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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Review of Dairy Conditions

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 5

Prescott, Pty Ltd., in a review of dairy industry conditions, states that most districts report a continuance of dry weather;…

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Scone Sheep Market

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Stan. G. Keene & Co. report that 12, 669 sheep were yarded at the Scone saleyards, their portion comprising 6325 of all classes, but…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 6

The Farmers and Grazier-s' Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on 14th March, 1944: We submitted our appraisement Catalogue No. 131 on Friday, 10th inst.,…

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Fine and Broad Wool. Stock and Dry Times

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—The Australian sheep industry is being continually informed that its product is deteriorating in quality. It has broadened…

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Army Farms In Forward Areas

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA Friday—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) stated that the success of Army farm projects in the Northern…

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Dairy Output at Gloucester

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 3

GLOUCESTER Friday — The Gloucester Dairy Company manufactured 324,435lbs of choicest and 2926lbs of second grade…

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Remarkable Dairy Cow

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

Dusky 2nd, a Jersey cow owned by H. A. Keel, of Bamawam (V.), is a remarkable dairy cow. In 15 consecutive years she has…

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Cattle Cheapen at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

An average yarding of 950 fat cattle, but the quality on the whole was not equal to recent sales. Many lots of prime, heavy…

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Sheep Dearer at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Monday.— Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., report: 43718 sheep and lambs penned, the general quality slightly improved and…

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Wool Sales Pitt, Son and Badgery

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 4

On Thursday last, Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. Newcastle, appraised 1900 bales drawn principally from the New England districts…

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Newcastle Wool Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

At the Newcastle wool appraisements last Friday, Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., offered 1611 bales. The selection included the Clerkness Stud clip from…

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Munition Workers. Released for Farm Work. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

As an offset to the acute labor shortage in primary industries, hundreds of experienced rural workers released from country munition plants…

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Dairy Industry Decline. Country Party Member Outspoken. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

"Since the Commonwealth took over the dairying industry and handed parts of it to persons appointed to certain positions, the word 'tragedy'…

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Munitions Men For Farm Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday—As an offset to the acute labour shortage in primary Industries, hundreds of experienced rural workers,…

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Country Polities Homes for the People Farmers’ Wives Not Forgotten

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 5

DELEGATES to the recent Country Party Conference were outspokenly critical of current Labor…

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Dairyman’s Case Explained

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 6

SINGLETON Wed—Facts concerning the case of Mr. Wal Cameron, of Bridgman, were given yesterday at a meeting of…

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U.S. Farm Experts At Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 3

SINGLETON Wed.— Major Miller and Captain Schmidt, agricultural experts from the United States, last night addressed a…

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Appeal for Step Up in Production Milk Board Official Tells of Serious Shortage Large Gathering of Farmers at Local Meeting

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 1

District dairy farmers, to the tune of some 50 strong1, yesterday listened with interest to a, lengthy address by the consumers' representative on the Milk Board (Mr. H. Denford), during' the course of which he appealed to farmers to step-up production…

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Threat to Cut Out Sunday Milk Delivery Farmers Prefer Bed to Cow Milking

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

During the meeting conducted in Singleton yesterday, when Mr. H. Denford, consumers' representative on the Milk…

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