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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 71

Dairymen to Meet Prof. Copland

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 2

The secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, Mr. F. Sedgwick, said last night that his organisation expected to discuss with the…

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Oyster Farmers Eat Into Stock

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 3

Seventy members of the New South Wales Oyster Farmers' Association on Tuesday spent a busman's holiday by cleaning up three hundred dozen…

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Dairy Science Schools

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 2

Dairy science schools for [?] desiring to quality for certifi[?] for milk and cream testing [?] cream grading are to be [?]…

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Broke Plans To Place Solid Matters Before Parliamentary Representatives Plea To Farmers' Organisations

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 5

At a meeting of Broke Bureau held on Wednesday night plans were formulated for placing various needs before the Federal…

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Substantial Dairy Subsidy Being Considered Benefit of Last Subsidy Almost Lost

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 2

A new substantial subsidy for the dairying industry to offset production costs is now being considered by the Commonwealth…

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Rain Changes Wheat Prospects

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Saturday —“The weeks rains have brightened the [?] in regard to wheal in New South Waled but [?]…

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11ft. Corn Crop At Eagleton

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 3

Messrs Considine and Hoad, of Eagleton recently produced a crop of Early Leauing corn that reached 11-ft in height and was…

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Spare Parts For Farm Machinery

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 2

The problem of providing spare parte for rotary hoes was receiving the special attention of the Commonwealth authorities,…

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Sheep Blowfly Investigations Useful Information

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 4

Recent advances in the prevention and treatment of blowfly strike in sheep are discussed in Bulletin 174 just issued by the Council for…

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Dairy Products New Zealand’s Higher Objective

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 4

WELLINGTON (NZ) Monday— The butter-fat objective of New Zealand for 1944-45 has been set at 180,000 tons, an increase of…

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Cattle Breeder Collapsed

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 3

Sydney Tuesday.— Charles victor Johnston (66), of Marksville, Albion Park, collapsed and died while travelling by train…

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Cattle Stealing Nelson’s Bay Butcher Fined

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Tuesday—Pleading guilty In the police court today to two charges of cattle stealing Edward Thomas Cohen…

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Sales at Flemington Prime Cattle and Sheep Firm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 6

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby, Ltd., report:— Sheep: 49,605 sheep and Iambs penned for sale and 24,649 of…

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Butter Production

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 6

Prescott Pty., Ltd., reports: New South Wales.—Light to moderate rains have fallen in many dairying districts, but…

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Higher Butter Prices Expected Rise May Be 3d Per POUND

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 2

The conclusion of successful negotiations between the Commonwealth Government and the United Kingdoms for an…

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Prisoners of War Labour For Dairy Farms

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 4

Captain F. C. McCarthy, officer in charge of Italian prisoners of war, said that the demand for prisoners, for labour on…

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Trees on Farms

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 4

Under present conditions, tree planting cannot perhaps claim a high priority in the farmer’s operations but an effort should be…

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Dairying Subsidy

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA Wed —The Minister for Commence (Mr. Scully), to-day promised that he would make an early [?] for the…

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Farms for Closer Settlement Eastern and Central Divisions

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 1

Twenty-nine farms in the Eastern and Central divisions of the State would become available for application between May 18…

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Farmers Firm on Price Recommendation Will Accept No Less Than 3½d Per Gallon Unanimous Decision of Large Meeting

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 1

Unanimous decision was reached yesterday by a large meeting of dairy farmers that Singleton suppliers will not accept anything less than the increased price of 3½d per gallon recommended by the N.S.W. Milk Board…

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