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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

1,593 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 80

Butter and Cheese Quotas

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA: The proportions of NSW butter and cheese production which may be sold in intrastate trade in NSW in…

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To-day’s Leader Output of British Workers Plans to Restore Jap Wool Industry Proposals of U.S. Military Authorities

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, November 1.—The trade journal “Daily News Record” in Washington states that it is learned that the American military authorities have bid down an ambitious plan to restore the Japanese wool industry, largely with…

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Sheep Dearer at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.— Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. report 18,116 sheep and lambs penned, principally good trade to prime. Lambs were firmer…

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Fat Cattle Values Rise at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 3

A yarding of 760 fat cattle at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day included a bigger proportion of choice quality medium-weight bullocks, and…

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Indians Arrive To Buy Australian Wheat

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 1

The Indian Food Mission arrived in Canberra yesterday to negotiate the purchase of 40,000,000 bushels of wheat…

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Excellent Upper Hunter Wheat Yield Expected

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 1

Upper Hunter wheat crops would yield from eight to 10 bags to the acre, said the District Agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson)…

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Wheat Harvest in Upper Hunter Early Start With Stripping In Scone District

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 4

Whilst agricultural conditions in the upper Hunter, north of Muswellbrook, are satisfactory, following several good fails of rain in the past two months, the lower Hunter and central coastal areas are in a bad way, little useful rain having…

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Selections in Progressive Farmer Contest

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 2

Successful candidates for the Central Coast Region in the Progressive Farmers’ Competition sponsored by the Rural Bank of…

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Farm Hand Leaves £50 Per Month Job 40-Hour Week Caused City Attraction

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 4

A Maitland farmhand who was paid £50 a month (quarter of the return from the farm), a rent-free house, and milk and…

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Progressive Farmer Central Coast Results Seaham and Raymond Terrace Producers Chosen

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 3

Successful candidates for the Central Coast Region in the Progressive Farmers' competition, sponsored by the Rural…

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Rain and Rust Damage Wheat Crop

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Although rain and rust will cause some reduction in the NSW wheat crop, the amount harvested will…

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Record Wheat Crop. Some Losses Expected. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 2

Although rain and rust will cause some reduction in the New South Wales wheat crop, the amount harvested would still be a record, the…

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Influx of Crooks to Wheat Belt

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 3

MOREE, Tuesday—Sydney and interstate crooks and confidence men, attracte to the wheat belt by big pay cheques, expected to…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

Fourteen members of the Advisory Committee met in the Masonic Hall on Thursday night last. Correspondence included…

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Dairy Export Control Bill Speech by Sir Earle Page

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 3

The alteration of the Dairy Produce Act, proposed by the Labor Government will destroy at one blow 30 years constructive work of those who…

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Dairy Experts

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 2

Two New Zealand dairy specialists arrived in Sydney on Wednesday last. The visit is part of the first stop in the Commonwealth…

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Wheat Storage At Merriwa

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 4

MERRIWA, Wed.—In reply to a request by the newly-formed branch of the Wheatgrowers’ Union for a bulk head, the Wheat…

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Rates Under Dairy Industry Award

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 2

Mr. L. C. Turton, general secretary of the Milk Zone Dairy men’s Council, advises that owing to an increase in the basic wage…

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Increases in Wages Under Dairying Industry Award New Rates of Pay From First November Pay Period

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 2

Owing to an increase in the basic wage the undermentioned rates of pay become operative under the Dairying Industry…

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"Radical Reorganisation" Needed for Dairy Industry

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 1

Radical reorganisation of the Australian dairying industry was overdue, the Rural Reconstruction Commission reported. The…

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