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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 77

The Farm Home Value of Goat's Milk for Feeding Infants and Children

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 1

Goats' milk is highly nutritious, and although the flavour is slightly different to that of cows' milk, it is frequently difficult to detect this…

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Don’t Use Cloths For Dairy Utensils

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 6

Clothe should never be used for washing dairy utensils—a clean scrubbing brush should be employed, the brush being…

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Bolwarra Drainage Farmers’ Objection to Assessments

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 3

Objections by property owners at Bolwarra against assessment made by Bolwarra Drainage Union were heard by the Maitland…

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Cattle Market Unchanged

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd, report: 39,572 sheep and lambs penned with a small showing of prime and a large percentage of…

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Prospect of Butter Ration

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 2

BRISBANE Thurs.— The Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Fadden in a statement said that unless the Federal Government…

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Farmers Need Aid to Harvest Crops

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Both State and Federal members of Parliament have been [?] with letters from [?] farmers…

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Dairy Industry Award

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

The following question was asked by Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, in the House recently: "In view of the fact that it proposed…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. Mr. P. A. Scarr Retires

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 4

After an association with the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Co. for almost 40 years as manager, Mr. P. A. Scarr has, by reason of time found it necessary to…

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Cost Plus and the Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 5

“Until the spirit and letter of the Atlantic Charter are applied, I am afraid there are certain to be surpluses of some agricultural…

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Sheep and Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 6

Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report that 39,572 sheep and lambs were penned yesterday. Lambs were a little dearer and others unchanged;…

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British Wool Position. Cotton and Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Partly because of the need for ships for special war-time purposes, further efforts are being made to conserve…

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The Wool Selling Season

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd.-report that now that the main selling season is over, our catalogue down for Monday and…

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Blazing Stream of Wheat Big Tamworth Fire

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 2

The greatest fire seen in Tamworth broke out on Tuesday night at premises at West Tamworth. Damage is estimated at £100,000…

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Mr Fadden on Butter Position May Be Forced to Ration

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 1

Unless the Government gave immediate attention to conditions in the dairying indlstry. it would be forced to ration butter,…

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Cost Plus As It Affects the Farmer. Expert's Analysis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 3

"Until the spirit and letter of the Atlantic Charter are applied, I am afraid there are certain to be surpluses of some agricultural…

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Don't Use Cloths For Dairy Utensils

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 2

Cloths should never be used for washing dairy utensils—a clean scrubbing brush should be employed, the brush being allowed to dry in the…

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Dairy Factory Manpower Committees

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 4

Mr. George W. Gordon submitted the following Presidential minute at a meeting of the Central Executive of the Primary Producers'…

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Bolwarra Drainage Assessment on Farm Reduced

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

The assessment of £150 placed on the farm of Amos Andrew King for rating purposes by the Bolwarra Drainage Union was…

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Death of Retired Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 2

An inquest into the death of Albert Scharkie, a retired farmer and grazier, of Scharkie’s Lane, Lorn. West Maitland, was…

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Farms Scrapped for Battle School

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 4

LONDON April 9—The War Office has chosen several hundred Yorkshire farms, totalling many thousands of acres, in the…

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