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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,484 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 75

Dairy Notes Dairy Cattle At Singleton Show

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 3

Commenting on the recent Singleton show, Maitland dairy officer, Mr. J. W. G. Smith, said the display of dairy cattle was…

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Wheat Plan

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday. — The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. R. T. Pollard, said in Parliament that 63.7 per Cent,…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 6

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd,, report 14th October:…

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Butter, Tea, Petrol To Remain Rationed

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 8

Butter, tea and petrol will be rationed for another year. A bill introduced into the House of Representatives by…

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Singleton Wool Brings 77¾d

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 6

Wool offered at the Newcastle sales yesterday, on account W. Foden, Minimbah, realised 77[?]d for 15 bales AAA…

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The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance Company Limited. 14th October, l948. Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 7

We submitted a catalogue of 9,248 bales on Wednesday, 13th instant, the selection including many good style clips, principally from the…

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Better Wool Demand. American, and Local Buyers Quiet

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—More widely distributed competition for wool has resulted in a slight upward trend in prices for merinos. At…

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Better Wool Demand American and Local Buyers Quiet

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: More widely distributed competition for wool has resulted in a slight upward trend in prices…

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Upper Hunter Junior Farmers’ Field Day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 3

MUSWELLBROOK—The Upper Hunter District Council of the Junior Farmer movement held Its first combined field day…

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Do Not Blame the Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1948 · page 4

With the world to-day depending Upon production from the farm, We ask why folk in the cities Try to do us harm…

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Gloucester Town and Dairy Properties Bring Good Prices at Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1948 · page 1

There was a large attendance at the sale at Gloucester of town and dairy properties a/c executors in the estate of the late John West, conducted by…

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Sanitation on Poultry Farm

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1948 · page 6

Any outbreak of pullorum disease in a brooder house will necessitate disinfection after infected stock have been removed and before [?]w…

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Cattle Cheaper At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: 34,910 penned of mixed quality. The market opened fully 2/…

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Wool Sales New Zealand Loan

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. submitted a catalogue of 3970 [?]ales at the second series of…

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Dairy Farmers' Income £2,000,000

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 4

Income of the Tweed district farmers totalled almost £2.000.000 for the year ended June 30. Dairy production was a record…

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Sheep and Cattle Lower

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report that 34,910 sheep and lambs and 2248 cattle were offered in Sydney yesterday. The sheep were mostly good trade…

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Chorioptic Mange in Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 2

Chorioptic mange is a mild, infrequent form of mange caused by the mite Chorioptes Bovis. It lives on the surface of the skin…

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EDITORIAL Wheat Stabilisation

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 2

THE decision of the wheatgrowers of South Australia in favour of the Federal Government’s wheat stabilisation plan makes its implementation a certainty. Over 60 per cent of growers in the wheat States (West…

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World’s Wool Consumption

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 1

TORONTO, Oct. 26.— World consumption of wool in 1949 is expected to be about 27 per cent greater than raw wool…

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Origin of Butter and Its Uses Through the Ages. Interesting Rotary Address

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 6

An interesting address on the origin of butter and its uses down through the ages was given by Mr. W. Alcock, Manager of the Cessnock branch of the Hunter Valley Dairy Company, at the meeting of the Cessnock Rotary Club last Thursday night…

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