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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

1,593 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 80

Brick Dairy to Cost £370

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 4

Included in building applications approved by Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day was a brick dairy estimated to cost £370…

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Butter Output Lower

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 3

Butter production in Australia during February of this year showed a drop of 12,664 tons, compared with 14,152 tons for the…

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Special Cattle Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 2

Mason and Clemens, Auctioneers, of Maitland, announce in this issue a special cattle sale to be held next Tuesday, 22nd April, at the Maitland…

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Optional Sheep Branding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 3

N.S.W. graziers, who are compelled at present to brand their sheep, may soon have the option of deciding whether to continue or discard the…

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Cattle Drafting at "The Royal"

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 2

The actual results of the camp drafting competitions at the recent Royal Show have been supplied this office by Mr. V. T. Hall…

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Airsown Wheat Tests In Britain Novel and Ingenious Devices

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 4

Experimental sowings of wheat from aircraft are now being made in Britain in an attempt to overcome some…

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Milk Zone Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 1

At the special meeting of the Denman branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council it was decided to ask all milk suppliers in the Upper…

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North-West Will Have Big Crops

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 3

Much activity throughout the North-West in the preparation of soils for what might be a record sowing of wheat and other cereals…

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Higher Prices To Correct Farmers’ Poverty

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 5

During the difficult and dangerous war years the people [?] to the federal Labour Party to Carry them through which it did with…

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Cattle Dearer At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.— Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: 23, 187 sheep [?]enned, of tedium quality. The market opened very…

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Bullock and Sheep Had Assessors Guessing

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 2

As usual, the weight guessing competition of the fat bullock and fat sheep at the rodeo, saw a good range of estimates of weights. The correct…

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Britain Plans Homes for Farm Workers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 6

A special housing programme for Britain's rural areas has now been announced by the Government of the United Kingdom and tenders have been…

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Cattle Sale

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 5

Mason and Cimens report a successful sale of dairy and store cattle at Maitland yards on Tuesday last A good yarding of dairy…

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Mystery Disease in Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 4

Alarm is being caused in the Gympie (Q.) district by a mysterious disease among dairy cattle, affecting their nervous…

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Retrospective If Butter Price Increased

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, .Thursday.—Any: increase in the 'price of butter decided as a result of the investigations of the joint Dairy industry…

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Merino Wool to 55½

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Six bales of, greasy merino fleece from Yass sold to 55½ a 1b at Sydney wool sales The remained from at recent…

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Dairy Output at Gloucester

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 4

GLOUCESTER Thursday—Distribution of £31,927,/1/2 by Gloucester Co-operative ..Society to suppliers March was a record…

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Farmer Heavily Fined

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.-At the Central Summons Court to-day Colin Howard White, Gunnedah farmer end…

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Labour Makes Appeal to Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 2

Speaking at Woodville and Largs, Mr. W. P. O’Hearn Labour candidate said that never before had farmers received better prices for…

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Kempsey Show Beef Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 4

The Upper Macleay is essentially the beef cattle graziers' paradise— the Durhams and Shorthorns, unhappily, of the Upper Macleay were…

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