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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

1,593 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 80

Production Costs Rising Difficulties Facing Dairying Industry

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 5

A statement issued by Mr. F. J. Sedgwick, producers’ representative o& the Milk Board, draws attention to the difficulties being faced by dairymen in maintaining production…

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Junior Farmers Show Exhibits

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 5

RAYMOND TERRACE, Saturday. Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers Club decided to defer until a special meeting on Thursday a request by…

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Wool Broking President

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 1

Mr. r. [?] who has been re[?] of the Nationa[?] wool Selling bro[?] he is…

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Fat Cattle Show Rise at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 3

A smaller [?] of 700 fat cattle at Maitland yards to-day comprised a representative yarding of all [?] prime medium [?]…

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Stalin’s Offer of Wheat to Britain

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 6

LONDON, July 21—The .diplomatic correspondent of the [?] Sunday newspaper “The People” (published by O[?] Press and…

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Cattle and Sheep Firm

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 1

Cattle supplies increased to 2030 at yesterday's sales ate Flemington Prices for most descriptions were firm…

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Soap and Wool Seized

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY Tuesday. — Customs officers searched the baggage of passenger’s aboard the steamer Haleakala and seized…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 1

A public meeting to re-form the Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee was held in the Masonic Hall on Thursday last…

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Progressive Farmer Competition. Rural Bank Launches Another Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 4

THE U.S.A., Canada, and Great Britain will be toured by three New South Wales farmers under a plan of the Rural Bank of New South Wales…

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Dairying. Industry's Problems. Producers' Representative's Statement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 4

PRIOR to my appointment to the Milk Board as representative of producers, I had followed the practice, at intervals throughout the year, of…

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£92,335,940 Wool Cheque

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Wool sold in the Commonwealth during the year ended June 30 realised £92,335,940 according to…

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Bob's Farm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 2

The first meeting of the Ladies' Com[?] The first meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the R. S. L. was held on Thursday 17th July and it was gratifying to…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report:— The July series of wool sales in the London market opened last week under…

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Bright Wool Outlook

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 1

Unprecedented demand by the United States for foreign wool, because of greatly decreased domestic production and increased…

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Wool Sales in New Season

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Wool sale dates for the first part of the 1947-48 wool season have been allocated by the National Council…

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Reaction to U.s. Wool Bill at Geneva

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, July 25.—Uncertainty over American action on wool has caused a kind of chain reaction which is blocking…

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Bright Signs for Wool Sales on Private Account

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 2

Definite strengthening of private demand for better-class Merino fellmongered wool has been noted in Sydney lately…

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Dairy Farmers' Meeting Proposed Extension of Milk Zone Not Favored. Board Members at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 5

A meeting of members of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, held at Muswellbrook on Tuesday, was addressed by Messrs F. J. Sedgwick (producers' representative) and H. L. Denford (consumers' representative), members of the Milk Board…

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Cattle in Far West 25,000 Dipped at Lake Nash This Year

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 4

CATTLE movements in the Territory include three mobs of about 1200 head on the way down from Victoria River Downs. These…

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Record Wool Clip of £92,335,940 Average Was 24.484d. POUND

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Australian wool clip for the 1946-47 season set a new high when it realised £92,335,940. This is…

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