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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 85

The Price of Butter

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Saturday.—Speaking at annual meeting of the Producers Co-operative Society Mr. J. Russell [?]ing, general…

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On the Land Agricultural Notes Erosion on Coastal Farms

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 5

Although the average annual rainfall [?]up to 60 or 70 inches or more in places, with dally registration reac[?]ing sometimes as…

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Plight of Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Sat.—The serious plight of dair[?]men was referrer to by the cha[?] (Mr. W. R. Hindmar[?]) at the appeal…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on the 28th ult.: We submitted bur Appraisement Catalogue No. 68 (the 17th of the…

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Plight of Dairymen No Increase in Price of Butter and Cheese

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

The Chairman (Mr W. R. Hindmarsh) said at the annual meeting of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society Ltd., that,…

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Problem of Wheat Storage Large Areas to Be Curtailed

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce has referred again to the problem of wheat storage and to the necessity to restrict to some…

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Serious Plight of Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Monday—Never has the plight of this dairying industry in New South Wales been comparable with the present…

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Organising Agriculture to Meet Post War Problems Co-operation of Farmers Desired

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 1

The problem of organising" agriculture throughout the English-speaking, countries to meet postr-war problems was discussed…

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Apple and Pear Crops Below Average

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

The Federal Government will shortly consider an increase in the present unit price payable to apple and pear growers. This was…

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Cattle Market Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

Edward Higgens, Parkinson & Co., Denman, report having a small yarding of cattle at their sale on Friday last. Competition, was strong for…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 2

THE FARMERS AND GRAZIERS' CO-OP. CO. LTD. report on the 28th January:—We submitted our Appraisement…

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Freak Wheat Plant

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

A plant of Bencubbin wheat grown at Cowra this season contained 71 heads, each ear carrying grain…

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Wool. to Be Stored in a Chain of Inland Sheds

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, has stated that wool is to be stored in a chain of inland sheds so that it will not be exposed to the risks…

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Evacuation of the Dairying Industry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

Should Australia find itslef in the unhappy position of having to repel an attempted, enemy invasion, one of the most urgent and vital tasks…

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Denman News Special Meeting of Farmers. Evacuation of Stock From Danger Zones

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

There was a very large attendance at the public meeting held in the Memorial Hall on Friday afternoon. The meeting was convened by the…

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Collective Farming in the Soviet Union How It Operates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

Many Australians have heard that collective farming exists in the Soviet Union, but few have anything but the foggiest notion of what this…

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Farmers of the Future a Plea for Youth

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 1

Addressing a recent conference of farmers on the subject of educating the boy on the farm to take his place in the community as a citizen, Mr…

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DAIRYING Common Cause of Second Grade Cream Infection From Unclean Floors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

Cleanliness is the first law of profitable dairying, and the rules which apply to keeping dairy utensils, bails and yards clean are also applicable to…

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Rain in Some Dairying Districts

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

Prescott Pty. Ltd., report that some useful rain has fallen on parts of the far northern dairying districts and pastures there…

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