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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

1,448 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 73

Wheat Scheme Endorsed

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA Tuesday — State representative at the Agricultural Council agreed to support the Federal wheat scheme after the…

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Danish Cattle For British Zone

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 1

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 20 —Denmark is sending ten thousand tons of frozen beef and 40,000 head of cattle…

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Big Dairy Farm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 3

Any dairy farm in Australia to beat Kameruka, with its three cheese factories and 15 dairies, and 8500 cattle (1800 of them stud Jesseys) on this…

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85 p.c. of Wool for Newcastle Carried by Road

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 4

Eighty-five per cent, of the wool reaching Newcastle is being carried by road transport. Some lorries are carrying 57 bales bales on each trip…

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State-wide Extension of Electricity Supply £6,000,000 Plan for Benefit of Farmers & Rural Residents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 3

The State Government has decided upon the immediate introduction of a £6,000,000 plan to extend electricity supplies to 24,000 farms and 10,000…

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Progressive Farmer Has Busy Time Mr. Gardiner’s Tour Of The United States

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 5

M. H. Plambeck, farm news editor of the Central Broadcasting Company, Des Moines (U.S.A.), writing to the manager of the Country Broadcasting Services Ltd., Sydney, gives some information regarding the activities of Mr. A. R…

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European Wheat Below Average

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 2

WASHINGTON, August 21.-The Agricultural Department reported that the European wheat cron is expected to show [?] 30…

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Everything May Be Green, But That Wool Be Rosy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 2

There are indications that there will be no amicable settlement in the colour scheme of teams to participate in the [?]…

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Farm Water Supplies Act Gazetted

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 4

The Minister for Conservation (Mr. George Weir, M.L.A.) announced that the Farm Water Supplies Act, which had been passed during the last…

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"Cheap "Eggs Will Put Men Out Claim That Poultry Farmers Cannot Continue

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 1

Commenting on the reduction in the wholesale price of eggs to 1/7 a dozen from Monday, the secretary of the Associated Poultry Farmers…

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Cattle Cheaper at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday.—Winch-comb[?] Carson Ltd., report: 40,697 sheep penned of mixed [?] The market opened…

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Sydney’s Worst Fire In Eleven Years £800,000 Damage When Wool Store Gutted

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Ultimo wool stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency were gutted last night by the biggest fire Sydney has seen for 11 years. Total damage has been estimated to exceed £500,000,…

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Hunter Valley Dairy Co. (To the Editor)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 3

Sir: Would you please grant me space in your paper, for the porpose of reminding shareholders of our Dairy Co. of the desirability of their attendance…

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Maitland Stock Sales Fat Cattle Values Firm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

There was a yarding of 950 fat cattle at Campbell Hill's saleyards on Monday, the quality being below that of previous sales. Heavy bullocks…

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Wheat Position Is Serious Harvest Will Not Meet State's Needs

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

New South Wales was not likely to produce enough wheat for its own needs this year, a Sydney produce agent said last night on his return from a tour of the drought devastated areas. The north-western harvest was almost a complete failure, he…

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Single Farms Issue. Applicant's Plea for Action. (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4

Sir.—The "S.M. Herald," of 3rd. instant, reports Mr. Dedman as having said that the single farm controversy exited in New South Wales…

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Future Possibilities for Dairy Produce Prospects Surveyed by Expert

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3

In an article in a recent issue of the "Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics," written as a preliminary report on a progressive…

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Stone Fruit Crops

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 2

What has been called a false spring has brought fruit trees into blossom-much earlier than usual. Peach, nectarine and…

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Hunter Valley Dairy Co

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2

Sir.— Would you please grant me space in your paper for the purpose of reminding shareholders of our diary company of the…

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