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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

1,183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 60

Bacon, Butter and Cheese Factories Comprehensive Award to Cover Employees

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 3

Justice Kinselia, of the Industrial Commission, to-day made a comprehensive award to cover employees in bacon, butter and…

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Japanese Millet As Stock Feed Valuable Crop For Dairy Formers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 4

Mr. G. T. Dawson, senior agricultural instructor, in a recent report stales that Japanese millet should be regarded as one of the most valuable summer fodder crops for growing in this district Although it is DM as drought-resistant as…

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Pastures Need Rain Dairying Conditions on Hunter

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 5

In his monthly report, the senior dairy Instructor (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) states that the month of October has been adverse from…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Faults Explained by General Secretary Mr. F. Sedgwick. General Secretary of the M.Z.D.C., writes:—

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 4

The Federal Government knowing that producers were asking for 1/8 per gallon, the price that was found by the Milk Zone Dairymen's…

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Sheep Market Cheaper

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday. — Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report: 32. 628 sheep penned, consisting of good quality. The market was…

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Wool Body Has £40,000,000 Job

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA Thursday.—Mr. J. Murphy has been appointed chairman and Mr. N. W. Yeo executive member and deputy…

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Milk for Butter Manufacture £750,000 More for Dairy Farmers

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

The Commonwealth will pay a further £750,000 a year subsidy to dairy farmers producing milk for butter manufacture. This…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 5

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

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Denman Special Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 5

Edward Higgens, Parkinson and Co., report holding their special cuttle sale on 26th October. There was a total yarding of 450 head. Bullocks brought to…

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New Wool Commission

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 1

The personnel of the Australian Wool Realisation Commission to administer the realisation plan between the Governments of Britain,…

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Control of Pleuro in Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 4

Contagious pleura pneumonia would cause more loss than any other disease of cattle known in Australia if it were not for the…

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Wool Appraisements In Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 4

Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. report having submitted a catalogue logue of 3000 bales in Sydney drawn from the central and…

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£750,000 More for Dairy Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA Friday — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced that the Commonwealth will pay a further…

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Wool Reports Report on Appraisement No. 173 held by Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Coy., Ltd., Sydney, 25th October, 1945

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 3

Our selection in this catalogue exhibited some well crown wools mainly from, the earlier shearing districts, these being shafty, well…

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Few Returned Troops Go On Farms

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 1

During May, June and July this year, non rural wage earners increased by only 4,5000, although 16,000 discharged members of the…

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Pastures Need Rain Dairying Conditions on Hunter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 3

In his monthly report, the senior dairy instructor (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) states that the month of October has been adverse from…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Faults Explained by General Secretary

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 1

Mr. F. Sedgwick, General Secretary of the M.Z.D.C, writes:— The Federal Government knowing that producers were asking…

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England's Farms Will Be All-electric Plan for Supply to Isolated Areas

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 4

A plan to provide every farm in Great Britain with electricity is announced by the Electric Power Companies Association,…

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Restrictions On Sheep Imports

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Saturday.—The importation of sheep into NSW from Queensland Western Australia and Tasmania has been…

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Disappointed with New Dairy Subsidy

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Sat.—The secretary of the Primary Producers’ Union, Mr. L. J. Johnstone, expressed, disappointment that the…

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