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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 71

Value of Grain Sorghums Equal To Wheat fn Fodder Value

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1944 · page 4

Grain sorghums produce grain which is at least equal to wheat in folder value, said Mr. G.T. Dawson, senior agricultural instructor, in a Broadcast address over station 2HB for the Maitland District War Agricultural Committee…

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Weather Detrimental to Dairying

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1944 · page 2

“The week, has been detrimental to dairy production,” said Mr. J. A. G. Smith, Senior Dairy instructor. “This district…

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Aid for World Farmers American Offer

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1944 · page 4

WASHINGTON: Full co-operation in supplying technical data for rehabilitating farm areas in countries swept by war was…

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Export Butter Boxes

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 November 1944 · page 2

Mr. J. P. Abbott, MHR, has received a reply from the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully) to a question…

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Wool Reports Singleton Sales by N.e.n.c.o

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 November 1944 · page 4

N.E.N.C.O., the New England North and North-West Producers' Co Ltd., Newcastle report the following appraisements of clips from the…

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Dairy Production Notes

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 November 1944 · page 3

Mr. J. W. G. Smith, senior dairy instructor, points out that conditions during the past week were not conducive to production from a dairying…

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Denman Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 November 1944 · page 3

Sales at Winchcombe, Carson's Homebush auction last Thursday included: F. M. Bell (Denman), 15 yearlings and vealers to £12/11/-, avg £11/…

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Butter. One Farmer Thinks Prices Right

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 November 1944 · page 2

Dorrigo "Gazette" reports: To get up at a meeting of dairymen and proclaim that the price received for producing butter was all right, would be, to…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 November 1944 · page 4

On Thursday, 16th November, Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. Newcastle appraised approximately 1,000 bales. The top price of the catalogue of 21¼d was…

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Slaughtering Cattle Without Permit

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 November 1944 · page 3

Herbert Harold Wilkinson pleaded guilty at Cessnock Police Court this morning to slaughtering cattle without a permit. He had been previously…

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Transport of Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1944 · page 1

Mr. R. B. Nott (in the Legislative Assembly last week : I ask the Minister for Transport whether it is a fact that there are…

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Mechanised Farming Field Day Demonstration

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1944 · page 4

As was briefly mentioned in a previous issue, a very successful field demonstration was held on Mr. W. We[?]am's property at Dingadee on…

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Wool Sale N.z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 November 1944 · page 4

This company's Newcastle catalogue, comprising 1973 bales, was submitted for final appraisement on Friday, 17th instant. Many districts…

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Export Butter Boxes

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 November 1944 · page 1

Mr. J. P. Abbott. M.H.R. stated that he had received the following reply from the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture to a question which he asked…

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Sheep Blowfly Investigations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 November 1944 · page 5

Investigations into reasons why blowflies are attracted to living sheep are described in Bulletin 181, just issued by the Council for Scientific Research…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 November 1944 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reports: There were 5839 bales of wool appraised at our Sydney catalogue on Thursday. The top…

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Sheep with Four Lambs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 November 1944 · page 3

Mr. L. Constable, Kellick, Merriwa, relates having read in the Press somewhere the story of a ewe to which three lambs were…

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Transport of Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 November 1944 · page 3

Mr. R. B. Nott (in the Legislative Assembly last week): I ask the Minister for Transport whether it is a fact that there are still more than 9000…

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Export Butter Boxes Minister's Reply

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1944 · page 1

Mr. J. P. Abbott, M.H.R., stated that he had received the following reply from the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture to a question which…

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Farmers Discuss Their Problems Producer Gas Units; Water Conservation; Electricity Prices. District Council Meeting at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 November 1944 · page 1

The quarterly meeting of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at Muswellbrook on Thursday, when the…

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