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Farming & the land, 1946

1,448 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 73

Sydney Wool Sales Market Firm, Unchanged

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

Wool sales were continued yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange. The quantity catalogued totalled 10,192 bales, and the…

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Farm Water Supplies Act Popular

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 7

It is particularly gratifying to me to learn of the extraod[?]ry interest already shown by farmers and s[?] in the Farm Water Supplies Act…

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Single Farms for Soldiers—why Not?

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 2

"I have yet to learn that it is a crime for an ex-serviceman to seize an opportunity when one arises," said Mr. Roy Wheeler, Liberal Party candidate for…

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Farm Water Supplies Act. Extraordinary Interest Shown by Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 6

It is particularly gratifying to me to learn of the extraordinary interest already shown by farmers and settlers in the Farm Water Supplies Act,…

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Australia's Dairy Produce Marketing Prospects

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 September 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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Single Farms For Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 4

SINGLETON: “I have yet to learn that it is a crime for an ex-serviceman to seize an opportunity when one arises,” said Mr…

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Review of Dairy Industry

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 4

Prescott Pty. Ltd., in a review of the dairy industry , states that although a few points of rain fall on parts of the far northern…

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Costing for Farmers Record Books

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 7

To farm efficiently, satisfactory financial records must be kept, for only by doing so can the farmer gain an insight into…

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Threatening Words Proved Costly P.p. Board Director Takes Broke Farmer to Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 3

Threatening words which were alleged to have passed the lips of broke farmer [?] on August 6 proved costly for him,…

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Desperate Efforts To Save Starving Sheep

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday. — In a desperate effort to keep their starving sheep alive, graziers in the Wee Waa district, north-western N.S.W., are feeding them with Swede turnips, potatoes, and even cauliflowers…

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Keen Bidding at Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 1
Also in Maitland Mercury

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,527 bales, and the…

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Good Prices at Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 1

Greasy and scoured wool sold in Sydney last week averaged about £24 a bale, compared with an average of about £18 per bale for early…

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Farmers of the Future. Encouragement Due to Youth

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 2

"The Agricultural Bureau has something to offer all farming people, but it recognises a special duty toward rural youth," said Mr Parry Brown,…

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Threat to Dairy Herds

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 1

The Tweed-Bangalow district of New South Wales is now in the midst of its worst drought since 1881. Records now available do not go…

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Cattle Died After Licking Paint Tins

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1946 · page 4

Several dairy cattle owned by a Woodville farmer met a slow, painful death in the last few days after licking empty paint…

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Farmers of the Future Duty to Youth

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1946 · page 7

“The Agricultural Bureau has something to offer all farming people, but It recognise a special duty toward rural youth,” said…

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30½ Pence for Merino Wool

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 6

Top price paid at the Newcastle wool sales yesterday was 30½d for nine bales of greasy Merino gold on behalf of the Frogmore…

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 3

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report offering 2502 bales of wool in the Newcastle catalogue on Wednesday…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 1

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Company, Ltd., report 6th September. Our catalogue totalling 6757 bales…

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