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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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DAIRYING "Feeding For Milk Production" New Free Departmental Pamphlet

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 3

"Natural pastures have long been the main source of feed fur the New South Wale dairying industry. The result has been extreme dependence…

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Dairymen to Test the Milk Act. Appeal Against Prosecution

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 3

The Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council on Friday night decided to ask the Central Council to arrange for an appeal…

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Dairymen to Test Milk Act Appeal Against Prosecution MAITLAND

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

The Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council last night decided to ask the Central Council to arrange for an appeal against the conviction of two Tarro dairymen at West Maitland court on Monday last on a charge of having sold…

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£21 Millions a Year on Farm Machinery

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA. — Although the United Kingdom now has seven tractors to every square mile of Arabic land, her farmer are…

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Wheat Price Guarantee

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY Wed. — Alternative wheat stabilisation plans will be proposed in Parliament by Sir Earle Page (Country Party), as…

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Travelled in Cattle Trucks Germans From Czechoslovakia

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 4

The first trainload of Sudeten Germans to transfer to Germany since the expulsions were suspended after the Potsdam conference left…

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Sheep Stealing Near West Wyalong Complaint at Graziers' Meeting

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 4

Sheep stealing, in the Weethalle district, near West Wyalong, is an "unbearable racket," Mr A. L. Mclnnes, of Weethalle,…

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Higher Price Sought for Milk Singleton Dairymen Support Demand

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Yesterday’s meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council at Singleton became very boisterous. Discussion became heated on the question as to whether or not suppliers should stick to the South Coast farmers and ask for an…

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Local Dairymen Will Stand by Striks Fears That Public Opinion Will Not Be Behind Action

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 1

Though several had spoken against strike if the Federal and State Governments turned down producers' demands for a subsidy of 3d. per gallon for November and December and 4d. for January, there was one dissentient at yesterday's meeting of the local branch of the Milk Zone Dairymens Council when a vote on the issue was…

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A Famous English Cattle Breed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

Britain is world famous for the quality of her cattle, which have provided her with a rich and important export trade. Among the best known of the breeds are Hereford cattle, outstanding for the quality of the beef they yield. Here is a prize-winning Hereford bull, which in one show alone carried off two first prises…

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Cattle Stealing Two Youths Plead Guilty 24 Cattle Involved

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

An amazing story was told in Kempsey Children's Court on Wednesday when two boys, one 16 and the other 18, on…

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Trouble in Pastoral Industry Communists Blamed

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

Speaking at the A.W.U. Federal Convention in Sydney, Mr. Wilson (N.S.W.) said there were no rackets carried out in the underworld to…

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A Famous English Cattle Breed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

Britain is world-famous for the quality of her cattle, which have provided her with a rich and important export trade. Among the best known of the breeds are Hereford Cattle, outstanding for the quality of the beef they yield. Here is a prise-winning Hereford bull, which in one show alone carried off two first prizes…

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Maitland Stock Sales Fat Cattle Unaltered

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

Due to the holiday, the yarding of fat cattle at Maitland was smaller than usual. Included in the 750 yarded were less bullocks than at recent…

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World Decline in Dairy Output

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

Not only in Australia has the output of dairy products fallen. During the third quarter of 1945 dairy products in most of the world's…

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“Sediment Test Too Severe” Terrace Dairymen’s Complaints

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

RAYMOND TERRACE Friday. —Complaints that the sodime [?] was too rigid made at the the meeting of Raymond Terrace…

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Postponement of Milk Strike Dairymen Await State Action

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

The Milk Zone Dairymen's Council will take no action to withhold supplies from Sydney and Newcastle pending Cabinet consideration of its request for a year-round price of 1/8 a gallon…

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Progressive Farmer Competition Cr. S. T. Parish One of Finalists

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

It was announced that Cr. S. T. Parish, of Wallalong, is one of the nine finalists in the progressive farmer competition conducted in New…

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Review of District Dairy Conditions

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

Similar conditions prevailed during January at those reported for December, says Mr. J. W. G. Smith, senior dairy instructor In…

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Dairymen’s Claim For Better Price

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY. Sat—Mr. Sedgwick, secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council, stated to-day that dairy farmers were not prepared…

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