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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 92

Gifts of Fodder For Dairy Stock in Flooded Areas

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 3

MR. GRAHAM'S APPEAL. The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.), appeals for gifts of fodder to help dairy farmers…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 3

A meeting of the management committee of the above council was held in Sydney on 20th inst., Mr. J. B. Carlton presiding…

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Owner-farmers' Loss From Floods Member Puts Case For Assistance

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 2

In putting a case for farmers who have suffered loss through floods, Mr. Allen Fairhall, M.H.R., told the…

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Thousands of Sheep Are Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. — Starving stock In the Weemelah district, between Moree and Mungindi, are being fed by food dropped…

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Cattle Damage Road Works Council Decides on Temporary Route Through Common

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

The Works Inspector (Mr. R. Howard) told Monday's meeting of Dungog Municipal Council that damage has been caused to the open water…

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Dutch Cattle T.b. Plan Aims to Stamp Out Disease in Five Years

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

Plans are being prepared in Holland to stamp out tuberculosis in Dutch cattle within the next five years-states a bulletin recently…

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Mr. Graham Appeals for Gifts for Dairy Stock in Flooded Areas

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H Graham, MLA), appealed for gifts of fodder to help dairy farmers in coastal districts whose stock are…

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Farmer’s View On Eagles

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 6

Pastures Protection Boards were recently asked by the Department of Agriculture if they could gather data on the habits of eagles, as…

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Local and General News Dairy Company Election

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

Nominations will close on August 7th for two directors and one auditor for the Singleton Central Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd…

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Dairyman-violinist

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

Pleasant indeed was the "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" at the Singleton Methodist Church. Good music played by…

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Cattle Firm at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carsons' report. 12,320 sheep and Iambs of mixed quality. Market decidedly dearer. Best ewes to 103,…

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Choice Is Peace or Butter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, July 27—Senator Benard Baruch, American elder statesman and adviser of presidents soberly warned the…

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Growing Raw Material For Industry Utilising Surplus of Farm Crop

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

Mr. Allen Fairhall, M. H. R., when addressing members Maitland Business Men’s Club on chemurgy, said it was word which literally meant chemistry at work, but it did yet appear in many dictionaries,…

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Gloucester Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

At Wnchcombe Carson’s Homebush auction lest Thursday W. P. Relchert, Gloucester, sold 10 bullocks at £34/2/, and A. Sansom,…

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Cattle Fodder Committee Urged Farmers Need Help to Rehabilitate Dairies

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. — A central cattle fodder control committee to assist in getting feed to farmers in flood areas was advocated fry the State president of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union (Mr. R. W. Booth)…

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Heavy Sheep Losses at Quirindi

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 4

Heavy mortalities in sheep in the Quirindi district ended recently with a final loss of two hundred and fifty out of a mob of five…

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Records for Wool Tops Japan's Extending Output

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—For a considerable part of the past season, confidence in commodity prices in the United States was less…

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Record for Wool Tops Japan's Extending Output

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 5

Winichcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— For a considerable part of the past season, confidence in…

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Martindale Estate For Local Ex-Servicemen Twelve Dairy Farms. Ballot to he Conducted by Local Committee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

The largest closer settlement promotion scheme of its kind, to be confined exclusively to local ex-Servicement, will shortly be…

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Two Dingoes Trapped at Stewarts Brook. Heavy Sheep Losses From Dog Packs

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

As a result of traps set by three Stewarts Brook residents, two large dingoes have been accounted for in the past week. The trappers were Messrs, Ernie ("Terry") and Roy…

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