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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,484 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 75

Referendum of Wheatgrowers. Wheat Stabilisation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 4

Mr. S. Ick-Hewins, general secretary of the Graziers'. Association of N.S.W., writes:—The cereal committee of the…

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Fibres No Threat To Wool

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Professor George Jayme, a world authority on synthetic fibres, said that synthetic fibres would not…

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Butter and Tea Rationing. Will Continue Into 1949. CANBERRA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 2

Butter and tea rationing will be continued into next year, the Minister for Trade and Customs, Senator Courtice, said to-day New ration…

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Monster Sale of Sheep: 19,000. Head Scone Yards: Tuesday, 12th OCTOBER

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

The most important sale of sheep in the history of the Upper Hunter, and of Northern N.S. Wales for that, is listed for…

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Flan To Divert Cattle To Saleyards

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

Mr. E. W. Benson submitted a plan at the monthly meeting of Maitland Pastures Protection Board which would divert cattle…

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Maitland Stock Sales Fat Cattle Values Ease

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 3

Medium-weight bullocks were plentiful, although heavier classes were scarce, at Campbell's Hill saleyards on Monday. Cows, bullocks and young…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Milk Prices Mr. Turton's Statement

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 3

A certain amount of contusion exists in regard to prices payable to dairymen for milk delivered to the Milk Board during summer months…

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Inoculation of Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 2

SINGLETON: The Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board decided to write to the Council of Advice, Department…

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Cattle Cheaper At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs. — Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report.—82 847 sheep of mixed quality. Stickers were brighter and prime…

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High Prices for A.i.s. Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 4

Messrs. J. Enright G. J. Alexander and J. P Idstein report that AIS breeders, from many parts of NS Wales attended the…

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Improving Dairy Herds

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 8

The Division of Dairying Department of Agriculture, supplies the following information under the rules governor Division of…

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Heavy Cattle 20/Lower

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report, of yesterday's Sydney markets:— 32849 sheep and lambs, mostly good quality, grown sheep and old lambs. Market,…

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Plashett Cattle for Melbourne Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 1

The well-known "Plashett" Milking Shorthorn Stud from Jerry's Plains is sending a team of six heead of cattle to the…

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Butter and Tea Ration to Continue

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 8

Rationing of tea and butter would continue next year, the Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator Courtice) said, during the week…

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Alleged Hoarding Of Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 5

The Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Finnan) said this week that the State Government would thoroughly…

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Increase In N.S.W. Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 5

The number of sheep in N.S. Wales at March 31, 1948, was 46,065,000—a recovery of 3,000,000 for the year—but the…

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The Country Producers' Wool Refund

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 9

The annual report of the Country Producers' Selling Company Limited, published elsewhere in this issue, reveals that…

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District A.i.s. Cattle for Melbourne Show

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 8

Eleven head of cattle of the Australian lllawarra Shorthorn breed will represent Singleton and Jerry's Plains studs at the…

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Butter Output at Hexham

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 2

The Hunter Valley Co-op, Dairy Co. Ltd. reports that butter manufactured in August totalled 35 tons and milk products 50…

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Award for the Dairy Industry

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: At a meeting of the executive committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council, the proposed application by the A.W.U. for…

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