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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 92

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

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

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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Rain Holds Up Production. Farmers Worried

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

The wet season has brought many worries to men on the land. Farms have become saturated to a stage where it is impossible, to take plant…

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Urges Grants for Flooded Farms. Eloquent Plea

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 4

At the first meeting of the new Parliament, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Liberal Party, Mr. W. A. H. Howarth, M.L.A. for…

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Blairmore and Dartbrook Farmers Discuss Electricity Scheme

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

A meeting of Blairmore and Dartbrook farmers was held in the Dartbrook Hall on Wednesday of last week, when, in spite of the wet night and bad roads, some 40 farmers turned up to hear a discussion on the proposal to…

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Fodder to Assist Farmers in Flooded Areas Minister For Agriculture Makes Appeal For Donations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. E. H. Graham, has made an appeal to farmers to make donations of fodder to farmers whose stock is starving through the recent disastrous floods in many areas…

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Farm Cooling Must Start by August 31

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 3

The Milk Board advises that August 31 will be the definite deadline for the beginning of the law compelling all milk suppliers…

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Farming Notes From All Parts

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 8

Described as Britain's oldest working farmer, Mr. Dan Bullen, of Norfolk, was out and about on his 100-acre farm on…

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Farmer's View on Eagles

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 2

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

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Fencing Arrives Lower River Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 2

Barbed and plain wire fencing has been despatched to traders in the Taree district to restore flood damage, it was stated at a meeting of…

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Dairy Board Appointments Review Sought

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 1

A review of the appointments of the Chairman and two producers' representatives on the Australian Dairy Produce board was urged by…

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Power Farming in England

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 5

English farmers are beginning to see power-farming in a new perspective. Since they reached the peak…

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Wool Students

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

Three Singleton lads—Allan Cowley, Bill Webber, and Jack Grahame—left Singleton for Tamworth today, where they…

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Lorn Man On Cattle Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

Roy Francis Farrell, 34, of Melrose-street, rose-street, Lorn, was reminded until August is to Maitland court this morning on a charge of cattle…

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Cattle Firm; Seep Dearer At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson’s report: 13,143 sheep penned of mixed quality. Grown sheep 1/ to 2/ dearer; lambs firm. Best ewes to…

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South Coast Dairying Worries

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

Wet weather In the Shoalhaven district has caused a great loss of standing fodder crops and lucerne stands, and foot rot is…

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Farming Notes From All Parts

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 4

India, with an estimated total milk production (including that fed to stock) of 4,794 million gallons, ranks second to…

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Farming Film Show

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

Local farmers—more particularly those who are owners of Ferguson tractors—will be interested in the invitation…

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Scone Dairy Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 2
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New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Scone, report having conducted a successful sale of dairy cattle at the Scone…

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Scone Dairy Cattle Sale

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., Scone, reports having conducted a successful sale of dairy cattle at the Scone…

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