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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

1,183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 60

Dairymen Again Restive Government Ignores Claims

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

Dairy farmers are again becoming restive at the continued failure of the Federal Government to grant them arbitration, or to hear their case for…

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Local and General Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

A meeting of members of the above will be held to-day (Friday) in the Town Hall at 10.30 a.m. Mr. H. Denford, Consumers' Representative on…

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Electric Service and You Electricity in the Farm Home

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

The value of electricity in the farm home cannot be determined in the same way that its usefulness in the farmyard is…

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High Price for Dairy Cows

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 5

Two successful sales, conducted during the week by J. Enright, were attended by large crowds of interested farmers and…

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Relief for Farmers Primary Producers’ Request

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

SCONE Friday—The Scone branch of the Primary Producers’ Union, at its annual meeting, decided to ask the Minister for…

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Sale of Dairy Stock at Tarro

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

J. Enright calls attention to an auction sale fixed for next Tuesday. The vendor, Mr. Weakley, having leased the property is…

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Direct From Standing Crop Australia First in Field with Harvesting Machine

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

Many people do not realise that Australia was first in the field with the harvesting machine which gathered, threshed and…

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Dairymen Not Pleased with Hold-up General Matters From M.z.d.c. Headquarters

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 6

The executive of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council are persevering with their request for a deputation with the Prime…

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New Use for Wool

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 6

A special bituminised wool felt gives stable foundations to bridging piles London’s new Waterloo Bridge is built on felt, English…

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Farmyard Manure Its Use on Cropping Paddocks

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 5

In an article emphasising the need for a farming programme better calculated to conserve soil fertility in coastal dairying…

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Potato Crop Prospects

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 2

A report [?] by the division making of the Department of Agriculture, [?] on reports from agricultural…

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Adjusting Prices Delay Resented by Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 5

The executive of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council is persevering with its request for a deputation with the Prime Minister and…

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Dairy Production Improved

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 2

The senior dairy instructor (Mr. J. W.G. Smith) in his report on seasonal conditions for February, states that conditions…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. reports on the 2nd March, 1945 :—…

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Farmer’s Design For Drying Hay

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

Among the many investigators who have tried artificial drying of hay to avoid the hazard of untimely rain, at least one. F. W…

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Naval Men Amazed Absence of Farm Fences

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 3

As has been the case with most visitors to the Maitland district when they see the Bolwarra farms for the first time, the…

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Sheep and Wool Instructor. Appointed to Tamworth District

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 4

The sheep and wool branch of the Agricultural Department, whose activities during the war years have been greatly curtailed by enlistments,…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. reports on the 2nd March, 1945:—…

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Sheep Looses From Drought

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

The rain which fell in the [?] thern part of the State last week will relive the water position and ensure feed for a while [?]…

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