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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 71

Butter Ration Protest. Six Mines Stop Work. Wharf Laborers Remain Idle. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 2

The number of mines idle to-day as a protest against the cut in butter rationing was increased to six, while miners at six more pits were on strike…

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B.M.A. Warning on Butter Ration Cut Acting-Prime Minister’s Assurance

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday—The Federal Council of the BMA believes that the reduction in the butter ration will adversely affect the health of the civilian population unless an increased quantity of other fats is made available…

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The Dairying Industry Review by Mr. L. C. Parker

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 4

In his presidential address at the opening of the 1944 four-day conference of the Australian Institute of Dairy Factory Managers and…

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Farm Equipment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 4

Mr. W. Smith moved: "That the central executive be requested to press for the release of galvanised iron, galvanised wire, 6 and 8 plain…

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Serious Crisis Looming in Dairy Industry Lack Of Amenities And Reasonable Conditions No Incentive To Producers Possibility of Milk Products Shortage in Three Years

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 1

Mr J. B. Timbs, manager of Bowthorne Butter Factory, who is a member of many Commonwealth and…

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Releases for Dairying Review of 4000 Applications

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 2

The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) announced that full Cabinet had endorsed decision on manpower for the dairying…

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Won Butter Grading Prize

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 3

SINGLETON Sat.—Mr. H. L. Petty, foreman of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., recently gained second place in…

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Mr. Forde Defends Butter Ration B.M.A. Warning Answered

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Saturday—Commenting on a warning by the SYDNEY Sat.—Commenting on a warning by the BMA[?] in Australia that a reduction in the butter ration-from eight! unless increased quantities of other fats were made available,…

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63,000 Tons of Bombs Cropped in May American Air Force Total (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 2

LONDON June 2—The American Air Forces in Europe, operating from buses in Britain and Italy, last month dropped over 63,000 tons of bombs on targets in Germany, occupied countries, and the Balkans, according to a statement from…

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Farm Equipment Growers Complain Of Shortage

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 2

Members of the Hunter District Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association who attended the monthly meeting in West…

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Increasing Dairy Output in America

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON; The United States Department of Agriculture’s dairy specialist at the Michigan State College of…

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U.S. Estimates of Farm Output

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON : The United States Department of Agriculture, in a preliminary report on prospects for current crops, says…

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Neighbours Assist Needy Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON. — Old-time American working “bees,” in which groups of neighbours join in to help one of their number…

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Cattle Dearer at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 3

About too fat cattle yarded, light and medium weight bullocks forming tho bulk of the supply A large attendance of buyers…

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Prevention of Bloat in Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 4

Recent American experiments have indicated that bloat in cattle may be controlled by attention to the previous diet of the cattle…

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Wonder Drug Wool Sales Winchcombe Carson Ltd

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. reports : 1831 bales of wool were appraised at our Newcastle catalogue on Friday, including Tungra and Lolleep…

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B.M.A. Resents Mr. Forde’s Accusation Butter to Warning Not “Treasonable”

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday—The Federal Council of the British Medical Association expressed resentment at the implied accusation of imiderming public morale made by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) when replying to the council’s…

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Poultry Farming

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 4

1. See that the birds in the breeding pens are free from vermin, and examine the male birds frequently throughout the season to ensure that…

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Dairy Farming. Motion at P.P.U. Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

The difficulty of getting labor released from the Army for dairy farmers was referred to at a meeting of the Lower Hunter and…

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B.m.a. Warning on Butter Ration Cut Acting-prime Minister's Assurance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 2

The Federal Council of the B.M.A. believes that the reduction in the butter ration will adversely affect the health of the civilian population…

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