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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 71

Drainage of Low-lying Farm Lands

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 2

A visitor to the district to-day is Mr. Jacks of the Treasury Department We understand that he comes have at the invitation of…

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Financial Losses of Dutch Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE Friday—According to cabled news received from London a local rural paper in the province of Brabant gives a…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 50 Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated March 3 and 7, 1894) Crickets Affect Grape Crop

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

Though the vintage in the Singleton district this year will not be deficient in quality, it will be sadly lacking in quantity owing to the…

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Inland Potato Crop Rain Needed

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

Unless substantial rain falls soon, the inland potato crop—the most important in New South Wales—will yield very poorly. That is the…

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Butter Rationing Effect on Factory’s Local Sales

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 4

Since butter rationing came into to operation, local sales of the Bowthorne .Co-operative butter factory, have fallen off…

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Saving Labour on Dairy Farms

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA Saturday—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Sc[?] told Mr. Fadden leader of the Country Party in the House…

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Daylight Saving Dairymen Again Protest

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 2

Shareholders of the Bow[?] Co-operative Butter Factory. their annual meeting yesterday afternoon decided to ask…

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Wool Reports Pitt. Son and Badgery

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 4

On Thursday last Messrs. Pitt. Son and Badgery Ltd., Newcastle, appraised 1.800 bales in which was included the Orandunbie Clip from…

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Girls Leaving Dairy Farms on North Coast

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

LISMORE Monday — It was stated at the annual meeting of the local branch of the PP Union that the movement of…

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Protection for Dairy Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

Through the vigilance of the Country Party in the State Parliament an important amendment was included in the Pure Foods…

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Daylight Saving Another Protest by Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 1

Shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, at their annual meeting, decided to ask the Premier to…

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Newcastle Wool Appraisements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

On Thursday, March 2, 1944, Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., Newcastle, appraised 1800 bales, in which was included the Orandunbie clip…

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Diseased Cattle in Milking Herds

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

Through the vigilance of the Country Party in the State Parliament an important amendment was included in the Pure Foods (Amendment) Bill which…

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International Affairs. Speech by Federal Member. Decline in Dairy Roduction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 1

"Our task now is not to think airily about what will happen to munition factories when the war ends, but to use our manpower to…

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Dairy Cows. Highest Prices for 30 Years

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

The Singleton "Argus" states that prices paid for dairy cattle last week were described by a representative of a local auctioneering firm to be the…

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Army Men for Dairy Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Tues.—Arrangements have been completed to release a limited number of Servicemen for employment in the dairying…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on 3rd inst.:— Our Appraisement No. 130 was submitted on the 1st inst., and…

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Maize Crop Conditions

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY Wednesday—The Department of Agriculture reports that generally, favourable conditions have been experienced on…

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Review of Millet Crop Yield

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY Wed.—The Department of Agriculture, in a review of millet crop conditions, as at February 24, states that a…

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Fine Record Of Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Wednesday.—“The annual report of the Junior Farmers Clubs’ Council for the year ended February 4, 1944, contains…

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