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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 92

Putty Farmer Acquitted of Cattle Stealing Singleton Jury Took Ten Minutes to Give Verdict

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 2

Robert Reginald Beetson, 37, share fanner of Putty, was acquitted of charges of stealing cattle in the Quarter Sessions Court sitting at Singleton yesterday. The jury took about ten minutes to bring…

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New Dairy Farmer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 2

A valuable new member of the Singleton community is ex-jockey and well-known trainer, Mr. Jack King. Recently…

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76 Dairy Cows Dehorned in 80 Minutes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 2

In a dehorning demonstration at Mr. T. Mooney's Nemingha property 76 grade Jersey and AIS dairy cows and replacement heifers were…

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To-day’s Leader: The Parking Ban Farmer’s Wife Claims Miracle Appearance

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, August 16.—While 100,000 people watched, a 41-years-old farmer’s, wife at Necedah, Wisconsin, yesterday raised her…

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Government Help For Potato Growers Urged Maitland District Crop Will Be Down 75 Per Cent

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 4

If immediate Government assistance was forthcoming, many who do not intend to grow potatoes this season would plant their land to a crop, one of the leading identities in the growing and distributing of this essential household…

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Sheep Cheaper at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson’s report: 20,074 sheep penned. Suckers were more plentiful. The market was decidedly lower. Best ewes to 10¾d…

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New Zealand Complaint On Australian Wheat

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Aug. 17.—New Zeaalnd bakers say they cannot make good bread from the wheat they receive from Australia…

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Higher Pay For Wheat Board Chief

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Mr. J. S. T[?]dale, the newly-appointed chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, will receive £2000 a year more than…

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Less Wool Available, Prices May Rise

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Wool-brokers predict a sharp rise in prices when the Sydney wool sales, begin on August 28…

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Cattle At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 2

Results at Winchcombe Garson’s Homebush auction last Thursday included W. P. Reichert, Gloucester, 12 bullocks £29/16/,…

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Advancing Wool Values

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The wool market has been on the ascent. Circumstances are in its favor. Shortage of supplies,…

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Not Guilty Of Cattle Stealing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 1

Reginald Robert Beetson, of Putty, was found not guilty by a jury at Singleton Sessions on two charges of cattle stealing…

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Cattle Stealing Carge Against Lorn Man

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 5

A cattle stealing charge against Roy Francis Farwell 84 of 43 Melross-street Lorn who commenced before Mr. F. R. Wood…

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Better Prospects for Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 5

This week's arrivals and a carryover of 13,000 bales from last season should provide large quantities of wool for the opening sales…

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Livestock Review Store Sheep Are Scarce and Dear

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 2

The market is very active for store sheep, and agents are hard pressed to satisfy the demand. Few attractive lines of…

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Offering Cut For First Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 2

A drastic cut—almost 40%—in offerings at the opening series of the new season's wool auctions in Sydney, is announced…

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Threat to Butter Subsidy State Authorities In Stalemate On Price Rise

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday. — The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) hinted that unless the problem existing between the Commonwealth and States on the price of butter was resolved the Commonwealth subsidy of lid a…

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Wheat Stabilisation Graham Wins Fight for Ten-year Plan

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 7

The long fight put up by the N.S. Wales Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham) for a ten-year wheat stabilisation plan,…

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It's Risky Working On Canadian Farms

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 4

Modern farming is one of the most hazardous occupations in Canada. This is the finding of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics which at the…

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Potential Dairy Profits Lost

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 3

On many New South Wales dairy farms, points out the Division of Dairying of the Department of Agrisulture, potential profits are…

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