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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

1,448 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 73

Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Grain Insurance & Agency Campany Ltd. ,lst October, 1946, report :—…

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Malaya Wants Sheep Queensland Had to Reject Order

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 1

Queensland has had to reject an order to supply sheep and goats to Malaya. A Brisbane firm of stock agents…

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Dairy Company Ballot

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 2

GLOUCESTER—The result of the ballot for directors of the Gloucester Dairy Go resulted as follows: R. L. trigging 193, S. R…

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Bumper Fruit Crop In Canada

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 4

OTTAWA: A particularly outlook for fruit production in Canada this year is forecast by the first official estimate…

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Farm Taken to City Innovation in Britain

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 4

A farm at work in the middle of a city is Britain's new scheme for publicising agriculture. The famous Goose Fair site, in…

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Butter From Coal

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 1

Recently the daily newspapers reported that in Germany how but -was being made from coal. It is actually being made from paraffin—a…

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Sheep Dog Travels 180 Miles Back Home

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 2

A story of the amazing sagacity, homing sense and tenacity of purpose of an 18 months old sheep dog, is related by Mr. C. Imeson, of Grafton…

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Smallest Wool Clip In 15 Years

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.—The current season’s wool clip probably will be the smallest in fifteen years, the clip for 1930-31 having been…

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DAIRYING Blending of Cream on the Farm Importance in Relation to Quality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 4

It is the practice with very many farmers to keep the cream obtained from each separation in different utensils, and only mix these together just…

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Unrest Growing Among Dairymen. "Milk Price Below Production Cost."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 1

Unrest is growing among dairymen supplying the Milk Board because, with the discontinuance of the subsidy, the price has dropped…

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Good Money Is Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 2

"You had to be dumb from the toenails up if you did not make good money from farming in Scotland during the war," said Professor John…

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Diseases of the Udder of Dairy Cows

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 4

Since it secretes the milk which is the staple product of the dairy farm, the health of the udder of the cow is of prime importance to the farmer…

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Hough Treatment Reduces Dairy Cows' Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 4

The cow is a very nervous animal, and harsh treatment easily upsets her Often the better the breeding and the greater the production, the more…

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Approval for Slaughtering of Suspect Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 5

Slaughtering of suspect cattle at Maitland abattoirs has been approved, the Chief of the Division of Animal industry of the…

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Wool Report the Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd, 10th OCTOBER, 1946

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 3

We submitted our catalogue of 5496 bales on Wednesday, 9th inst., the selection feeing representative to a large extent of the mid-western…

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Flock of Sheep Get Run-around P.p. Board Meets Owner in Travelling Charges

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 2

Ross L. Hardy, of Lane Cove, got into some bother with a flock of sheep he bought at Scone Saleyards recently. He applied…

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Canadian Tobacco Crop Smaller

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 6

OTTAWA—The third report of the commercial crop of lest tobacco in Canada in 1945 has just been issued and included revised…

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Decrease in Dairy Herds

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA. Wed— The Commonwealth statistician (Dr. Rolland Wilson) reveals that dairy herds in Australia decreased by…

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Technical Agriculture Aids Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 3

OTTAWA: To a continually to creasing degree, the farmers of Canada are drawing on technical agriculture for the better…

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Answer to a Crop Destroyer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 2

Gammexane, new British insecticide, will eliminate pests. Extensve trials over two years with gammexane, a new insecticide…

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