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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 71

Wool Sales Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 4

On 27th April Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., Newcastle, appraised 800 bales, comprising mostly oddments with a few early shorn clips…

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Sheep and Cattle Dearer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 3

Schulte, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Limited report that, due to the moderate penning of sheep at Flemington, competition was…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 3

On Thursday, 27th April, 1944, Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., Newcastle, appraised 800 bales, comprising mostly oddments, with a few early…

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Upper Hunter Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 2

Offerings at Winchcombe Carson's Newcastle wool appraisement on Friday were [?] Prices obtained [?] ed J. A. Haling, Singleton, wethers 19½d;…

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Available Wheat For Export

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE Tuesday.— The chairman of , the Australian Wheat Board (Sir Clive Mc-Pberson) said wheat stocks in…

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District Stock. Successes at Cattle Exhibition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 4

The following district owners were successful at the Cattle Exhibition, held in Sydney last week. POLL SHORTHORNS…

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A Very Hard Farmer

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 3

At Inverell Police Court, the P.M., Mr. F. T. Scroope, grave his reserved decision in a small debts case in which Allen Oscar Wallis, farmer, of…

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Sheep and Cattle Face Death Dry State of Country Causes Alarm

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 2

Graziers and executives of pastoral firms to-day declared in Sydney that unless good rain falls almost immediately in pastoral…

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Wool Appraisement

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— 2581 bales of wool were appraised at our Sydney catalogue yesterday. Results: McInnes Brothers,…

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Huge Wheat Surplus

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 1

The Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Sir Clive McPherson) said wheat stocks in Australia at April 22 amounted to 188 000,000…

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Prime Sheep Firm At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report 47544 sheep and iambs penned with a small proportion of prime…

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No Permit For Sheep In Trailer

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

Augustus Ward, of Four-mile Creek, did not appear at East Maitland court to-day on a charge of having moved sheep without…

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Hexham Send-off and Welcome Home Fund Hexham Butter Factory and J. and A. Brown's Hexham Workshop Employees Raise £809/10/9

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 4

On Thursday night Glenlevet Hall, Hexham, marked the seene of a very social and financial ending of a Popular Girl Competition, conducted by Haxham…

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Priority For Dairying

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The system Of releasing 20,000 men from the Army for essential industry would be re-examined so…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

N.Z.L. & M.A. Co., Ltd., Newcastle, reports having submitted to appraisement 651 bales, comprising some autumn shorn clips…

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Wool Report Record Price for New England Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Co. Ltd. reports on the 28th instant: The catalogue of just on 9000 bales submitted by us on…

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Wool Report. Record Price for New England Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 28th. April:—The catalogue of just on 9000 bales submitted by us on Wednesday,…

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Control of Pleuropneumonia in Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

"The disease known as pleuropneumonia in cattle in a very serious one, and only by continued vigilance is its spread prevented," points out…

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Wheat Outlook Not Bright

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Acting cereal expert of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. S. D. Macindoe, said to-day that dry weather…

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Crushed Wheat Substitute for Bran and Pollard

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

Although the output of bran and pollard was the highest in Australia's history, drought conditions and the knowledge of farmers that…

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