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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 71

Planting of Potatoes Preparations for Crop

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 3

The senior [?] Mr. G. T. Da[?] broad cast address [?] of potatoes [?]…

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Homebush Sales Cattle Cheaper; Sheep Unchanged

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 3

Pitt. Son and Badgery’s report: 24,41[?] sheep and Iambs penned. General quality moderate to plain. Prime classes were scarce,…

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Farmers' Organisation Advocates "No' Vote Regimentation and Bureaucratic Control

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 4

The Executive Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association is advocating a 'No' vote at the coming referendum. On August 19th the people of Australia will…

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Government Rice-growing Crop Shows Profit of £40,000

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 2

The Minister for Conservation (Mr. Dunn) stated that the government was thoroughly satisfied with the harvest from its…

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Grant For Dairy Research

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 2

The Australian Dairy Produce Board has decided to grant £2000 a year for three years for scientific research in the cattle…

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Mebriwa Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 4

Values were generally unchanged for sheep and lambs at tho Homebush auctions last Monday 28,027 being penned. A. B. Bettington Estate Pty…

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Rain Needed in Wheat Belt

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 4

A leading authority in the wheat trade states that if rain did not soak the wheat belt in New South Wales within a…

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Smaller Wool Clip. New South Wales Position

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Ample quantities of wool are in store in New South Wales for the opening appraisements which commence next…

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Season’s Wool Clip Appraisement to Open

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 4

Monday will be an important date in the wool world, it will witness the opening of the wool appraisement season in 1941-[?]…

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Junior Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 4

The formation of an Advisory Committee is practically completed at Stroud, and the clubs at Booral and Stroud Road are asked to try to…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 15 & 50 Years Ago (From issues of "Argus" dated July 19, 22 and 24, 1929). Junior Farmers' Club

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 4

A pleasing ceremony took place in the Intermediate High School, when the junior farmers of the school were addressed by the president and…

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Tests in Feeding Dairy Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON.—American farmers are looking with a great deal of practical interest to the results of tests in the feeding of…

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Hygiene in the Dairy Milking Routine

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1944 · page 5

In an article discussing causes of milk contamination responsible gassy cheese, C. E. Chapman, departmental dairy…

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Butter Factory At Hexham

Maitland Mercury · Sunday 30 July 1944 · page 2

Mr. Justice Kinsella, of the Industrial Commission, and members of his staff spent two days this week making an inspection…

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Knitting Wool and Coupons

Maitland Mercury · Sunday 30 July 1944 · page 3

Encouragement is given to women to hand [?] woollen garments rather than purchase them ready made, because wool…

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No Change in Butter Ration

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.—Indicating that there was little prospect of butter rations being restored from the present 8 ozs. to the…

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Cattle Unaltered Homebush Stock Sales

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery’s report: 32, 577 sheep and lambs penned, a light showing of prime wethers and ewes, the majority useful…

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Stock Sales at Maitland Cattle Market Firm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 3

A smaller yarding of about 800 fat cattle, with the quality not equal to last day’s sale. A full attendance of the wholesale Ind…

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Winter Overcoats for Sheep Experiments in U.s

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 3

Recent experiments in the United States have proved that if sheep are equipped with cotton overcoats during the winter months, the wool when…

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