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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Wool Conference Canberra

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 6

The Commonwealth Government will be represented at the meeting of the Wool Committee of the International Raw…

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Australian Wool Sales

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

A statement prepared by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia shows that wool said in Australia In the…

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The Farmers and Graziers' Co.-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited. 6th March, 1951. Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

We submitted our catalogue of 4071 bales on Monday, 5th instant. The selection, which for the most part comprised good to attractive…

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Ten Years’ Guarantee on Returns for Dairy Farm Produce Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Dairy farmers are entitled to a long-term guarantee that their returns for the next 10 years should cover the cost of production plus a fair margin of profit, said the general president of the Primary Producers’ Union of New…

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Country Party. Liverpool Plains Electorate Council. Wool Sales Deduction Act Approved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 6

The Liverpool Plains Electorate Council of the Australian Country Party held its annual meeting at Coolah recently. The meeting was well…

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N.z. Farmers Welcomed at Council Chambers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

A party of New Zealand farmers arrived in Muswellbrook on Tuesday and were welcomed at the Council Chambers by the Mayor…

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District Junior Farmers. Further Successes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Muswellbrook and district Junior Farmers have recorded the following successes in cattle judging at Shows held recently:—…

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N.S.W. Tobacco Crops Affected By Rain

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 6

Tobacco crop prospects in New South Wales have been greatly, reduced, especially through the ravages of blue…

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Fewer Potatoes This Season N.S.W. Crops Down

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 6

There is likely to be a general decline in potato production in New South Wales this coming season—a spokesman…

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Dipping Cattle For’ Tick Control

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 4

Spraying cattle to control tick infestation gives only a small degree of protection by comparison with dipping, a spokesman…

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Bullocks Still Scarce; Sheep Dearer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 3

Bullocks were again cares in a yarding of 900 [?] cattle at Maitland land saleyards to-day The quality throughout was…

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Review of State’s Maize Crops

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 2

A review of maize crops by the division of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, Department of Agriculture states that…

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American Farms ‘Grow’ Concrete

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 6

A tourist motoring through certain parts of the United states will find farms “growing” a strange crops of concrete slabs,…

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"Indoor Sunlight" for Animals Farm Fluorescence

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 1

"Indoor Sunlight" is produced by a new flourescent lamp, recently developed in the United States, when it is used with…

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Small Wheat Harvest London

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 1

Britain's -wheat barvest may be the smaller on record, because of the. wet weather, which . persisted almost since the 1950 her…

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Hunter Valley Cattle At The Royal SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

Cattle from the Hunter Valley did well in dairy classes of yesterday’s session of the Royal Sydney Show. With Jerseys, T. Mutton and Sons, of Blowarra Maitland took…

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Northern Studs Win At Roy Cattle Were Shown at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 1

Northern studs which were represented at the Muswellbrook Show have gained further honours at the Royal Shok…

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Bolwarra Farmers Again Anxious

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 3

Farmers in the Bolwarra area, where greatest farmland devastation in Maitland’s history occurred in January, are again anxiously watching low rain-filled skies to-day. Mr. M. Tobin said that while farmers in this area felt…

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Butter Price

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

DAIRYMEN contend that the price of butter is too low. The formers receive more thon the housewife pays for the product because the Federal Government pays a subsidy, now totalling nearly a shilling a pound,…

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Milk and Butter

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 7

Gap between milk and butter prices was not so wide, when capital outlay was taken into consideration, said the president…

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