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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 92

Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Meeting of Executive

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 1

An Executive meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on the 11th January, Mr. J. B. Cariton presiding…

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Disease in Apple Crops

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 4

ORANGE, Wed.—Apple growers in the Orange district fear heavy losses through the disease known as block spot…

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Milk Showed Deficiency of Butter Fat

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 8

KURRI, Thursday—John McBlane, health inspector of Kearsley Shire Council, at Kurri court to-day proceeded against Le[?]…

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Wool Prices Still High

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Corrupt record prices for Australia [?] are being secured in [?] offerings occupied with a war ago,…

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Queensland's War on T.b. in Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

The Queensland Department of Agriculture has been conducting a war an tuberculosis in dairy herds supplying milk to [?] and…

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Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK, Friday. — The District council of the Jun. for Partners at Muswellbrook has accepted Mr. J, S. White’s…

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Study of Mastitis In Dairy Cows

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 2

British efforts to cut looses in milk production resulting from ma[?] in cows will be aided by a three-month study of American…

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English Beef Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

The 62nd annual exhibition of fat cattle and pigs of the Norfolk and Norwich Christmas Snow Association took place recently at Norwich. The Fat Stock Show left no doubt that despite the shortage of concentrated feeding stuffs, marked headway is being…

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Australian Wool Sales

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 6

Statistics compiled by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia show that wool sold in the first [?] of the…

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Staggering Wool Prices

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 7

Staggering prices were reached for wool in Sydney and Geelong yesterday. In Sydney, 173d was paid for the…

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Enquiry Continues for Young Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report that there is still a strong enquiry for all types of young Merino sheep and prices are…

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"Rock Wool" for Export

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

Rock wool, a valuable new material developed by a North of England firm after two years experiments, is to be available…

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Wool Use Expanding Bright Prospects

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The world's demand for goods made from wool shows no sign of slackening. Up to recently, the shortage of fabrics caused by the war proved a decided impetus on…

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Wool Cheque May Be £220-Million Merino Wool to 173d; Comeback to 128d

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

Trade experts believe this season's wool cheque will exceed £220-million. Last season the cheque reached…

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Wool Cheque May Exceed $220,000,000

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 4

Trade experts believe this season's wool cheque will exceed £220 millions. Last season the cheque…

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Soldier Settler Harvests 17 Bags Wheat Per Acre

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 4

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said that a soldier settler at Edgeroi, near Narrabri, had harvested a wheat crop which…

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Local Dairymen Give Their Views Another District Farmer Answers Our Questions

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

Each month our special representative will put leading questions to a dairyman end c breeder. These men will be selected from all district. This month, Mr. Ston Orchard, of Vacy, replies…

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Guns or Butter? Headache for U.S. Awakened to High Cost of Wars

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 4

The heavy budget deficit has awakened America to the high cost of wars. President Truman has budgeted…

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Big Display of Stud Stock for Upper Hunter Show Forty New Pens Erected. Royal Show Cattle to Compete

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

Upper Hunter Show at Muswellbrook on 22nd and 23rd March will feature a record display of stud cattle, which will also compete at…

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No Guarantee in Dairy Aid Act

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

There was no guarantee in the Dairy Industry Assistance Act for payment of money to the industry, despite the fact that it…

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