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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 92

Dairy Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 1

A yarding of 100 mixed dairy cattle was forward. A good percentage of springing & newly calved cows and heifers was…

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Registered Dairy Cattle Sale at Mainland First of Annual Sales In Hunter Valley

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 3

The first annual Hunter Valley sale of registered dairy cattle, to be held by J. Enright at Maitland saleyards on Wednesday next, marks on innovation that will be appreciated By all dairy farmers and breeders…

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Fat Cattle Values Firm at Maitland

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 1

Values were unaltered at Campbell's Hill saleyards for a yarding of 1000 fat catte. The bulk of the supply consisted…

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Dairying Cysts in the Udder Harmless and Best Vest Abone

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 1

A type of cyst, known as a galactocoele, is frequently met with in the udder of the dairy cow; there may be only one or there may be several, and…

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Fat Cattle and Sheep Prices Firm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 3

The quality of 1000 fat cattle at Campbell’s Hill saleyards was exceptionally good In the bullock and cow sections, the yarding…

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Cattle Unaltered At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson’s, report: 26,255 sheep penned, of mixed quality Lambs were easier and prime grown sheep unchanged. Best ewes…

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Tea and Butter Coupons Rationing Extended Another Month

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

The Government has decided to continue tea and butter rationing for at least two months. Coupons remaining in ration…

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Wool Report the Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 9th May, 1950

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 3541 bales on Monday, May 8, comprising a number of late Summer and Autumn…

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Double Value for Butter, Tea Coupons Strong Hint of the End of Rationing

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.—Decision to extend the validity of butter and tea coupons, which become current to-day, from four weeks to eight weeks, with double value for each coupon, apparently indicates that rationing will end in…

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Exploding Petrol Burns Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

A man received extensive burns on Saturday night when a petrol tin with which he was working exploded in his face…

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Yugoslavian Crop Sowings Are Down (From a Reuter Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 6

BELGRADE. — Press reports published here Indicate that spring sowing In certain parts of Yugoslavia Is this year again not…

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Farmers Complain of Mail Deliveries

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

At the meeting of the Raymond Terrace branch of the Primary Producers’ Union, Mr. W. Russell, of Williamtown, referred to…

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Dairymen Should Join Council

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

Every dairyman who supplied milk to the Milk Board should also be a member of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, the…

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Stratford Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 4

Sales of Stratford cattle at Wlnchcombe Carson’s Homebush auction on Monday included: G. Crowther, cow £14/6/; T. Deards…

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Butter, Tea Rationing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA: The Minister for Trade and Customs (Sen. C'Sullivan) on Sunday night made an important…

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Shee Pand Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (inc. in England), Scone, report having held their fortnightly sale of sheep…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co.-Op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited, report under date of 9th May, 1950:—…

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The Wool Rise

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The rise in wool at May sales puts the market on record post-war levels. In…

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Queensland Sheep Losses Through Dingoes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE: The State Minister for Lands (Mr. Foley) said last week that the value of wool lost in Queensland in one year…

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Newcastle Fat Stock Sales NENCO reports:— Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

The supply of sheep and lambs forward at Newcastle Saleyards, Waratah, last week was well within the requirements of the trade…

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