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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

1,593 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 80

£83 Per Acre for Farm

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 3

SINGLETON, Tuesday.—Bidding for Mr. A. E. Shearer’s dairy farm, at Glenden comprising 103 acres, reached £83 san acre when…

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Cattle Sale at Gunnedah

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 4

Fleming and Ross. Auctioneers, Gunnedah report having yarded 1437 good quality cattle at their special cattle sale on June 25…

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Validity of Wheat Regulations

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. — In a wheat test case the High Court to-day upheld the validity of the National Wheat Regulations…

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Farmer Charged With Cruelty

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 6

Further evidence was taken at West Maitland court to-day by Mr. H. L. Sargeso[?], P.M. on the charged against Peroy Legue, of Newcastle,…

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Sheep Dearer at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. report: 33,501 sheep and Iambs penned, the general quality improve. The market was…

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Stabilising Wool Market

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs.— The annual conference of the Australian Woolgrowers’ Council, which opened to-day, decided to appoint…

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Bob's Farm Talent Quest at WILLIAMTOWN

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 2

Bob's Farm Ladies' Committee held a talent quest and dance in the Williamtown Hall on Wednesday 25th June. Contestants from all over the district…

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Dairying Prospects Are Bright

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 4

The [?] dairy instructor for the district, Mr. J. W. G. Smith, reporting on [?] for Jane, said that there is pi[?] of feed…

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Synthetic Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 5

A Havard scientist has made a discovery which may lead to the manufacture of synthetic wool. He is Professor Robert…

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Gunnedah, Special Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 3

Fleming & Ross, auctioneers, Gunnedah, report having yarded 1437 good uality cattle at their special cattle sale on 25th June…

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Gunnedah Special Cattle Sate

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 7

Fleming and Ross, auctioneers, Gunnedah, report having yarded 1437 good quality cattle at their special cattle sale on Wednesday…

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Judge Upheld Wheat Regulations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—The validity of the wheat acquisition regulations and the Wheat Tax Act was up-held by Mr. Justice Williams in a…

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Big Increase in Wool Exports

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 3

In the eleven months ended May 31 last, Australian greasy wool exports increased by nearly 50 per cent. over the…

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Victoria Would Send Wheat for Coal

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 7

Victoria would be prepared to send up to 250 trucks of wheat a week to New South Wales if coal could be obtained, said a Victorian Railway…

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Bugs Bottle Bugs To Save California Crops

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 9

Professor Harry S. Smith of the Riverside Experiment Station has been busy since 1913, "coaxing good bugs to feed on bad bugs" in the course of…

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PPU President Surveyes Dairy Activities

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—In his report of the quarterly meeting of the Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers’ Union in…

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The Farmers' Handbook Revision Under Way

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 7

Revision of "The Farmers' Handbook," which is at present in its fifth edition, is beng undertaken by the Department of Agrculture. The…

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Smaller Wool Clip In Canada

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 4

OTTAWA: The total weight of Canadian grown fl[?]os wool grades in [?] regulated wool warehouses in 1946 was…

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Australia’s Views on the Reduction of Wool Tariffs

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 1

GENEVA, July 5.—The Australian Minister for Postwar Reconstruction, Mr. J. H. Dedman, said that the Australian delegation to the [?]erence was waiting for the United States to make the first gesture for the resumption of…

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Farm Land Development in Canada

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 5

OTTAWA: Loans for the clearing and breaking of [?]2,000 sores of new land were made in Canada to 1946 by the branches of the chartered…

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