet had decided to grant an immediate…

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Farmers Who Have Not Tried Lucerne As Vegetable

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 1

Maitland farmers when questioned recently said they had never tried lucerne as a substitute for spinach. Hundreds of tons of lucerne are…

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Oyster Farmers' Conference

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 3

The annual meeting of the N.S.W. Oyster Growers' Association was held in the hall at Soldiers' Point last Saturday afternoon. Mr. T. Priestley, of…

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The Dairying Industry Government Subsidy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 2

The Federal Government has announced that a subsidy of £2,000,000 will be paid to the dairying industry, as from 1st October…

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Dairying Industry Now On War-Time Basis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 5

Full Cabinet this week decided to provide an annual subsidy of up to £2,000,000 to the dairy industry, as one of the measures needed to…

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Italians Seize Greek Crops Bitter Clashes with Peasants

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 6

The seizure of Greek peasants' crops by Italian Carabinieri has caused bloody clashes between the peasants and Italian troops,…

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