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Farming & the land, 1946

1,448 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 72 of 73

Dairymen Vote for Strike Claim for Subsidy to Be Renewed Scone Branch M.Z.D.C. Carries Motion Without Dissentient

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 1

History was made in Scone last night when a largely attended meeting of members of the local branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council—there were at least seventy members present, irrespective of proxies forwarded — resolved,…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Milk Price Controversy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 7

At a stormy meeting of the Singleton branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council on Tuesday last, it was decided to empower Central…

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Of Mastitis in Dairy Herds

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 2

Most cases of mastitis that occur on the dairy farm are contagious. Not only is the infection transmitted from cow to cow by…

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Fair Deal for the Dairying Industry

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 4

The great difficulties and most unfair conditions under which the dairymen of this State ere endeavouring to carry on at the…

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Fair Deal Promised For Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. McKell) said in the Legislative Assembly that if the drought relief scheme for milk producers was found to be unfair, every…

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Withholding Milk Supplies Maitland Dairymen Will Back Council Executive

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1946 · page 4

The Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council, at a meeting in West Maitland last night, decided to support the executive in any action it may take in regard to securing a better price or in fixing a date for withholding…

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Recording of Dairy Herds Pays

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1946 · page 6

“There is no doubt that herd recording for production of dairy cows becomes very interesting.” said Mr. J. W. G. Smith, senior…

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Show Prizes For Guernsey Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY: The committee of the New South Wales branch of the Guernsey Cattle Society of Australia decided at its last…

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General Deterioration in Pastoral Conditions Stock Inspector Reports to P. P. Board

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 4

Mr F. G. Fielder, acting stock inspector to Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board, in making his monthly report to…

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Bitter Winter in Europe Crops Ruined and Transport Dislocated

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 1

The coldest weather in Western Europe since 1929 has dislocated train, time-tables, grounded planes and destroyed crops from Poland to England. Canals in and around Paris are frozen over and…

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"Overstocking" of Dairy Cows an Objectionable Practice

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

When newly calved cattle are displayed for sale, it frequently happens that the owner, desiring to attract attenion o the capaciy of the…

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Prizes For Guernsey Cattle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 6

The committee of the New South Wales Branch of the Guernsey Cattle society of Australia, decided at its last meeting to donate prizes on a…

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Soil Fertility and Butter Costs

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. — Allowance should be made for the maintenance of soil fertility when calculating the cost of production of a pound of…

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P.p.u. Discusses the Butter Situation

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The absence of an assurance that any increase in the price of butter would be retrospective to the date of the…

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Radio-speaking Contest Junior Farmers on the Air

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 2

To encourage the art of self-expression among junior farmers who are to be our agricultural leaders, the Junior Farmers' Club Council of New…

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Dairymen's Claim for Better Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 2

The Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council at a meeting at West Maitland on Saturday night, decided to support the executive in any…

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Dairymen Vote for Claim for Subsidy To Be Renewed. Scone Branch of the M.Z.D.C. Carries Motion Without Dissentient

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 1

History was made in Scone on Thursday night last when a largely attended meeting of members of the Scone branch of the Milk Zone…

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Milk Board to Meet Dairymen on Strike Threat

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 1

Representatives of the Milk Board conferred with the Milk £one Dairymen's Council on the dairymen's threat to withhold supplies of milk…

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Dairymen — and the Strike

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 2

This paper has never believed in strikes, and on more than one occasion has trenchantly and adversely condemned strikers and those…

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Found Dead on Poultry Farm

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday —A poultry farmer was found dead in a feed shed on his property near Rooty Hill. Both eyes had been Merced…

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