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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 71

Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Branch Formed at Muswellbrook. Mr. J. H. Keys Elected President

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 September 1944 · page 1

At a meeting of 25 milk suppliers held at the Masonic Hall on Friday last it was resolved to form a branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council in Muswellbrook. The meeting was presided over by…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Allege Error in Calculation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1944 · page 2

At a meeting in Sydney of delegates of the M.Z.D.C. on Wednesday last, it was stated that Professor Copland's officials had made an error in…

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Bombs Landed Near Farm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1944 · page 6

LONDON Sept. 26 — Flying bombs crossed the east coast of England before midnight. They came from an east-north-easterly…

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Drought Hits The Wheat Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday—Drought in the Riverina alone may result in the loss of £5,000,000 to the wheat growers, it was stated…

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Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1944 · page 3

E. Windeyer and Son and T. S. Elkin and Co. in conjunction report having held a successful cattle sale at the yards Raymond Terrace, on Tuesday last,…

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Prime Cattle Dearer In Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Thurs.—Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report.—61.365 sheep and lambs, penned, the general quality moderate. Prime…

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Seed Blamed For Crop Failure

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA Thursday.—A deputation to the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) alleged that only 10 per cent of Lend-Lease…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 1

Edward Higgens, Parkinson and Co. report having held their usual fortnightly cattle sale on Tuesday last. Good competition prevailed throughout. Sales…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Farmers and Graziers Cooperative Co. Ltd. reports on the 25th instant: We submitted our Appraisement Catalogue No. 143 on Thursday…

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Sydney Wool Prices

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 3

A catalogue of 3,797 bales of wool was submitted by Winchcombe Carson Ltd. in Sydney last Monday. Results secured included James Barnes…

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Grave Outlook for Wheat

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 4

The drought in some wheatproducing, areas is likely to result in New South Wales not being able to meet all its normal…

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Increasing Dairy Production

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 4

In an address to the Regional Conference of the War Agricultural Committee held at Gresford the Senior District Dairy…

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Meat and Dairy Produce Four-year- Food Sale to Britain

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 4

Great Britain will buy Australia's surplus of dairy products until June 30, 1948, and her surplus meat until September 30,…

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Butter Factory Picnic Outstanding Day Out for 140 Persons

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 2

Approximately 140 attended the picnic of the employees of Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company held it "Myall,"…

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Wool Report the Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 4

No appreciable increase of wool receipts into Darling Harbour has been noticeable since our last report, due to the restricted…

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Butter Decline In 1943-44

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Butter production in the Commonwealth had decreased by 30,746,8461b for the 1943-44 season, as compared…

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Warwick Dairy Assn. Mr. C. J. MeSHANE Appointed Assistant Manager

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 1

Mr. C. J. McShane, who has been accountant of the Warwick Co-operative Dairy Asociation for the past 28 i years, has been appointed assistant…

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Dairy Production Goals

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 2

The senior dairy instructor for the district Mr. J. W. G, Smith) his report for September states that production is…

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Serious Butter Decline

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 2

Butter production in the Commonwealth had decreased by 30,746,845lb. for the 1943-44 season, as compared with 1942-43, it was…

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