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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 73 of 92

Another Move Towards Appreciation of £. Concern Over British-u.s. Governments' Move on Wool Allocations. Canberra

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 2

A fresh move is expected to De made in Cabinet to-day to revalue the Australian pound. It will be the ninth attempt since the Menzies-Fadden…

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A Crop of Timber

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 2

AUSTRALIAN formers should be encouraged to produce on their properties a few acres of merchantable timber said one of the delegates to the quarterly meeting of the central executive of the N.S.W. Primary…

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To-day’s Leader: A Crop Of Timber Occupation of All Korea President Rhee’s Plea to U.N. Forces

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 1

SEOUL, October 3 (A.A.P.-Reuter). —South Korean President Syngman Rhee said last night that the United Nations’ forces must occupy all of Korea if any further war was to be avoided…

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Field Day on Farm At DUNGOG

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 2

Arrangements are being made to hold a field day on the No. 3 property of Mr. G. T. Carlton, Brookfield, Dungog, on Friday,…

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Market Report Sheep and Cattle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency company Limited, Scone, held their fortnightly sale of sheep and cattle…

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Blackleg Causes Death Of Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 2

District stock inspector (Mr. E. A. Lucas) said to-day five head of two-years-old steers had died from blackleg in the…

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Wool Allocation Not Favoured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 4—Observers at the London meeting of the international Wool Study Group do not that the United States’…

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New Aid for Dairy Farmers Big Improvement in Treating Mastitis in Dairy Cows:—

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 2

Within recent times the treatment of Bovine Mastitis has taken tremendous strides. First the use of Sulpha Drugs, then came Penicillin. This…

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Manning Farmers Skilful Work on Small Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 1

Mr. Jack Andrews, Taree, district winner of the N.S.W. Dairy Farm Championship competition and district winner of the Milk Board…

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Lantana Bug Farmers Keen to Try Out Insect

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 4

A suggestion by Mr. Tom Pounce- by, that Dungog Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council experiment with the Lantana bugs on eradicating…

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Junior Farmers' Day

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 1

A combined MuswellbrookSingleton Junior Farmers' Clubs' Field Day is to.be held on Mr. C. Serhan's property at…

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Dungog Field Day Demonstration Farm Will Be Open To Public

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 3

Arrangements are being made to hold a Field Day on the No. 3 property of Mr. G. T. Carlton, Brookfield, Dungog, next…

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Road Lift of Wheat Starts

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 4

TOOWOOMBA, Thurs.—Truck convoys have begun lifting more than 3,000,000 bushels of Darling Downs wheat stored since…

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Wool Tax Would Be Discriminatory

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Action necessary to correct the danger of inflation should be applied to the community generally, not one…

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Juniors' Dairy Cattle Section

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 6

Dairy heifer, under 12 months, any breed, or cross breed, John Brown 1, Chas. Shearer 2, Ken Hill 3; junior dairy cattle…

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Dairy Cattle Awards Jerseys

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 6

Jersey judge, Morton Trotter (Beechwootl): General quality up, showing vast improvement. Very nice showing of…

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Fat Cattle

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 5

Fat cattle judge, S. K. Dawes: Were all well bred and fattened exceptionally well. Three winning steers in…

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Beef Cattle

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 6

Beef cattle judge, Owen LloydJones: Quality of the beasts exhibited particularly high, but classes lacked competition…

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Fat Sheep

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 5

Fat sheep judge, W. R. Day: Although light in supply, exhibits of fair quality. Entries retarded because of wet…

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Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 5

Wool, judge, D. H. Strachan: Although supply limited there were some choice fleeces. AH sections keenly contested…

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