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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 84

Dairy Co. Makes Profit of 359,505

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 2

HEXHAM, Wed—The chairman of directors of the Hunter Valley Dairy Company (Mr. J. D. Richardson) after referring…

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40,000 More Shares for Co-op. Dairy Company Suppliers to Finance From Levy and Bonuses

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 2

Member-suppliers of the Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Company will in future be called upon to take out additional shares. Long range objective is the elimination of the…

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Muswellbrook Proposa To Aid Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 2

Muswellbrook P.P.U. District Council has urged that portion of the Commonwealth grant to the dairy industry be paid to…

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Cattle Dearer at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report.—44,734 sheep and lambs penned, generally of improved quality…

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Keen Demand for Wool

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Prices were at times slightly easier at the Sydney wool sales, but competition was keen and general…

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Hunter Valley Dairy Co. Profit of £59,505

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Hunter Valley Dairy Co. was held at Hexham, on Wednesday. There was a large attendance of shareholders including several ladies…

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Dairy Company Has Record Turnover Hunter Valley’s £2,094,090

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 4

Not only did the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., have a record profit of £59,505 for the year ended June 30 last, but the turnover of £2,094,090 was also a record…

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Criticism of Farm Buildings

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 4

In his report to the annual meeting of the Bunter Valley Co-ope[?] Dairy Company Ltd. at [?] the chairman of dire[?]…

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Scone Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 7

Pitt Son & Badgery Ltd., Sydney, and Pitt Son & Keene Pty. Ltd., Scone, report having conducted a store cattle sale at…

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10,000 Sheep Lost In North

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 7

It was estimated by a reliable authority that 10,000 freshly shorn sheep have perished in the Manilla-Barraba district in…

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Sheep Show Increase in New South Wales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

The number of sheep in New South Wales has increased by 7,300,000 in the last three years, according to a…

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Export Licences for Raw Wool

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Sept. 2—The British Government, it is learned authoritatively, has decided to introduce export licences for raw…

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Plan To Replace 15,000 Cattle Lost in Flood May Be Adopted in Hunter Valley

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 5

A plan designed to replace the estimated loss of 15,000 head of dairy cattle on the Macleay River, in the recent Kempsey floods, may become the pattern, of help from farmer to farmer in coastal…

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Dairy Company Has Record Turnover Hunter Valley's £2,094,090

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 6

Not only did the Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Co., Ltd., have a record profit of £59,505 for the year ended June 30 last, but the…

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Flood Blow to Dairy Production

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

Dairy fanners representatives and State Department of Agriculture experts, said on Wednesday…

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Wet Soil Delays Vegetable Sowing Farms Out of Production for Many Months

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 5

The district agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson), in his report for August, states that the win last week will be useful for pastures in the Upper Hunter area, but will do more harm than good in the lower parts and on the…

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Prohibit Child Labor on Farms

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 6

Legislation prohibiting child labor in the dairying industry was advocated by the Australian Primary Producers' Union…

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Rebuilding Dairy Herds at Kempsey

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Government's grant of £20,000 for flood relief may be increased when the Premier, Mr. McGirr,…

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Farmers, Homes Smartening-up Wanted

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 5

The Chairman of the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company (Mr. J. D. Richardson) said at the…

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Record Profit Due to Powdered Milk Hunter Valley Dairy Co

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 2

A "fantastic market" for powdered milk in the East was largely responsible for the Hunter Valley Co-operative…

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