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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,484 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 75

Delegate Reports on P.p.u. Executive Session Matters of Interest to Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 7

Mr. A. N. Collard, Central Hunter District Council delegate, the course of is report on the quarterly meeting of the…

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Have Women Advantage in Cattle Drafts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 3

A suggestion that, because of their weight advantage, women should not be allowed to compete against men in cattle drafts at the forthcoming…

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Poland Offers Coal For Wool

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat. —In exchange for Australian wool, Sydney Country Council has received an offer of 500,000 tons of coal from…

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Sheep Cheaper in Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday—Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. report: 21,602 sheep and lambs penned, mostly suitable trade quality. The market was…

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Pig And Poultry Farmers Hit

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 1

Railway restrictions through the coal shortage will prevent the coal shortage will prevent chicken and pig fanners from…

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"Sod Top" Orchard Australian Farmer at Toronto. Canada

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 2

"Rarely have 1 seen better trees, or a finer display of blossom; the cherry trees in particular beting a picture almost…

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Wheat Guarantee

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday. —The Federal Minister for Commerce (Mr Pollard) placed before State Ministers for Agriculture a plan…

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Wheat Transport Problem

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—About 40,000,000 bushels of Wheat still stacked in the country threaten a serious transport problem if it…

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Crop Prospects, Bright in Hunter Valley Abundant Feed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 4

Copious rain was recorded in the district during June. This rain was most welcome in the Upper Hunter, especially for wheat…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Recent Milk Zone Extension

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

Mr. W. Elkin, senior Vice-President, and Mr. L. C. Turton, general Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, recently paid…

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Scone Market Report Sheep, Cattle, Pigs and Calves

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (Inc. in Eng.), Scone, report having yarded 174 mixed cattle and…

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Wheat growers Approve Commonwealth Scheme Will Be Submitted To States

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Although it will propose some amendments, the Australian Wheat growers’ Federation executive has generally approved the Commonwealth Government’s new wheat stabilisation plan…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Recent Milk Zone Extension

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 1

Mr. W. Elkin, Senior Vice-president, and L. C. Turton, General Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, recently paid a brief visit to the areas…

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Dairying a Cinderella No More

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 4

For 25 years the dairy industry was known as the Cinderella of Agriculture, said the Minister for Commerce and Industry (Mr. Pollard) in Sydney…

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Dairying How Milk Is Made

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 4

The chief ingredients of milk are made in the cells of the udder from raw products of the blood, only a small portion of the milk substances being…

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Farm Hand Kicked by Horse

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

Leonard Walter Bennett, 20, farm hand, of Stanhope - Grange, Vacy, was kicked by a horse yesterday afternoon and received a…

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The Dairy Industry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 4

In a vigorous attack upon the Chifley Government for its attitude to the dairying Industry the Federal Country Party Leader Mr. Fadden, said there were facts which…

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Wheat Guarantee

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Federal Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) placed before State Ministers for Agriculture a plan…

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Wheat Plan Support

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday—The NSW Wheatgrowers’ Union accepted the proposed Federal States wheat stabilisation plan with…

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High Price for Locally-bred Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

At Homebush yesterday 20 Cuan-bred Aberdeen Angus cross steers made to £30, averaging £28/18/6…

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