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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 77

Production of Butter

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 4

Prescott Ply., Ltd., report that production of butter in NSW is being well maintained in most dairying centres. Choicest is…

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Harvesting Tobacco Crop

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Sat.— If the Australian tobacco crop is to be harvested in time to prevent a lag in supply the services of 790…

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Maitland Stock Sales Quality Yarding Of 900 Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 3

The Quality of the yarding of 900 fat cattle at Campbell's Hill saleyards to-day was the best for some time, and the market opened to…

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Action to Be Taken Against Citrus Growers Non-delivery of Part of Crop for Juice Making

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 4

The Minister for Supply and Shipping (Mr. Beaslcy) says action will be taken against citrus growers who had not…

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Australian Tobacco Crop Labour Wanted for Harvest

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 2

To harvest the Australian tobacco crop, which was estimated at 6,000000, 300 workers would be required in Queensland, 20 in New South…

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Snake in Sheep's Wool

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 3

The Hay newspaper bells a matter of fact story of how one Les. Milliken while shearing a sheep at Yarrawa, thought he saw a snake's head…

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Post-War Wool Discussions the Reduced Clip

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 3

Discussions which have arisen regarding post-war plans for wool and textile marketing are valuable. Co-operation between growers and…

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More Cattle Killed in Tarro Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 3

The annual report presented by the shire clerk Mr. C. H. Hudson to Tarro Shire Council to-day revealed that the following…

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Government Subsidy to Dairy Farmers First Payments Soon

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 3

The first payments of the £2,000,000 Government subsidy to dairy farmers are expected to be made this month…

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Wool and Its Uses Money From Grease Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 4

The uses of wool are legion for clothing purposes, blankets, upholstery and in many other ways. Even the grease in wool is used. Up to…

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Federal Dairy Subsidy This Month

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA Wed— Initial payments out of the Federal Government’s subsidy of £2.000,000 to the dairy industry will, it is…

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Idle Rubber Estates Appeal .To Save Papuan Crops

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 3

The appointment of a director of production, armed with authority to increase the output of rubber and copra in Papua,…

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The Potato Crop

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 2

Bounteous rain at the appropriate time resulted in the New South Wales potato crop being increased from 10,000 tons to 35,000 tons…

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Dairy Farm Workers

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 4

A summary produced by a Commonwealth officer as the result of a recent questionnaire shows the total number on persons employed on the 41,876 dairy…

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Swine Fever On Twenty-Four Farms

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Thurs.—Swine fever has been found on 24 farms in the County of Cumberland, and the whole county is now quarantined…

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Big Increase Queensland Cattle and Sheep Population

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 3

A substantial increase in the number of cattle and sheep and a big drop in the number of horses and pigs in Queensland at 1st January…

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Wool and Its Uses. Money From Grease

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The uses of wool are legion for clothing purposes, blankets, upholstery and in many other ways. Even the grease…

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Federal Dairy Subsidy This Month

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 6

Initial payments out of the Federal Government's subsidy of £2,000,000 to the dairy industry will, it is expected, be made this month…

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Fosterton Junior Farmers' Exhibition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 1

The first exhibition of the recently-formed Junior Farmers' Club at Fosterton was held on Friday, 18th December…

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Important Gains for Dairy Industry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 5

Sir Earle Page, in a statement at Grafton, that most important gains in the campaign for a remunerative price for butter for the dairymen…

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