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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 77

Farmers' Friends

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 September 1943 · page 1

Almost every child knows the story of the ugly duckling which, abused and despised by the ignorant was ultimately…

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Labor Requirements. Farmers Asked to Advise Manpower Officer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 September 1943 · page 4

While he realises that in many cases it is not possible to give exact information concerning future demands for labor, Mr. Bellemore, Deputy-Director…

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Wheat for Stock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY Wed.—Wheat for stock and poultry in non wheat growing areas is to be supplied at a reduced price to encourage…

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Junior Farmers’ Pig Clubs

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY Wed.—Harold Parker of Avondale The Fock has won the State championship in connection with the Junior…

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Mechanised Farming

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1943 · page 2

MECHANISATION and cooperation is the only answer to Australia’s present difficulties in the primary…

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To-day’s Leader: Mechanised Farming Big Agenda For Soldiers’ Congress

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed—More than 400 sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers’ League are represented at annual State Congress which…

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Divorce Granted to Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Wed. - In the Divorce Court today, before Mr. Justice Conny, Edward Cecil McMullen a farmer of [?]…

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Supply of Electricity To Farms

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1943 · page 2

“It is bureauoracy in its [?] form,” declared the M. [?] Aid. J. V. Kennedy, [?] Maitland Municipal Council [?]…

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Wool Appraisemen[?] In Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 September 1943 · page 2

Pitt. Son and Badgery. [?] port that their seventh [?] catalogue of the season [?] place on Tuesday and [?]…

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Crossbreds and Merinos. Young Sheep Scarce

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 September 1943 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—With the sale of wool assured by the British contract, the ill-effects of the delays in rail transport are less than…

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PASTORAL Coming Season's Surplus Pasturage Must Be Turned Into Milk and Meat

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1943 · page 1

With maximum production of animal products, particularly milk and meat, an urgent national need, every possible measure should be taken to…

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An Ounce of Butter Per Week. Conditions at Old Men's Home. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 September 1943 · page 2

Giving evidence at the inquiry into the conditions at the Lidcombe State Hospital and Old Men's Home, Stephen Thomas Creagh, manager of the Old…

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A Lark in the Wheat. (With Apologies to the "Gallipoli Legion Gazette")

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 September 1943 · page 1

You who love England, hark to my rhyme, And picture a bright summer morn. The time of my story is harvest time…

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More load Worries for Councillors Representation to Be Made for Assistance Remarks at Dairy Company Meeting Refuted

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 September 1943 · page 1

Considerable time of yesterday's meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council was taken up in road discussions, which has been the most topical subject at meetings ever past months. But things took a new turn yesterday, the deliberations arising out…

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Bobadah Wool 20½D

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 September 1943 · page 4

A representative selection of wool was offered at Winchcombe Carson's Sydney wool appraisement last Friday. It totalled 3,973 bales. Results…

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Two Charges, Against Hinton Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 September 1943 · page 3

Two charges against Cecil Lantry, of Hinton, at West Maitland court this afternoon, were that he knowingly made a false…

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Farm Mechanisation Machinery Arriving This Week

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 September 1943 · page 2

It was learned to-day that machinery for the farm mechanisation scheme, which is sponsored locally by Singleton Central Co-operative…

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Brown Vegetable Weevil Protection of Garden Crops

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 September 1943 · page 4

The brown vegetable weevil is a very serious pest of vegetables in the spring:, and during September both the light-green or…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, September 21, 1943. Superphosphate Rationing. Rations for Growers of Non-priority Crops

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Capfain W. F. Dunn, M.L.A.) announces that for the 1943-44 rationing period, superphosphate will be available…

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Mechanised Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 3

Editor. Dear Sir,— "As you are aware, there is an urgent need for increased animal food products to supply the requirements…

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