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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,829 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 92

Scone Market Report Sheep and Cattle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Scone, report having conducted their fortnightly sale of sheep and…

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Pigs, Calves Dairy Cattle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 4

At the monthly sale of pigs, calves and dairy cattle on Wednesday the following prices were realised:…

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Cattle And Sheep Easier

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson’s report. —27,178 sheep of mixed quality. Suckers 3/ dearer. Prime grown sheep very firm. Best ewes to…

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Rothbury Dairy Farm Shows Benefit of Improved Pastures

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 4

Great interest in postures improvement was shown at a field day at Mr. Claude A. Pankhurst’s dairy form at Rothbury yesterday. Onlookers were escorted around…

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Dairy Cow Has Triplet

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—A shorthorn dairy cow, owned by Mr. G. W. Wilson, of Camper[?]own, has given birth to triplets,…

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Sheep Brand Is Sheep Product Better Than Old Method

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 8

An improved method of branding sheep could prove of value to Australian graziers if introduced in this country…

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Field Wheat Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 10

Messrs Morris and Filan, agronomists of the Department of Agriculture, visited Merriwa on Monday for the purpose of judging the entries in…

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Heavy Fall in Butter Output

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 4

Striking figures illustrating the decline in the dairying industry in recent years, were given in the Legislative…

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Newcastle Wool Record Now 213d

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

Five bales of greasy merino wool from Murrurundi district brought a Newcastle record price of 213[?]d a lbv at Newcastle wool…

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John o' London Newcastle Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 2

Under very keen and animated competition from all sections of the trade the market at Winchcombe Carson's Newcastle sale…

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Mr. Fadden's Wool Reduction Scheme Explained

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 8

areas have suffered severe losses and will need all the money they can command to restore flocks and repair damage…

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Newcastle Wool Sales Many District Realisations at High Prices

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

On Tuesday, 31st ult., Messrs. Pitt Son & Badgery. Ltd., Newcastle, offered their entire catalogue of 6000 bales. The market…

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Dairy Export Prices Reached Their Peak

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 4

LISMORE, Friday.—So far [?] experts could gather export prices of butter and cheese had reached their [?]…

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Record Price For Liemore Farm

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 4

LISMORE, Friday.—A record district price of £125 an acre was scoured for an [?]-acre property at Woodlawn, via Lismore…

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Not a Wool "Tax." The Fadden Deduction Plan Examined. (By E. C. Sommerland, M.L.C., Chairman of the Australian Country Party (N.S.W.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 6

Whether or not the fabulous prices now being paid for Australian wool will—in this age of synthetics and substitutes—be a good thing…

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Fadden Plan Not a Wool "Tax" Deduction Fund Meets Special Expenditure (By E. C. Sommerlad, M.L.C. Chairman of the Australian Country Party of N.S.W.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

Whether or not the fabulous prices now being paid for Australian wool will-in this age of synthetics and substitutes—be a good thing ultimately for the wool-growing industry, there is no doubt…

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Preliminary Wheat Forecast

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 2

“There is every prospect of this season’s wheat harvest in New South Wales yielding 60 million bushels Of grain,” the…

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New Fluid for Sheep Branding

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 6

An Improved method of branding sheep could prove of value to Australian graziers if Introduced in this country…

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Sheep Dearer At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson’s report: 18,006 sheep penned. Prime suckers 2/ to 3/ dearer; grown sheep firm. Bes ewes to 10d. weathers…

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Quality Not As High For Fat Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 3

A lighter supply of 850 fat cattle was yarded, at Maitland saleyards today. The general quality was not as…

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