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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 92

More Butter for British People Food Minister Announces Rise of 25 Per Cent

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

LONDON, April 13. — the Minister for Food, Mr. Maurice Webb, announced that Britain would temporarily set five [?]unces of butter a week instead of four ounces, but chot be reduced from five ounces to four ounces to four…

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Victorian Butter Output

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

Production of factory butter in Victoria for the year to December 31, 1949, was 6641 tons more than thep revious year, and the…

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Butter Manufacture Is Lagging

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

The Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Vincent) said in the Legislative Assembly that the butter manufacturing section…

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More Butter In New Zealand

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

For the six months from August 1 to January 31 last, New Zealand butter production was a record, and 9 per cent above the…

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Erosion In Wheat Belt

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. — Recent floods have caused extensive erosion In the State’s wheat belt, says a report by the Department…

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Home Storage of Wheat

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

Britain is extending its system silos for storing home-grown wheat, similar to those provided during the war. Existing silo…

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Aim At Continuity In Cattle Feed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5

Continuity of feed supply should be the aim of every dairy farmer. Making this statement, the…

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Wheat at 15/3 a Bushel Plans for Sale of 1949 Crop to Britain

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Australia wilt receive 15/3 a bushel for the 24 million bushels of last season’s wheat it has sold the British Ministry of Food. Another 3½ million bushels has…

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Big U.S. Wheat Production Drop Forecast

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

Drought pests, and a reduction tn areas seeded have brought about , reduction in previous estimates of the prospective 1950 winter wheat…

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Schools for Pig Raisers and Dairy Farmers Agricultural College Hawkesbury

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

Separate schools of instruction for pig raisers and dairy farmers will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College,…

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U.k. to Pay 15/3 a Bushel for Wheat

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5

Australia will receive 15/3 a bushel for the 24-million bushels of last season's wheat it has sold to the British Ministery of…

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Keeping Displaced Persons On The Farm

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

How are you going to keep them down on the farm? This question has been worrying American farmers in relation to…

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Appeal To Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

Junior farmer clubs In the [?] Valley would be asked to [?] entries for Floral Week, the organiser of the Newcastle [?]…

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Opening of Pig Farm at Gresford

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

Not so many years ago the Gresford and Upper River districts were renowned for their pig industry, both for quality and…

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Turn Desert to Profitable Farms A.M.P. Society Plans Huge Land Developmental Scheme

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. — The Australian Mutual Provident: Society has undertaken to turn large areas of virtual desert land in north-east South Australia and adjacent areas of Victoria into profitable farms…

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Dairy Grant Demonstrations On The South Coast Elimination of Tussock Success Of Recent Experiments

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

The affective grazing areas on, and consequently the production of, numerous dairy farms on our South Coast have been reduced considerably over the years by the encroachment of what is commonly known to dairy farmers in those areas as Bergalia…

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Death of Dairy Identity

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

Mr. Stuart Curtis Wilson, one of the best-known experts in the Queensland dairy industry, died suddenly at Gladstone (Qld.),…

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Supplementary Dairy Feeds Pastures Not Sufficient All The Year Round

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

Dairy cattle must be given supplementary feeding with grazing crops, conserved fodder and concentrates if high production per lactation is to be maintained, end greatest returns be gained from pastures, writes G. L, McClymont…

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Avoid Waste of Cattle Feed

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 6

Waste of feed represents a rarely-considered but substantial economic loss in Australian animal industry…

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Britons Eating More Margarine Than Butter

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 3

The consumption of butter the United Kingdom has declined FROM 24.2Ib. per head per annum in 1938 to 13.40 Ib per head…

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