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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 92

The Wool Clip

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 3

A rising market is certain at the new season's wool sales if no unexpected developments occur, says Winchcombe…

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High Prices For Cattle At Scone

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Scone, reports having conducted its fortnightly sale of sheep and…

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Grants Being Made to Owner Farmers District Committee To Help In Rehabilitation

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 2

Mr. G. Jolly, the executive member of the State Flood Relief Committee, told a meeting of Hunter Valley formers in Maitland last night that relief grants has already been made to owner-formers in the district by his committee…

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Singleton's Two Prize Farms Successes in D. of A's 1950 Competition

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 2

Singleton was well represented in the Maitland area results of the 1950 Dairy Farm Competitions conducted by…

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P.P. Board is Getting 'Tough' REGULATION 62 Against "Rabbit Farmers" Who Will Not Obey

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 1

Further action will be taken against a number of landowners in the Denman-Singleton area listed in the Pastures Protection Board's "Black Book." In the case of four property-owners, prosecuted and…

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Cattle Easier at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 8

Pitt, Son and Badgery report: 21,979 sheep and lambs penned, mostly trade quality. Prime wethers and ewes were in fair supply, and…

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Mild Conditions Have Been Good For Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 4

Mild weather has helped cattle to hold their condition remarkably well, following flooding, district stock inspector (Mr. E. A. Lucas) said to-day. The inspector said, however,…

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Judging in Dairy Farm Competitions

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 4

Heavy rain and floods delayed judging for the 1950 dairy farm competitions conducted by the Department of Agriculture under the…

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Farmers’ Claims For Flood Relief

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 5

Mr. G. S. Hardy, dairy officer of Taree, has been temporarily transferred to Maitland, where he is now assisting the local dairy officer, Mr…

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Loans to Distressed Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. — A State Social Welfare Department spokesman said yesterday that owner-farmers could now get Government…

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Commonwealth Butter Contest

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 2

Forty-eight NSW and interstate butter factories have entered for the Royal Easter Show contest, known as the Commonwealth…

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Dual Purpose Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 1

In-prophetic vein, noted animal scientist, Dr. John Hammond, startled a sizeable group of English farmers assembled in…

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Wheat Sowings Delayed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 2

Wheat sowings in the North-Western and Central-Western districts of New South Wales have been delayed by frequent…

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The Wool Clip

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 1

A rising market is certain at the new season's wool sales if no unexpected developments occur, says Winchcombe,…

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Four Truckloads of Cattle Fodder Arriving

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 3

Four railway truck loads of cattle fodder, the gift of persons in various parts of the State, will reach Maitland within a few days and it will be distributed quickly, without undue handling, to the most necessitous of the farmers…

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Good Wool Demand Bright Outlook

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Often in the off-auction period between wool selling seasons, a…

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Price of Wool at New Peak

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 4

BRADFORD: The Bradford top market is still tense, with merino sorts costing about 1/ a lb. above previous record prices…

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New Heed Sees Wheat Board As “Valuable Servant”

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 5

Mr John Teasdale, the Wheat Board’s new chairman, said recently that the Board most act as trustee…

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Eleven-years' Old Denman Boy. Wins Open Cattle Judging Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 1

In a telegram to his father, Clifford Blake,of "Blakefield," told of winning the open Hereford cattle judging competition at…

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Trichomoniasis Found In Dairy Herd

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 4

Trichomanaisis, an infectious disease which causes early abortion in cattle, has been diagnosed in a dairy herd in the Sydney…

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