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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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New Aid for Dairy Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 4

Bin Improvement In Treating Mastitis in Dairy Cows. Within recent times he treatments of Bovine Mas[?] has…

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"Dairy Farming in Australia" M. of A. Praises New Book

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said that the New South Wales edition of the book…

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Dairy Stock Sold For Meat

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 4

Dozens of dairy helfers are being bought for beef in local sale, yards by Sydney operators, and J the time might come when…

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Cattle Firmer at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 3

About 800 fat cattle were yarded at Maitland to-day Although no outstanding heavy bullock were forward, there was a good…

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Smaller Grape Crop At Pokolbin CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 3

Vineyards in .the Pokolbin district have been seriously affected the excessive rain of last year. sodden nature of the ground…

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Surplus Wheat Bags May Be Asset

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 2

It is quite possible that surplus wheat bags hold by famers may yet prove an asset. In Inverell Mr. Geof Crawford…

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Mr. Harold Bell Loss To Australian Wool Industry

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 3

Mr. Harold Bell, chairman and general manager of Winchcombe Carson Ltd., died suddenly yesterday at his home in…

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Smoking Crop

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 1

Seasonal conditions for the 1950-51 tobacco crop in Texas, Ashford and Tenterfleld districts have been most…

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Rain Will Benefit Pastures Dairy Officer's Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 1

The Hunter District Dairy Officer (Mr. J. W. G. Smith), in his report for December, said the rain would greatly…

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Field Day Planned for Singleton Dairy Contest Finals

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 3

The second Hunter Valley dairy cattle field day will be held on Thursday of next week at Mr. A. S. R. Shearer's…

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The World of Farming Notes From All Parts

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 3

AGE and wear are the enemies of all insulation, so it is as well to check all the wires for…

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Pokolbin Grape Crop

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 2

Vineyards in the Pokolbin district have been seriously affected by the excessive rain of last year. The sodden nature of…

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America to Buy Wool Soon Washington

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

The United States Government will enter the wool market as soon as the army has completed Its current purchase programme,…

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Farmyard Manure On Lawns

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 6

Farmyard manure should be used with discretion where lawns are concerned, warns the Division of Plant industry of the…

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Scone Market Report Pigs, Calves, Dairy Cattle

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Scone; report having conducted their monthly sale of pigs, calves and…

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Wheat Prospects

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

Australian wheat production for 1950-51 may be about 185,000,000 bushels, says the Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics…

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Big Drop in Wheat Yield

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 5

The New South Wales wheat yield is expected to yield only about 42 million bushels, compared with 81,939,000 bushels last…

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1200 Cattle Driven Over 4000 Miles Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

A mob of 1200 cattle reached the Hunter Valley last week after travelling more than 4000 miles in 12 months…

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Wheat Case May Be Reopened SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

The now famous Neiungaloo wheat case may be reopened at the next sitting of the High Court next month…

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Wool Outlook Strong. British Production Greater

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—The close of 1950 has not shown any reduction in strength of the world's markets for textile fibres including…

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