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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,484 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 75

Future of Wool Sales Woolclassers' New Award

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

N.Z.L. & M.A. Coy. Ltd. reports:— All Northern wool selling centres are now in recess and will…

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Junior Farmers'

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club was held in the central School room, on Thursday Accounts associated with the show were…

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First Private Wool for Japan

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 1

TOKIO, March 17.—More than 500 bales of wool— the first private Australian shipment since 1947— has been unloaded at Kobe…

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Dairy Chief Praises Farm Competition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 1

Resumption of the coastal dairy farm championship competition by "The Farmer and Settler," in conjunction with the N.S.W. Department of…

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U.S. Wool Prices

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 4

WASHINGTON, March 28.— The Department of Agriculture has announced an increase of one to four cents a [?]…

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[?]Heroic Sovereign Atones for Doncaster Defeat Narrowly Beats Deep Sea in C.W. Cropper Handicap

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Heroic Sovereign added to a [?] record by winning the C. W. Cropper Handicap at Randwick this afternoon. Coming with a late run, he beat Deep Sea in a photo…

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Princes to Study Farming

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two student princes were among the passengers who arrived from England by Qantas Constellation…

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Farmer Dies Suddenly While Mowing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 3

Mr. Waiter John Hollings worth, 69, a well-known farmer, of 65 Cultivation-road West Maitland collapsed and died…

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New Pastoral Award Sought

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

A new pastoral award will be sought for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania this…

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Butter Exports To Britain

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Exports of butter and Cheese to Britain would teach record levels by the end of the financial year on…

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5000 Cattle Through Local Yards Last Month

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

In his monthly report to last week's monthly meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council, the saleyards inspector (Mr. B. G…

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Better Wool Demand Australia's Expanding Customers

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

The better tone recently noticeable in the wool market has continued. Prices for tops in most centres abroad reflect more…

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Canberra [?] What of Wheat? World Agreement—and New Zealand Deal

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

While Australian primary producers, and especially wheat growers, are awaiting anxiously the promised Government announcement of details of the pending international wheat agreement, a few unkind critics of the Government have been recalling details of the Australia-New Zealand wheat…

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Cattle Market Unaltered

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: 28,875 sheep and lambs, principally trade quality with a light showing of…

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Australian Wool Exports

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 2

Australia exported only 282,980 bales of greasy wool to the United states In the eight months ended February, against 715,294…

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Shorthorn Cattle

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 7

For size, weight, symmetry, early maturity and feeding qualities. Shorthorns are noted and very few breeds surpass them for quality of beef and carcase. The typical Shorthorn in England are dual-purpose animals; and they can be bred…

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Wheat of Wheat? World Agreement and New Zealand Deal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

While Australian primary producers, and especially wheat grow, en, are awaiting anxiously the promised Government…

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World Decrease in Fine Wool. London Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report:—It is hoped to resume wool auctions in Sydney on Monday, 5th April. That being the…

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World Decrease in Fine Wool London Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 5

It is hoped to resume wool auctions in Sydney on Monday, April 5. reports the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile…

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Americans After a Super Wheat

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 8

American plant breeders are attempting to evolve a wheat that is immune to rust and smut resists drought and yet yields…

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