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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Wheat Premium Sought Transport Plan

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 8

A request to the State Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to ask the Federal Government to join with the State…

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Livestock Review Store Sheep Prices Still Rising

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

The upward trend in store sheep prices continued last week, and there has been a widening demand for all descriptions. A feature of trading has been the increased…

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Wool Still On The Up And Up SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3

Wool prices are expected to [?] higher levels follow [?] decision to stoockpile [?]…

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Singleton Today Dairy Farming Is Not So Simple It's Work From Daybreak To Dark

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

AFTER the railway line was extended to Singleton the new found prosperity which followed soon began to wane. It was not until the modern form of dairying—the separation of milk by mechanical…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs of N.s.w

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales will sponsor a 10-days school of instruction for 60 selected Junior Farmers at Hawkesbury or…

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Dairy Officer Comments on Milk Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

Mr. J. G. W. Smith (district dairy officer) said last Wednesday that many farmers have again been flooded out and this is going to affect milk…

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NOTES & Reports for the Man on the Land Extension of Dairying Guarantee

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, told a deputation from the dairying industry that Government policy was to extend the period of guarantee to the industry to ten years…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs of N.s. Wales

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

Again this year, the Bank [?] New South Wales will sponsor a ten days' school of instruction for 60 selected Junior Farmers at the…

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Farmer Scored a Bull Paris

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

Frastic gendarmen [?] apd revolvers for 15 minutes yesterday without once hitting a bull which had run amok at Nerman…

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Farm and Fodder Championships Singleton's Part In R.A.E, Contest

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3

Singleton's Northern Agricultural Association has been included in the organisations to take part in the North…

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Farms Out of Production For Some Months

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

Many farms in the lower areas of the Hunter will be out of production for months, even if weather conditions improve quickly. Agricultural farmers are affected to a greater degree or many have last everything…

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Electronics in Dairying London

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

The application of the principles of electronics and radio frequency may soon “revolutionise” the approach to sterilisation…

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London Wool Sales Firm LONDON

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

A record [?] Aust.) was paid for scoured marines at the opening day of the London February wool…

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New Wool Record At Goulburn GOULBURN

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

The Australian wool record, set in Sydney last week, of 813d a lb, was broken at the Goulburn sales yesterday with two…

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Wool Sales Deduction Act. the Application of the 20 Per Cent. Deduction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

The authority for the 20 per cent, deduction, which is at present being made from the gross proceeds of wool sold, is contained in the Wool…

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More Farmers Apply for Flood Relief

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

More farmers are applying for food relief now than after the June flood or last year, stated the district [?]fify officer (Mr. J. W…

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America Ends Restrictions On Corn, Wheat WASHINGTON

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 5

The U.S. Agriculture Department Has removed all restriction on 1951 production of corn and wheat…

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Potato Crop Review

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

The Division of Marketing and Agricultural Economics reports that wet conditions during the spring delayed potato sowing…

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Plans For Big Poultry Farm In Africa

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 3

An area of 10.000 acres, 15 miles from Bathurst In Gambia, West Africa, was, nearly two years ego, a waste of tangled…

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Home Made Butter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 6

Much home-made batter from surplus cream yielded by house cows was, far from attractive, said Mr. E. W. Headley, district…

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