Mounted Police Arrest Alleged Cattle Thieves
In a dawn raid on Saturday, police and blacktrackers arrested two alleged cattle thieves in a lonely hut in mountains near Nowendoc, beyond…
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Farming & the land, 1950
1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 92
U.s. Wool Stocks Reach New Low
NEW YORK, June 6.— U. S. stocks of apparel wool decreased by 32 per cent, in the year ended on June 1…
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The Country Party adopts the principle of a guaranteed minimum price over a period of years, such price to have fair margin over actual cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming Notes From All Parts
Walnut production, says the Agricultural Gazette, is more likely to prove profitable in inland areas where summer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General News Junior Farmers
At the annual meeting of the Junior Fanners Association held on Monday night, a good number of members met to…
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Pitt, Son end Badger report: 2740 cattle yarded, with bullocks well supplied. A good quality yarding of all classes. Best cattle dearer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threat of Major Rood on Hunter Passed River Again Breaks Into Pitnacree Farms
Information gathered early this afternoon suggested that any threat of major flooding of Maitland had passed, and unless there are further heavy falls on the upper catchment area, little damage, other than that already caused, is not anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Move Motors
SINGLETON, Thurs. — With fears of a rise in the river, Camera on the banks of the stream around Singleton commenced…
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A move to end butter rationing is afoot in Denmark, one of the chief suppliers of butter to Britain…
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SYDNEY, Friday—A move to end butter rationing is afoot in Denmark, one of the chief suppliers of butter to Britain…
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NEW YORK, June 9.—Harry J. Devereaux, of Rapid , City, South Dakota, has been elected chairman of the Wool Bureau to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demand For Merino Stud Sheep In U.S.
NEW YORK, June. 6—Mr. Douglas Boyd, chairman of the Australian Wood Board, yesterday recommended relaxation of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Maitland Depends On Dairying Lower Hunter Farms Submerged for Fifth Time in Twelve Months Danger To Maitland Ceases As River Recedes
Formers in areas from Pitnearee to Hinton and in lowlying portions of East Maitland are under water following rises in the Hunter and Paterson Rivers, and considerable losses have been experienced by vegetable growers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Mechanisation; Tractor Run on Low Grade Fuel
The introduction of anew tractor, designed to run on zero octane fuel, has been announced by the well-known Coventry firm,…
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The masters of steel fabrication, Messrs. Greedy and See, of Melbourne-street, East Maitland, are playing an important part in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Held Officer Is Enterprising Interesting Possibilities In Winter Fodder Crops
The field service of the Hunter Valley Company is one of the most enterprising activities conducted by any dairy company in Australia. There is a special leaning towards education of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guarantees Praised Queensland Dairy Leader Optimistic
A bright future for Australia’s dairying industry was predicted by the chairman of the Queensland Dairymen’s Organisation, Mr. Jamieson, addressing the 10th annual conference of the Wide Bay District Council of the Q.D.O…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Depends on Dairying
AS the metropolis of the Hunter Valley, Maitland’s existence depends largely on the dairying industry of this fertile district. From Williamtown and Gloucester, across to Singleton, Muswellbrook and Scone are…
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“Old Timer” writes: May I congratulate the “Mercury” on the service it is rendering the rural community and dairymen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Care of Dairy Herds
About 50,000 dairy cows, pastured on the hills and the rich Hunter Valley flats, and fed when necessary with conserved fodder…
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