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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

1,448 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 73

Sheep Skins for Imitation Furs

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1946 · page 6

PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa) (Associated - Press) An American-perfected “secret process” for converting sheepskins…

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New Industry for Scotland Seaweed Crop on Doorstep

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1946 · page 2

EDINBURGH, Scotland (Associated Press). — Scotland is promised a new industry from a crop which need not be…

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Sheep Firm at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: 35,123 sheep penned, of fair quality. The market was firm. Best…

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Fat Cattle Prices Good at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 3

A yarding of 1100 fat cattle was forward at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day, including, some special lines of bullocks and cows…

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Butter Export Figures

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Ex[?] of butter from the Common [?] during the year ended [?] last totalled 61,994 tons,…

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Wool Rises in Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE: “Compared with the previous series batter class well-grown fleeces and [?] were 5 to [?]…

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48¼d for Super Combing Wool

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Tuesday — Five bales of super combing merino, from Lake Bolac western district branded GP/ELD, Lake Bolac,…

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Message to Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

Messrs Jones, Berry and Co. advise farmers that Mr. Reg. Day, expert representative of Buzacott Nunan Spray Irrigation Plant, will be in the…

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Dehydrated Lucerne in U.s.a. "Progressive Farmer" Returns"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 3

Dehydration of lucerne was becomin very general in the United States, and the men using it claim that the vitamin A content is about 25 times…

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Farmers Had Been Too Modest

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

WINGHAM: Mr. S. K. Paine auditor of the Manning Co-operative Bacon Society Ltd., said at the society’s annual meeting…

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Only Solution Is Rationing Poultry Farmers’ Feed Problems

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—the only solution of poultry farmers’ feed problems appears to be the reintroduction of rationing of all…

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U.s. Farmers Income

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON October, 23 — The American farmers he[?] income is 1946 is estimated at 14 [?] dollars [?] with…

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Butter Output at Hexham

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 2

During the month of September the Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd., at Hexham manufactured 99 tons of butter, 98…

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Queensland Wool Record

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Greasy wool realised a Queensland record price of 499d at the wool sales. Values of all…

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Queensland Wool Records

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 2

Queensland records for both greasy and scoured wools were established yesterday at the Brisbane sales, when the second series of the current…

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Dairymen’s Request for Subsidy

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY Wednesday.— The Minister for Health (Mr. Kelly) told a deputation from the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council that the…

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Milk Subsidy Under Consideration Demand by Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 2

A deputation from the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council yesterday asked that the Slate Government secure without delay an…

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Greasy Wool Sells to 42½d

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday. — Highest price for greasy wool at to-day’s wool sales was 42[?]d for six bales from Neenah Park on…

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British Markets for Dairy Produce

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 3

Mr. J. I. Scarr, manager of the Hunter Dairy Company has advice from the Company's agents in London of the agreement made with the Danish, farmers for…

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Review of the Dairy Industry

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 2

Prescott Pty Ltd. in a review of the dairy industry in Australia, states that although several districts in NSW had had…

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