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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

1,593 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 80

Dairying . Production On Hunter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 4

Reporting on seasonal conditions during September, the district dairy officer, Mr. J. W. O. smith, states that September has not been what…

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Gunnedah Special Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 3

Fleming & Ross, Gunnedah, and Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., Sydney auctioneers in conjunction, report having yarded 2630 attractive…

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Canadian Wheat Price

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 6

OTTAWA, Oct 3.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, announced that two dollars (12/6 Aust.) a bushel would be the…

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Record Wool Yield

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 3

YOUNG, Friday.—Wool yield during shearing operations at the property of Fontenoy Pty. Ltd., Carraburrama, is believed…

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Breeding Grounds Of Sheep Blowflies

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 3

The importance of live sheep as against carcases as breeding grounds for primary sheep blowflies is stressed in Bulletin 217, just issued…

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Australian Wheat For England

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 5

LONDON, October 3. — The Ministry for Food is negotiating with the Australian Wheat Board for 60 million bushels of wheat,…

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Increase In Wool Export Prices

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 3

Export prices of Australian wool have more than doubled in the past 12 months. The Commonwealth Statistician…

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Strong Wool Position : U.s.a. Mills Busy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reports: Millmen in the United States have found, and continue to find a ready demand for the goods…

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Wool Values Firm at Closing of Week's Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The market ruled firm for finer qualities at the closing wool auctions of the week in Sydney today…

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U.s. May But More Wool in Australia

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 4

America is expected to purchase big quantities of wool in Australia this season, particularly the finer spinners' Merinos…

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The Wool Market N.Z.L. & M.A. Coy., Ltd., reports:—

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 4

On Monday, 29th September, we brought forward a representative selection of early shorn Merino, comeback and crossbred clip wool…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 3rd OCTOBER, 1947. Our Best Primary Product. Demand for Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 3

Australia, one of the world's great primary producing countries, has experienced an unprecedented demand for her products…

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Dairymen Want Subsidy Maintained

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 1

Farmers would not tolerate any decrease in the price of raw milk by way of reduced subsidy, said the…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Meeting of Management Committee

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 4

A well attended meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 25th September, Mr. F. Sedgwick, producers' representative on the Milk Board, attending…

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Junior Farmers' Club Movement Reformed Locally

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 4

A meeting was held at Hunter Street School yesterday at which the Singleton Junior Farmers' Club was re-formed. Twenty-three boys and…

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Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 3

SINGLETON, Sat.—A meeting of the Singleton Junior Earners’ Club was held at Hunter-street school, when 23 boys and five girls became…

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London Wool Sales

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 October 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Oct. 6,—The fifth aeries of London wool sales closed on Friday on a firm note. Home trade and Continental…

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Pine Grade Wool Favoured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 October 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Oct. 5—The wool expert of the trade newspaper, “Daily’ News Record,” commenting on current high prices, save…

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Fat Cattle Best For Some Time

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 October 1947 · page 3

A heavier yarding of 950 fat cattle was forward at Camphell’s Hill saleyards to-day. The quality was the best for some time and…

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Wool Report The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 October 1947 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 8,240 bales on Tuesday, 30th September, drawn to a large extent from the central Western areas,…

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