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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 85

Labour for Seasonal Farm Work Meeting of War Agricultual Committee

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 November 1942 · page 3

The War Agricultural Committee met on Saturday last, when a number of matters affecting the rural destinies' of Singleton and…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1942 · page 4

Report on Appraisement No. 90 held by The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd., Sydney, 6th November, 1942…

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Junior Farmers' Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 November 1942 · page 4

The November meeting of the Muswellbrook Junior Farmers' Club was held at the school on Thursday, 5th. November. We had the best attendance…

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Increase In Dairy Production

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1942 · page 2

Prescott Pty., Ltd., report that during the : last-few. weeks all dairying- districts in the State have benefited as a result of the…

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Harvesting the Fruit Crop

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA Tuesday—The Director-General of Manpower, Mr. Worth said to-day that soldiers released from the…

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Store Cattle Sale

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 3

A sale of 12,000 store cattle will be held by E. W. Sparke Pty., Ltd., at the Maitland yards on Tuesday, November 17, at 12…

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Farmers Criticise Dairying Assistance Act Outspoken Comment by P.P.U. Members Claim That Charity Not What Is Wanted

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 4

The few farmers who attended yesterday's combined meeting of representatives, of the Glendon and Singleton branches of the Primary Producers' Union—and it was a few—offered severe criticism of the…

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Butter Subsidy Discussed at Singleton Recommendation To Be Given a Fair Trial

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 3

SINGLETON Wednesday—A length discussion took place at the combined meeting of Glendon and Singleton Primary Producers’ Union yesterday on the question of the butter subsidy…

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Warning to Poultry Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 6

A warning is given by Mr. E. Hedlington, Poultry Expert of the Department of Agriculture, in current notes concerning the…

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The Farm Front

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 2

BECAUSE the people of this fertile agricultural district readily appreciate the need for maximum production on…

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To-day’s Leader: The Farm Front Rommel’s Remnants Well Inside Libya 8th Army Hot on Trail (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 1

LONDON Nov. 10—According to correspondents, forward units of the 8th Army engaging remnants of Field-Marshal Rommel’s Afrika Korps are now well inside Libya. The “Daily Mail” correspondent in Egypt says the 8th…

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Dairy Produce Quotas

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE Wednesday — The steady rise in output of dairy products is indicated by a reduction in the quotas permitted…

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Representation for Farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 2

The large number of farmers in this district who lost their properties by the Commonwealth resumptions early this year, and who are…

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Choice Butter From Stroud Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 November 1942 · page 2

During the period August 1, 1941, to October 31, 1942, 448,309 1bs choicest butter, representing 100 per cent, of the total cream…

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Discussion of Butter Subsidy

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 November 1942 · page 3

SINGLETON Friday.— More comment was made at the quarterly meeting of the Central Hunter District Council of the…

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Dingo Kills 1000 Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 November 1942 · page 3

A dingo, which had killed at least 1000 sheep, was recently captured and killed on the property of Mr. Don. Tully. "The Springs," about…

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Control of Sheep Blowfly Strike Reduced to 1 Per 1000 Sheep

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 November 1942 · page 3

The Australian Wool Board announces that effective control of sheep blowfly crutch strike has been achieved at last…

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Use of American Wool India's Output

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 November 1942 · page 3
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The U.S. is one of the world's great sheep countries, pasturing over 53,000,000 head, of which 37,342,000 are breeding ewes (says…

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Use of American Wool. India's Output

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 November 1942 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The United States is one of the world's great sheep countries, pasturing over 53,000,000 head, of which 37,342,000 are…

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