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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

1,183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 60

Dairy Herd Improvement

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 2

The Division of Dairying, Department of Agriculture, supplies following information under the rules governing…

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Dual Purpose Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 3

“I do not think anyone has yet produced the real dual purpose animal. They are poles apart. You cannot have…

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Visit to Hunter Dairy Factory Indian Trade Delegation’s Leader

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 2

“Very interesting, indeed,” was how Sir Datah Sing[?] leader of the Indian trade delegation in Australia, describe his visit yesterday to the factory at Hexham of the Hunte Valley Co-operative Dairy & Produce Co. Ltd…

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Overloading Cattle Stockowner Fined

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 3

On a charge of illtreating cattle by overloading them into railway trucks Henry Farrell, of Homeville, was fined £3, court costs 18/-, and witness'…

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Wheat for Winter Fodder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 2

Dairy farmers have, in the past, found oats to be a most valuable winter fodder crop of which seed could always be obtained, but the dry season…

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Wool Appraisement In Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 6

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report that their catalogue in Sydney on Tuesday last, comprising 4656 bales of wool from…

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Wool Report Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 3

The catalogues recently submitted in this centre have been of a rather mixed nature. The bulk of the offerings are chiefly composed of…

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Cattle Drafting Yards on Showground. Council Asked to Meet Cost of Erection

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 4

For tho recent rodeo held on the Merriwa Showground, the Bushmen's Carnival Committee erected cattle drafting yards at a cost of £22. This…

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Dairyman Sues S. M. Railways. Verdict for Plaintiff

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 5

After a brief retirement on Tuesday afternoon, the jury hearing the case in which william Benjamin Lewis claimed damages from the South Maitland…

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New Tithe Storm by Farmers Bankruptcy Action

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 5

In the quiet cathedral town of Canterbury (Eng.) the smouldering fire of the anti-tithe agitation suddenly blazed into white…

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Boys From Farm Home Provide Valuable Farm Labour

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 1

The utilisation by the Gosford District War Agricultural Committee of the labour available at the Gosford Farm Home for…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Co. Ltd reports on the 22nd inst:— We submitted our Catalogue No…

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Sheep Weaker At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.— Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report 45,172 sheep and lambs penned, the general quality being a little…

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Traders and Butter Coupons Tightening Up in Control

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 3

A tightening up in the control of butter coupons is announced by the Director of Rationing: (Mr. J. B. dimming)…

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Ray. Terrace Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Raymond Terrace branch of Milk Zone Dairymen’s Association the following officers were elected:…

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Wheat Meal for Dairy Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 5

Crushed wheat is a valuable concentrate for dairy cattle, but the following four principles should always be observed when…

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Sheep Stealers and Cattle Duffers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 2

Cattle stealing was perhaps one of the very first "industries" in New South Wales. The blacks started it, and we must not judge…

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Deal in Cattle Claim on Farmer Fails

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 2

Judge Nield gave a verdict for defendant in the case in the Maitland district Court to-day, in which Phyllis Maud Hall, of 22…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 22nd inst.:- We submitted our Catalogue No. 159…

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Less Wheat for Poultry

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA Tuesday — The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Scuily) stated that supplies of wheat for poultry will be reduced…

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