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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

1,448 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 73

Flood Relief For Dairy Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 2

A report on the position of fairy farmers who had suffered flood damage earlier in the year was made by the general…

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Canadian Fruit Crops

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 4

It is still too early in the sea[?] states the Canadian Bureau Statistics fruit and vegetable [?] report of June 1 to…

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Bob's Farm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 September 1946 · page 2

Visitors from surrounding districts gathered with local residents at the Bob's Farm hall on Friday night on the occasion of a Childrens' Fancy Dress…

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High Wool Price

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 4

Greasy wool sold on the Sydney market yesterday for [?] a pound—the highest price in Australia since 1924-25…

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Shorn Sheep at Record Price

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 3

A record price for shorn sheep at Tamworth municipal saleyards was established at yesterday's fat stock sale when a pen of 54 aged merino…

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Butter Output Improved by Useful Rain

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 3

Prescott Pty. Ltd. report— New South Wales: Until a few days ago the state continued to suffer from drought conditions,…

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More Wool For America

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 7

A large increase in American purchases of Australian wool is shown in figures issued by the Commonwealth Statistician…

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Wool at 48 1/2d

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 1

Greasy wool sold on the Sydney market yesterday for 48 1/2d a pound —the highest price in Australia since 1924-25, when the world record…

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Sheep, Starved Without Rain, Die Because of It

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 4

Heavy losses of sheep have occurred in the Tenterfield and Inverell districts as the result of the recent rain and the cold spell which…

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Will Wool Values Hold Position in U.s.a

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Fears have been expressed that present prices for wool will not for long continue. No person can be…

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Important Dairy Clearance Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 1

One of the most important dairy clearance sales in the North, if not in the State, is listed for Tuesday, 15th October, at "Redbank," Scone…

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Bank Booklet on Farming

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 3

The achievements of the finalists in the Progressive Farmer competition recently conducted by the Agricultural Bureau of New…

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The New Farm Water Supplies Act Legislation Assists Individual Landholders

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 3

The objects of the Farm Water Supplies Act, 1946, which came into force on August 9 last, are to enable individual farmers or…

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Canada’s Wheat Exports

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 6

Total exports wheat and wheat flour from Canada for the nine months ended April 30. 1946. amounted to 281,588,000 bushels…

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Ex-crown Prince Looks for Farm Russian Land Reform Strips the Hghenzollerns

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 8

HECKINGEN GERMANY—(Associated Press)—Grown Prince Wiihelm, bead of ,the Hohenzollern family which once owned almost limitless estates, is looking for a farm where he can settle down…

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“Hitlers” and “Eva Brauns” Growing “Crop” in Germany

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 2

EGLFING, Germany (Associated Press)—It that Germany many is getting crowded with Hitlers and Eva Brauns…

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Good Rain Still Needed Changeable Conditions Affecting Crops

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 4

Although after almost three months of dry weather, some useful rain was recorded throughout the district, conditions generally are still very dry, and with the exception of a narrow coastal fringe, rain is urgently needed for crops…

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Dairy Industry Summed Up Importance of Skim Milk

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 4

The loss of wealth by the ineffective utilisation of skim milk has more to do perhaps with the low economic plane of the dairy industry than any…

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Butter Factory Ballot

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 2

For fear there might be confusion in the minds of shareholders in connection with the ballot to be taken on Saturday next, Mr. Reg. Smith, Hon…

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Labor Candidates Fighting for Seats. Close Voting in Wheat and Wool Centres. Minister for Army Loses Ground. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 2

Despite the fact that in Hume, which prior to the elections was considered one of Labor's weakest seats, the Labor candidate, Mr. Fuller, is maintaining a clear-cut lead over both Opposition candidates, the Government's position is deteriorating in electorates…

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