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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 84

Shake Dairy Dispute

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 2

An agricultural committee, comprising Messrs. G. T. Dawson, (chairman), J. G. w[?]deryer and S. Hicks, on Friday heard her[?] west, sought an award that its…

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Store Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 7

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., (inc. in England), Scone, report having held a successful store cattle sale in the…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 7

Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Co., Ltd., report a yard, ing of 801 cattle at their special sale held in Scone on Tuesday…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 7
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: We sold 9400 bates of wool at cur Sydney sale on Thursday…

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Wool Prices Up

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson advise that at their wool sales yesterday they sold 9400 bales. There was strong general competition…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 6

The A.M.L. & F. Co.. Ltd., report having offered the following district clip in their sale in New. castle on 21st inst:…

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Newcastle Fat Stock Market Nenco reports: Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 7

A good supply of sheep was penned at the Newcastle Saleyards, Waratah, this week, consisting principally of wethers, with odd…

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Wool and Meat Outlook Market Assured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

Wool, lamb, mutton and beef appeared to be in an assured marketing position, said Mr. Harold Bell…

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Dairy Officer Expects Good Season

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

Although too much rain has been received this month and the ground is water-logged, with many low-lying area still…

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Farmers Despair of Cultivating Land Excessive Rain Following Flood, Prevents Working

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

Because of the continued wet weather, many farmers, especially on the Lower Hunter-and coastal areas, are beginning to despair of ever getting their land cultivated and cropped again…

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Once-a-day Milking by Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

In his report on dairying conditions during September, the district dairy officer (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) states that some…

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Hunter Farmers Lose Potato Seed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3

The position in regard [?]o the potato crop on the Hunter deteriorated during September, when further rain helped the roiting of…

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Farmers' Dogs Have Pedigrees Need Fob Registered' Shows

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

Four years ago it would have been impossible to have found more than two pedigreed farmers' working dogs, Kelpie or…

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Dairymen Warned

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 4

Caution in the approach to processing of whole milk was urged by Mr W. M. L. Hughes, chairman of the Grafton…

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Post Flood Crop Corn Suggested

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 5

Farmers in the devastated Macleay River district are advised by the agronomist (Mr Pitt) to sow their land…

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Poor Protection of Farms

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 4

A Maitland flood mitigation committee has deplored the fact ' that 80-year-old flood gates are still the only…

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Store Cattle Sale at Scone

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Scone, reports having held a successful store cattle sale In the Scona…

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What To Do At Calving Time On Farm

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 3

Keep cows approaching calving in some fairly small, quiet, wellgrassed paddock close to the bails so they may become used to…

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Butter Rationing Inquiry Ordered

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 3

The Deputy-Director of Rationing, Mr. E. E. Ford, said last night that he had ordered an inquiry into a…

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