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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 84

Only Half Wheat Farmers Voted

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 1

Of 28,000 ballot papers sent to wheat farmers for voting in the N.S. Wales section of the first Australian Wheat Board…

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Wool Theft Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.—Charged with having had six bales of wool Suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained, Ronald Keir,…

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Beef Cattle and Fat Stock

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 4

Mr. Lewis Waller, of Wallarobba, judged the Beef Cattle and Fat Stock sections. Mr. Wailer said Shorthorn classes showed plenty of quality, the…

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Live Stock Review Store Sheep Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

Sufficient auction sales of sheep took place last week to prove that buyers are still nursing a grudge against high prices…

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Gunnedah Sheep Sale Postponed Now Thursday, 12th May

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 1

Messrs. Brady & Ewing (Gunnedah) and Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. (Forbes) announce. the postponement of their special 12,000…

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Sale of Dairy Farms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 1

A Canberra message says:— The Minister for Post-war Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) said that promotion schemes involving dairy…

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Farm Produce

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 4

The Farm Produce section was also judged by Mr. Thompson, who said the winning maize exhibit in Class 1 by Mr. J. C. Nicholls was not so well…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Mr. J. B. Carlton President

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 3

At the fifth annual meeting of the above, held in Sydney on 20th April, Mr. J. B. Carlton, of Dungog, was elected President. For the past four…

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Can't Take Farm to City

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 1

Stud breeders had the opportunity of exhibiting their stock at the Sydney Royal Show, but the dairy farmer could not take…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Annual Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

The fifth annual meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Counciu was held in Sydney on 20th inst., Mr. E. J. Noble, of Jamberoo, presiding. The meeting, one of the…

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Raworth Farmers Complain

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 3

Four residents of Raworth wrote to to-day’s meeting of Lower Flaunter Shire Council complaining of the untrafficaable condition of the…

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Farmers Take The Least Holidays

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 1

Only half of Australia's adult population has had a holiday of two weeks or more away from home in the past 12 months…

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Dairy Cows Dislike Mosquitoes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 3

According to the N.S.W. Depa[?]ment of Agriculture's dairy chief (Mr. G. McGillivray) mosquitoes in the central coastal…

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Farmers' Return Decides Wages

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

Primary producers were prepared to pay reasonable wages and provide good conditions if returns for their products made…

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Prime Cattle Firm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson report 40,829 sheep penned, of mixed quality. The market opened practically unchanged. Best ewes to 5[?] d. lb.,…

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Dairy Farm Competitions

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 1

Stud breeders had the opportunity of exhibiting their stock at the Sydney Royal Show, but the dairy farmer could not take his farm to the city and show people how…

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Twenty-five Dairy Cows Electrocute

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 5

Twenty-five cows rained at more than £500 were electrocuted on a Lochinvar dairy farm at 6.30 last night…

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Dairy Cattle Electrocuted At Lochinvar

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

Twenty-five dairy cattle were electrocuted at a Lochinvar dairy farm last night when a high tension wire,' carrying 6,000 volts fell on a wire…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Farmers & Graziers' Coop. Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. report 21st. April, 1949: We submitted a catalogue of…

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