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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 84

Wool and American Conditions Contrasting Situations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: United States conditions and the trend of Australian wool…

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Retail Price of Butter Probable Rise From July 1

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 6

The retail price of butter will probably rise by 2d a lb. from July 1 next. The rise would result from an…

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N.s.w. Farmers Have Say. Seek Dairy Scheme Till 1957. Plan Rural Policy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

Nine New South Wales rural producers framed recommendations on this State's rural problems that were adopted by the Liberal Party's Federal…

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New South Wales Farmers Have a Say Seek Dairy Scheme Till 1957

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 6

Nine New South Wales rural producers framed recommendations on this State's rural problems that were…

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Dairy Production Scheme Impracticable General Motions’ Before P.P.U. Delegates

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

Delegates to the meeting in Maitland Town Hall of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the Primary Producers’ Union described as futile and impracticable able the production competition recently outlined by the…

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Success of Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 4

Congratulations are being extended to Millfield and Paxton Junior Farmers, who were successful in the Newcastle Show:…

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Singletonians Win at Maitland Show Factory Does Well in Dairy Section

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

Many Singletonians entering exhibits for competition at the current Maitland show have given a good account of…

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Death of Farm Laborer Poison Theory

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 7

The Criminal Investigation Branch is investigating the death of a 28-years-old farm laborer of Newbridge, near…

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Scone Sheep Market

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Scone, report having yarded 12,680 sheep at their store sheep sale held in the Scons…

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Dairy Cattle Feature of Maitland Show Ayrshires and Friesians Grow in Popularity

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 2

Dairy cattle wore again a strong feature of the Maitland Show and great interest centred in the judging of the various breeds. This work was…

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Cheaper Wool in Uniforms

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, March 6.— The US Army Quartermaster Corps announced that it had lowered, the standards of wool which…

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Stored Wool May Effect Royal Show

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday. — It the £2,000,000 worth of wool stored at Sydney Show Ground is not removed before the staging of the…

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The Farmer's Job's an Easy One—oh Yeah!

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 1

"The farmer does not have to know much! Aside from, knowing how to milk, stook wheat, play obstethician to a Jersey cow, train a dog, put…

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Store Sheep Market

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., (inc. in Eng.), Scone, report having yarded 12,680 sheep at their…

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Cattle Dearer at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.— Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report 25,859 sheep penned. Prime lambs were scarce. Best quality Iambs were 1/ to 2/…

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America's New Sheep Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

Claimed to be a new American sheep, which has been under development for 17 years, the Montadale appeared at the 50th…

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Lime in Drought Feeding of Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

The importance of lime supplements when cereal grain mixtures are used for the drought-feeding of sheep is stressed in CSIRO…

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Australian Wool Not World's Best

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

Despite any belief to the contrary in this country the Australian merino is not the world's finest wool grower. This honor…

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Local and General News Local Cattle Win Maitland Milking Competitions

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

Friesian cows entered by W. Clifton, of Singleton, beat the Jersey entries of the Australasian Missionary College, of…

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Dairy Production Classes

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

In the type and production classes for Jerseys at Maitland show, the winner, Gresford Claria, produced under official…

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