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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 84

Wool and Artificial Fibres. Australian Mill Activity

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Demand for wool shows no signs of slackening. The season's supplies have consisently found ready buyers and…

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Wool and Artificial Fibres Australian Mill Activity

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson,. Ltd., report: Demand for wool shows no sign of slackening. The season's supplies have…

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Newcastle Wool Sales U.k. Still Best Customer

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 6

N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. Ltd. report : — "Wool auctions in Sydney were limited to one day, Monday, June…

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More Than 100 Farmers Fight Erosion

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 5

More than 100 farmers in N.S. Wales have contracted to fight erosion on their properties, under the Soil…

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Poultry Farmers Protest

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 4

CESSNOCK , Friday.—At a meeting of the Cessnock and district poultry farmers last night, it was decided to protest…

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Rugging of Dairy Cows Pays

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 3

“Colder weather has been experienced over the past few days this can be expected. severe cold weather has…

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Vacy Farms Are Well Equipped

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 3

VACY: Farmers of the Vaey district are keeping abreast with the times, by equipping their farms with modern machinery…

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Hopes to Become a Farmer Further Nominated Immigrants Arrive

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 3

Newly arrived Scottish immigrants to Australia, Mr and Mrs James Reynolds and their four children will stay…

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"Perennial Wheat" Canadian Experiment May Be Followed Here

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 3

When Mr. Wallace Meares, of "Bogabigal," Forbes, was in Canada with the Rural Bank Progressive Farmer…

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Dead Stock a Grotesque Picture 47 Cattle Caught in Flood

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 3

After the flood waters receded at Whittingham racecourse farm yesterday morning, over 20 cows and 17 calves were hanging drowned in all sorts of grotesque positions, up trees, over bails, on fences,…

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Denman Special Dairy Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 3

Owing to weather conditions and local floods, Higgens, Parkipson and Co's. special dairy cattle sale, arranged to be held to-day, has been…

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Scone Stock Market Store Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 2

New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co. Ltd (inc. in England), Scone, report having conducted their store sheep sale at the Scone Municipal…

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Young New Zealand Farmers. Eventful Trip to Muswellbrook. Progress Decayed by Floods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 1

Twelve members of the Young Farmers' League from New Zealand who are visiting New South Wales reached Muswellbrook on…

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Dairying. Identical Twins' Research. Co.-Op. Company's Aid

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 4

The Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Co., Hexham, is collaborating with the McGarvie Smith Animal Husbandry Farm of the…

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New Zealand Ruakura Research Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 3

Continuing their description of a recetn tour to the Dominion, Messrs. Geo. and Angus .Mackay write: This unit, ns you can see, entails a…

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Flood Did Not Divert Dairyman from His Duty Stood by Community During the Crisis

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 1

Here is the simple story of a flood episode which, from the viewpoint of the men and women who toil year in, year out, in the dairying industry in the Singleton district may appear…

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Tea-butter for Flood Victims

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA: Flood victims would hot go short of better and tea If they last their coupons in the floods in New South…

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Invalids May Get Extra Butter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA: A totter ration to allow additional batter for invalids would probably be agreed to where satisfactory evidence…

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Dairy Whip Statement From Dairy Farmers' Chair[?]

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 6

In view of the interest taken generally concerning the methods of production and marketing by the Dairy Dairy Farmers Co-operative Company of a product known as…

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Dairy Herd Almost Wiped Out

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 2

Amongst heavy losers through flood waters were Messrs. Hitchens and Dooley, who run a dairy herd at the bottom of…

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