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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 92

Records Topple :: Huge Wool Cheque

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

All wool cheque records have toppled this season. Between July 1 and March 31, graziers sold wool worth £225.2…

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World Demand for Wool Still Strong Consumption Exceeds Production

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 6

Northern selling centres arc now in recess until Monday, 8th May; when the fifteenth series of sales in the Sydney…

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Wool in Good Inquiry Japanese Goods in U.s.a

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 6

The outlook far the sale of wool continues promising. No auctions are proceeding, but despite the recess for the Easter…

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Australian News. Laborer Charged with Murder of Baby—proposed Bill to Deal with Communists—bid to Rescue 2000 Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Reginald John Lynch (24), laborer, was charged in the Liverpool Court to-day with murdering Kathleen Jean Bugden, a…

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Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council Meeting Last Week’s Supplies Just Equalled Demand (From Our Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Milk supplies to the New South Wales Milk Board have dropped to such on extent that last week they totalled exactly what the board needs to supply the cities in its area—1,180,000 gallons for the week—…

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Maitland Dairyman’s Flood Relief (From Our Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council has been able to secure for a Maitland dairyman some…

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Tech. Course for Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

A farm mechanics’ class is proposed at Maitland Technical College, for the convenience of farmers in the district…

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Dairymen Discuss 40-Hour Week (From Our Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The vexed question of what hours the dairying industry should case its existence on came up before the…

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Kempsey Farmers Appreciative

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. — Members of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council all over the State should be proud of what they had done…

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A Spectacular Change In Britain's Farming Methods

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 8

There has been a spectacular change in British farming method's since the war. Farms in Britain are now…

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Salisbury Cattle Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 2

Carlton and Dillon will sell by auction at Salisbury Yards next Wednesday, 26th April, at 11 a.m., 150 fat and store cattle for local sellers…

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Rubber Wool Carpet

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

Rubber wool carpets which last a lifetime sound attractive to the housewife who every few years is bothered about renewals. This…

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Young Man For Trial On Cattle Charge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Sat.—In the Singleton court, John Whitfield Dunstan, 19, of “Greenwood,” Singleton, was remanded to the…

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Farm and Garden Produce

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 1

"It was an outstanding exhibition," said the judge, Mr. A. McRae, of Barrington. He said the maize, grammas,…

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Milk Zone Dairymans' Council Annual Meeting of Management Committee Mr. J. B. Carlton President Again

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

At a meeting of the management committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, held in Sydney on Thursday, Mr. J. B. Carlton, of…

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Adult Advisory Committees’ Interest In Junior Farmers “Notable Feature” Hunter District Supervisor Says

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 2

The increased interest of adult advisory committees had been a notable feature of the junior farmer organisation in the Hunter district in 1949, the supervisor (Mr. A. L. Nicod) said to-day in his annual report…

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Dairy Science Schools In Country Centres

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 4

Dairy science schools, organised by the Department of Agriculture, are to be conducted this winter at country centres where…

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Management Courses At Yanco Farm

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 5

Courses in the principles of farm management, organised by the Department of Agriculture at its Yanco Experiment Farm, are now open to anyone engaged in agricultural industry, upon payment of nominal fees…

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Pastoral Forms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

Maitland Police to-day asked landholders to immediately complete and return their agricultural, dairying and pastoral…

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Quality of Cattle Excellent

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 3

The quality of the [?] fat cattle yarded at Cambells Hill saleyards to-day was [?] best for some considerable [?]…

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