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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 81 of 85

Prices for Primary Products British Policy Not Based on Subsidies to Farmers. Tasmanian Reply to Sir Earle Page

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 4

The basis of the British Government's policy to promote farm production is a fair price to the producer and not a subsidy, Mr. J…

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Farmers’ Strike on Clarence

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—The secretary of the Clarence Stockowners’ League, Mr. A. E. Nlland, said to-day that he had been…

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Uniting Milk Zone Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 3

A recent conference held in Sydney was the fifth of a series convened for all organisations in the milk zone for the purpose of…

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Dairymen's Strike on Clarence State Minister's Comment

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 6

That he expected the Federal Government to take immediate action under National Security Regulations against the farmers…

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Increase In Dairy Production

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1942 · page 3

Prescott, Pty., Ltd., In a review of the dairy industry in NSW says that all dairying centres report that pastures are in good…

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Cattle Cheaper At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Monday—Winchcombe Carson report that [?] cattle were yarded at Homebush to-day. The market opened easier to 10/ lower…

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Rust in Wheat

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY Monday.—A severe attack of stem rust in wheat is affecting yields in central and northern New South Wales, It is the…

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Newcastle Wool Appraisement Centre

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 3

On the Ist and 2nd December, Nenco submitted catalogue No. 52, being the ninth of the 1942/43 season, and consisting of 4065 bales…

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Viewpoints Readers' Opinions in Fifty Wor Letterettes. What do you Think ? Butter Export

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 3

How many of our butter consumers fully realise the intricacies attached to the export of that commodity and its bearing on their…

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Hearing Adjourned Farmer’s Claim on Taxi - Driver

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 3

Mr. W. F, Norris [?] for defendant, applied for an adjournment at the Maitland District Court this afternoon, when the…

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Dairymen Call Off Strike

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 2

SIDNEY Monday— Following a promise by the Minister for Commerce Mr. Scilly to set up a committee of inquiry…

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Dairy Strike Called Off

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 3

Clarence River dairymen, at a mass meeting at Grafton on Saturday, decided to call off the strike following the promise by the…

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Fat Cattle Shortage Looming

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 3

A fat cattle shortage is looming in Queensland. It is due to a scarcity of store cattle resulting from lack of transport and droving…

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Newcastle Wool Appraisements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 4

On Wednesday, 2nd December, Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., Newcastle, submitted to appraisement approximately 4800 bales, comprising…

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Grown Sheep Cheaper at Flemington

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 6

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Lid, report that owing to the in creased number of sheen forward at Flemington, values for…

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Junior Farmers' Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 1

This week news for this column is rather meagre as we are just catching up with ourselves after our Red Cross show…

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Land Values and Rentals Farmers Favor Pegged Prices Planning for Post-war Reconstruction

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 4

Declaring that the time was opportune, for the preparation of blue prints for post-war reconstruction, Mr. J. S. Haig (Scone) submitted a…

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Cattle Tested for Tb

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Wednesday—At the Muswellbrook end of the Denmau-Singleton district 262 cattle were tested for tuberculosis and…

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Japanese Wool Substitute

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Wednesday—A Japanese made wool substitute. which has reached Sydney, is described by experts as the best…

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Review of Millet Crop Conditions

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 December 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Thursday.—The Department of Agriculture, in a review of millet crop conditions, states that generally favourable…

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