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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Wool £60 Bale at Newcastle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

The strong, well distributed competition experienced at this season's Newcastle wool sales from Great Britain, the Continent, America,…

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Men's Nylons Look Like Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

Men's socks being made in America of nylon looked and felt like wool, said Mr. Norman Routley…

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Bright Wool Outlook. Consumption Exceeding Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—The outlook for the second half of the Australian wool selling season is promising. Great Britain and the Continent…

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Wool £60 a Bale at Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

The strong, well distributed competition experienced at this season's Newcastle wool sales from Great Britain, the Continent,…

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Landowner Complains of Rabbit "Farming."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 6

When [?] was spending between [?] and £1 a day on the destruction of rabbits, three of his neighbours were "rabbit farming" and the…

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Maximum Rates for Cartage of Farm Produce Prices Regulation Orders

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

The maximum rates which may be charged for the road cartage of farm produce, including loading and unloading, are fixed by the Prices Regulation Orders. Glen Innes branch of the Graziers' Association…

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Farmers To Tour New Zealand

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Fifty-seven New South Wales farmers left Sydney in the Wanganella yesterday for a 17 days' Inspection…

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Metal Detecting in Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 6

A metal detector used extensively during the war is now proving Its peace-time value by Helping In the problem of facing metal end other substances swallowed by cattle while grazing. Dr. Eugen Kornendy, famous Hungarian veterinary professor,…

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Wool Loading For Russia Stopped

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 3

WELLINGTON, N.Z., January 16. —Plans to load wood for Russian Black Sea ports on the former Liberty ship Wyevaley were suddenly…

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300 Sheep Dead After Dipping

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

Three hundred sheep owned by Tullibigeal (West Wyalong) farmers, and valued at £600 have died in their paddocks after…

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Wharfies' Threat to Wool Industry

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

Wool sales throughout Australia may be postponed indefinitely unless the Sydney casual waterfront clerks' dispute is…

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Farmer Fined For Language, Drunkenness

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

Malcolm McRae, 72, farmer, altered his plea to guilty when be appealed before Mr. F. B. Wood, S.M., on two charges at West Maitland…

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Prime Cattle Unchanged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Pitt, Son and Bedgery report: 28,661 sheep and lambs, mostly trade quality with Increased proportion of…

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Sheep Do Well in New Guinea

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The Acting Minister for External Territories, Mr. C. Chambers, In Lae to-day said that be would try to…

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More Bins for Wheat Storage

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahain) announced to-day that tenders had been accepted for the…

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Brisbane Sale Results. Wool Prices Rise in England

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. Report:— With the Sydney market in recess until Monday, 24th instant, all…

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Wool Sales May Be Dislocated Effect of Clerks' Strike SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

Woolselling brokers' representatives said to-night that wool sales throughout Ausctralia may be postponed…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 18th JANUARY, 1949. Desert Turned Into Farmland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 3

A rush of applicants for land in the 90-Mile Desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful soil experiments carried out by the…

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Farmyard Manure On Lawns

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

Farmyard manure should be need with discretion where lawns are concerned, warns the Division of Plant Industry of the…

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Maitland Stock Sales Firm Tricks for Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

A heavier yarding of 900 cattle at Campbell's Hill saleyards on Monday was generally of good quality and consisted of equal numbers of…

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