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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

1,183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 60

Smaller Cheque for Wool

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA Friday.—The wool cheque for the new season’s clip is expected to amount to shout £56 000,000 — £6,000,000 less…

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Erosion Along Hunter Farms Threatened

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 5

Valuable river flat land, used for the cultivation of vegetables, is threatened by erosion along the Hunter River…

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Transferred to Prison Farm

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 1

Two 15-years-old boys, Allan Desmond MeLennan and Frederick Bruce Nieholl, both of Seften, who are serving a life sentence on a charge of…

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Farmer Shot Dead Woman Wounded

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 1

A Sicilian tobacco farmer, Guiseppe Anfuso, aged 46, was shot dead and a woman, Agnes Myrtle Brown, aged 42, was wounded by bullet wounds in…

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No Smokes for Farmers

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 1

Though application was made for a tobacco issue for the sittings of the Agricultural Bureau Conference at Hawkesbury College, more than 300…

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Payment of the Milk Subsidy Dairymen Seeking Advice On Government Attitude

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 2

The subsidy being paid on milk in New South Wales will terminate with the payment falling due on November 1. Mr. J. McKeachie, producers’ representatives on the Milk Board, told a meeting of the Maitland branch of the…

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Farm Training Scheme Rehabilitation of Ex-Servicemen

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 2

Practical training for ex-servicemen with limited or no previous experience on the land is included in the Commonwealth…

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Oilskins for Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 3

The deputy director of the Rationing Commission has in formed the Maitland branch of Council the Milk Zone Dairymen’s…

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Sheep Cheaper at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Monday. — Winch combs, Carson Ltd., report: 36, [?] sheep penned, of good quality. The market was 1/ cheaper…

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Prime Bullocks Firm Fat Sheep Prices Up at Maitland Sales

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 3

About 700 fat cattle yarded at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day, being a full supply, the majority handy weights to heavy weights…

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Subsidy on Milk Producers' Representative Addresses Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 2

The subsidy being paid on milk in New South Wales will terminate with the payment falling due on November 1…

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Recording of Dairy Herds to Be Revived

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY Tuesday — Herd recording which has suffered something of an eclipse in New South Wales during the war is…

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Deficiency Of Coupons For Butter

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Wed.—Pleading guilty in the summons court today to three charges of obtaining 54lb of butter without giving the…

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Losses Of Sheep In N.S.W.

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Wednesday.— The Government Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) estimates the losses of sheep in NSW during the…

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“Milk Strike Was Only Course Possible” Dairymen’s Officials Address Singleton Formers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 2

SINGLETON, Wednesday.—“Although it was said that our gesture was not patriotic, I say we did the only possible thing in taking the milk off the market,” said the president of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council (Mr. W. W. Elkin) at…

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Dairymen Urged To "Stick Together" M.Z.D.C. Officials Visit Singleton Recent Merger Proposal Considered Unfavourable

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 1

Three executive members of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, who visited Singleton yesterday to address a special meeting of district farmers, urged those engaged in the industry to "stick together," because the road ahead was not all clear yet…

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Sheep Lower At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Thursday.— Winchcombe Carson Ltd, report: 32.246 been penned of good quality, The market opened 1/6 to 2/…

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Hunter Valley Dairy Co Factory Report for June, 1945

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 4

Manufacture: Butter 52 tons: Milk received 756,080 gullous. Suppliers' Pay: Butter 1/9 3/4 net on and commercial butter. The above price…

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Locked in Dairy Room

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 3

At the Maitland Quarter Sessions on tuesday, Reginald Ray Yates, share dairy man of Leigh, Raymond Terrace, unsuccessfully appealed! against a bond…

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Trucks for Farmers Tc Cost Less

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA Thurs. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) in the House of Representatives, said utility trucks and other…

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