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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

1,183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 60

Wool Sales New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

We brought forward for final appraisement on Friday, 26th January, a catalogue totalling 1742 bales. The districts chiefly represented were…

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Stock Taking on Poultry Farm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 6

At the beginning of each year it should be the practice on all commercial poultry farms to take stock of the birds on the farm,…

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All - Risk Crop Insurance U.s. Experience

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 6

From 1939 to 1943 wheat farmers in the United States were able to insure their crops against “all risks.” By paying a premium…

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Sinking Well on the Farm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 6

Mark out the well on levelled ground at the selected site, making the radius 5½ inches (4½ inches for brickwork and [?] inch for…

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Dry Conditions Drive Dairy Herds to Coast

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

Because of the dry conditions which prevail in this district at the present time, some enterprising dairymen have shifted…

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Defying Drought Water Storage on Farms

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

The building of ear then dams for water storage and irrigation was not beyond the means of many farmers outside the range…

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Sheep - Cattle Dearer

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Thurs.—Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report.—86,735 sheep and lambs penned. General quality moderate. Grown…

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Wheat for Feeding Sheep

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

The Gragiers’ Federal Council of Australia has protested to the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, (Mr. Scully) against the…

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[?]Tting for Pastoral Areas

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

NEY Thursday.—According Spoke ran of the Depart of Agriculture, only full production of wire-netting…

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Meeting of Poultry Farmers

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

That the poultry farming industry is taking a prominent Position in the district was evident at a meeting of poultry farmers recently called at Medowie to discuss…

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Water Supply To Farms Request To Board For Extension

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

Representatives of primary producers in the area between Raymond Terrace and Seaham, on the eastern side of the river, met the…

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Pastoral Conditions at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

SINGLETON Friday. — The stock Inspector of the Denman-Singleton PP Board (Mr. G. A. Kennedy) reported for the month…

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Spinning Quality of Wool

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 6

South Wales is mostly medium in the western districts of New South Wales is mostly medium to strong, while that on the…

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Wool Use in Britain. American Needs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reports:—Government orders for service woollen fabrics and other materials for the fighting forces have of late…

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Wool Report Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

Although no particularly super fine fibred wools were offered in our last appraisement, the selection submitted was of a very useful character…

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Farmer and Dairyman. (To the Editor)

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

Sir,—Much has been said of the privation ana difficulties under which the dairy farmer has been forced to exist, and as to his economic standard of…

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Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

In November last the Poultry Farmers' Association of N.S.W. and the National Utility Poultry Breeders' Association amalgamated under the above…

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Dry Conditions. Drive Dairy Herds to Coast

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

Because of the dry conditions which prevail in the Singleton district at the present time, some enterprising dairymen have shifted their herds to…

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British and Overseas Farmers' Delegation. to Visit Upper Hunter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

Members of the British and Overseas' Farmers' delegation will visit Scone on the 12th Inst…

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Many Years of Service To Dairying Industry And The General Community MR. R. W. Alison Honoured

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

Friday, 26th January, was the 72nd birthday of Mr. R. W. Alison, Dungog, and it also marked 40 years of service to Dungog Co-operative Butter…

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