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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 77

Items of Interest Make Your Butter Spread

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 4

Almost double your butter by softening one pound in a basin and then gradually adding 'about' one pint of warm milk. Add a little salt, beat…

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The Farmer and the Future

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 2

Mr. H. W. Oxford, the endorsed Labor candidate for New England, in the course of an address given recently, stressed the importance of a…

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Estimate of £674/3/ to Irrigate Sewerage Farm

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 2

An estimate in connection with the proposed irrigation of the sewerage treatment works was dealt with by aldermen at last night's meeting of…

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Labor for Primary Production Sufficient to Harvest All Essential Crops

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 1

Describing a three-fold plan by which it is proposed to handle the State's primary production, the State Man-power Directcr (Mr. Bellemore)…

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Farm Labour

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 2

To help in harvesting and other farming work a mobile army of 5000 young soldiers, experienced in agriculture, has…

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Pigs on the Wheat Farm

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1943 · page 6

Investigations and experience have forcefully shown that if fertility of the soil and returns from farms in the wheat areas…

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Control of Farm Machinery

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Saturday.— National Security Regulations gazetted by the Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, bring under control…

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Proposal for Farmers’ Council

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Saturday.—Proposals for the formation of an Australian-wide Farmers’ Council were supported to-day by Sir Earle…

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Cattle Dearer at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 June 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday—Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report 39477 sheep and lambs penned, with a slight improvement in quality…

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Country Showgrounds and Buildings Protests From Pastoral and Agricultural Societies

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 June 1943 · page 2

"Federal Ministers have developed their own technique when asked anything unpalatable to them—they just don't reply," said Mr. T. J…

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The Dairy Farm Winter-time Jobs

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 June 1943 · page 4

With the present shortage of labour on dairy farms, the "slack" period during the winter months should be utilised to…

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Price of Milk Dairymen Seek Increase

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 June 1943 · page 2

The Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council, at a meeting in Sydney decided to ask the Minister for Health to receive a deputation on…

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Butter Rationing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 1

The Minister for Trade and Customs (Sen[?]r Keane) made it clear that the decision to ration butter to half a pound per head weekly, was the…

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Dairy Subsidy Raised. Farm Sales to Be Controlled

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 4

The total rate of the Commonwealth's subsidy to the dairy try has now been fixed at £6[?] a year…

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Winter-time Jobs on the Dairy Farm

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 3

With the present shortage of labour on dairy farms, the “slack” period during the winter months should be utilised to carry out…

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Agricultural Holdings Act Assures Advance in Farm Practice. (Article No. 2)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 1

It will be recalled that in my first article on the subject, published in a recent issue of this journal, I stressed the fact that the Agricultural Holdings…

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Local and General Gloucester Dairy Co

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 2

In figures published recently by the Department of Agriculture, it is observed that the local factory graded 97.77 per cent. of its entire output…

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First Dairying Award Conditions and Wage Rates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 3

Proposed terms of the first Award for employees on Australian dairy farms were announced by Judge Kelly in the Arbitration Court last…

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Share Farmers Not Employees

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Tues.—The new dairy Industry award does not apply to share farmers The General President of the Primary…

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Conditions in Dairying Industry

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 4

Prescott, pty„ Ltd., in a review of conditions in the dairy last industry, states that since last report rain has fallen over…

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