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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,665 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 84

Prime Draft Of Fat Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 3

A draft of tat cattle presented by the estate of the late D. Cumming Upper. Rouchel, came in for a lot of attention when sold…

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Fat Cattle Dearer at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 3

Exceptions[?]y good quality was evident among all sections of the yarding o 750 fat cattle at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day Bidding…

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Sales Under Wheat Agreement

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 2

OTTAWA, Nov. 13.—Canada sold 19,600,000 bushels of wheat during the first three months’ operation of the international Wheat Agreement…

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India’s Protest on Wheat Price

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 5

[?]ADRAS NOV. 14(A.A.P).—The [?] Government Food Commiss[?] Mr R. K. Patil, revealed [?] has officially protested to…

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Election Eve Concession To Dairy Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The last-minute sop given to dairy farmers, in relation to the 3d lb increase in butter prices, held…

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Pressure on Canada by Britain Insistence On Sterling For Wheat Sales

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 14. — Britain would be bound to reduce drastically her imports of wheat from Canada under the new contract,…

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Rain Ruins Cherry Crop

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday.—The president of the South Australian Fruitgrowers and Market Gardeners’ Association (Mr. W. J. Biship) said…

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Merriwa Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 4

Results at Winchcombe, Carson's Homebush auction last Thursday included a consignment of 72 crossbred suckers from R. H. Jennings,…

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Review Of Pastoral Conditions

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— A review by the Graziers’ Federal Council of Australia describes pastoral conditions throughtout…

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Increase in Pastoral Wage Rates

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 3

The Graziers' Association of New South Wales reports increases in wage rates which will take effect in and from…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 1

At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday, 15,794 bales were catalogued. The clearance, including…

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Parkville Wheat Harvest

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 3

Harvesting operations have commenced, and although the acreage this year is somewhat smaller than usual, owing to…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 2

The Country Producers' Selling Company, Limited, report 10th November, 1949: Series No. 6, which concludes on…

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Wool Prospects At Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—This season’s wool sales in Newcastle have been most encouraging and prospects for the season as a…

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Newcastle Stock Market Nenco reports: SHEEP

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 3

There was a full supply of sheep and lambs forward at the Newcastle Saleyards, Waratah, last Thursday…

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Kayuga-Dartbrook Dairymen's Club Large Attendance at Annual Dinner. Speakers Forecast Big Developments in Upper Hunter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 1

The second annual dinner of the Kayuga-Dartbrook-Blairmore Dairymen's Club, held in the Memorial Hall, Aberdeen, on Tuesday…

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Overseas Dairy Industries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 2

Some months ago the Hunter Valley Dairy Co, sent Mr. P. D. Scarr (assistant manager) overseas to report on the latest…

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Dairy Farmers Demand Continuance of Higher Butter Ration P.P.U. Members Discuss Organisation of Strike

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 November 1949 · page 1

Butter suppliers are uneasy over the fact that the increase in the price of butter (2½d to the farmer end ½d to the factory) made possible by Federal Government subsidy, is not guaranteed to continue beyond December 31 next…

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Testing Cattle For T.B.

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 November 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON, Wed.—Once again the question of having cattle which supply milk to Singleton tested for TB is to be before Singleton…

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Still Works After 50 Years Of Making Butter At Bowthorne

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 November 1949 · page 3

One of six employess honoured for long service with Bowthorne CO-operative Butter Factory yesterday day was the factory’s buttermaker,…

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