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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

1,448 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 73

5 p.c. Rise at Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 1

The market ruled par to 5 per cent. above last week's rates when selling was resumed at the wool sales yesterday…

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Will Wool Values Hold? Position in U.s.a

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 4

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

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State Farmers Get Shorter Week

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 2

From this week State Government employees at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Glenfield Veterinary Research Station, experiment farms and…

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50 Centres Now Aid Britain's Farmng Research. Government Spends £700,000 Annually in Grants to Further Empire-wide Agricultural Research

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 4

Eight distinguished American agricultural scientists and administrators, representing experimental stations and agricultural colleges in farming…

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Farm Water Supplies Legislation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 2

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

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Better Farm Life

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 1

Professor Alan Roberts of the School of Agriculture of University of North Wales, referring to the need of amenities in farmlife, said that something…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 3

A full meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held on Wednesday, 18th. September, when a large…

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Good Rain Still Needed Changeable Conditions Affecting Crops

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 2

Although after three months of dry weather some useful rain was recorded throughout the district, conditions generally are still very dry,…

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Strike of Canadian Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 1

OTTAWA, October 1.—There have been some ugly incidents in the farmers delivery strike— which has now lasted 24 days—…

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Dairy Production Keeps Up District In Need Of Soaking Rain

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 2

Despite unfavorable weather condition production is holding and even rising in some centres states the [?] dairy instrc[?] (Mr. J. M. G. Smith) in the reported September…

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Clerks Pat Black Ban On Wool

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Wednesday — A new threat to Sydney was supplies has [?] following a [?] among [?] workers who are…

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Trade and Wool the World Wants the Goods

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The buoyancy of wool prices raises hopes of the maintenance of the marKet on about recent tigures…

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Progressive Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 2

News has been received by the Rural Bank from the office of the Australian Consulate General [?] Francisco, that Mr. A. K…

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Locusts Eating Crops

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—A column of locusts 60 miles long and 40 miles wide is advancing on Riode Janeiro, reports the Rio de…

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More Farms For Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY Wednesday.— The Minister for Lands (Mr. Dunn) to-day announced that agreement had been reached with, property…

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Progressive Farmer Coming Home

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 2

News has been received by the Rural Bank from the office of the Australian Consuiate-General in San Francisco that Mr. A. K. Gardiner,…

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Butter Rationing

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 1

The Director of Rationing, (Mr. J. B. Cumming) announced that when the last of the 52 coupons marked butter on page 5 of the food ration book are used…

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Cattle Values Unchanged

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Pitt. Son and Badgery report: 26,288 sheep and lambs, principally suitable trade quality, moderate showing…

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Dalgety’s Wool “Black” Dispute With Clerks’ Union

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Claims that the woolbroking firm of Dalgety and Company was endeavouring to foster a “company” or “scab”…

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Junior Farmers' Club

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

At the last meeting of the local Junior Farmers Club held in the Central School room, Mr. Nicod, the district; supervisor attended and screened an…

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