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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 92

London Wool Sales

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Jan. 28.—First series of the London wool sales for 1960 will commence on January 28 end conclude on February 10…

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Wool Sales Country Producers

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 3

The Country Producers' Selling Company resumed its wool sales in Sydney last week. Under animated and…

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Fat Cattle Rise 10/-At Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 3

Fat ca[?] values firmed to 10/ a head dearer et Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day. The offering at 868 included…

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Increase On Wool Cut Estimate

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 4

A revised estimate of Australia’s 1949-50 wool clip indicates an increase on the original estimate of 56,000 bales in total…

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Hand Milkers Operate On Champions Of Carnation Farm Enterprise

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 4

Carnation Farms, Tolt, Washington (U.S.A.): Carnation Ormsby Madcap Fayne produced 41,943 lb. of milk in one year, testing at 3.3 per cent, fat content, for approximately 17401b. of butter. This…

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Sheep and Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

Every breeder would be better off if he discarded all sheep of less than average standard in his flock—in many cases the…

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Sydney Wool Market Holds Firm

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 4

The wool market yesterday ruled very firm at the best rates of last week, although a little more discrimination was shown…

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Dominion Proposals for Wool Marketing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, January 24—Sir Reginald G. Bailey, retiring president of the British Wool Federation, yesterday criticised proposals from…

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Wool Price Factors Short Supplies

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 4

Lack of adequate supplies of wool is the basic force influencing prevailing prices, says the weekly letter of Winchcombe,…

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Dairy Company Officer's World Tour 50,000 Miles Travelled. Mr. Tom Scare's Impressions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

Mr. P. D. (Tom) Scarr, assistant general manager of the Hunter Valley Co.-Op. Dairy Co. Ltd., paid his first visit to Muswellbrook yesterday since…

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Scottish Student’s Study Of Farm Methods

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The first winner of the MacRobert travelling scholarship for Scottish agriculture students, Mr…

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District Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 5

Results at Winchcombe Carson’s Homebush auction last Monday included 14 cows and heifers from C. E. McPherson, Wingham which…

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Wool-classing Diploma

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

Mr. Alex Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brown, of Glenthorne, Gresford, has secured his diploma in wool classing…

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Output of Milk, Butter Increases

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

Wholesale milk production in Australia during the five months ended November 30, last was 27,600,000 gallons…

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Paterson Cattle Breeder’s Loss

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 3

The well-known A.I.S. stud breeder, of Oldun, Paterson, and secretary of the Paterson District Agricultural and Horticultural…

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Butter Price Rise If Hours Reduced

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Federal secretary of the Australian, Primary Producers’ Union (Mr. B. G. Dawson) said to-day the price…

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Boost For Australian Wool

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Macy’s, New York’s largest department store, devoted one-quarter of a fall-page advertisement in…

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Top Prices Again At Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

Wool selling brokers in Sydney said that average prices at Sydney wool sales equalled those of last Monday…

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Bull Charges Injured Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 3

Twenty-years-old farmer, Ray Edwards, of Brisbane Grove, Paterson, was driving a Jersey bull along a road at Paterson on Saturday when…

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Price of Milk Dairymen Want Rise

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Wednesday. — Dairyfarmers at Singleton were urged at the meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council to keep…

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