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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Value of Gabo Wheat

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

Gabo wheat, the rust resistant variety bred by Professor W. L. Waterhouse, of Sydney University, promises to be as valuable…

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Letters To The Editor Butter Price

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

Sir.—Once again, we read of our bureaucratic government further delaying a better price to farmers for their produce by…

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£44/6 for Fat Cattle at Moree

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

Dalgety's News Service reports that a new record for the Moree Saleyards was established on Wednesday, when Dalgety &…

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The Letterbag Grading Of Wheat (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 7

A grain trade correspondent of the State writes disapprovingly of the grading of wheat of the Commonwealth. He gives…

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Big Shipments of Stud Beef Cattle Are on the Way

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

Comfortably housed and straw-bedded in strong, roomy boxes on the aft well-deck of the Shaw-Savill liner, "Suevic." which…

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Cement "Farmers" of the U.S. Research Projects' Strange Crops

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

A tourist motoring through certain parts of the United States will find farms "growing" a strange crop of…

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To-day’s Leader: Butter Price Civil Defence in Total Mar London

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

The only way to prevent widespread loss of life In total war was mass civilian evacuation from densely populated towns, on…

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NOTES & Reports for The Man On The Land Wool Has No Peer No Substitute Yet Found

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

Soaring prices of both wool and cotton have provided the awaited incentive for international chemical such as Du Pont of U.S.A. Imperial Chemical Industries of Britain, the Vereinigte Glanzstoff Fabriken and…

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Tasmanian Farmers Tour of Inspection

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

Four Tasmanian farmers, including two of the leading Jersey breeders of that island are touring this state. They inspected the demonstration…

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Old Identity Passes Sportsman, Grazier, Farmer Popular "Gus" Carlton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 3

Within a week of his 92nd birthday anniversary, Mr. Augustine ("Guss") Carlton died at his home at Pinebrush on Thursday morning. He…

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Good Price For Denman Farm

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

On Saturday last. Mr. L. R. Sparke's farm of 149 acres, near Denman. was sold by auction. After spirited bidding it was…

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Milk Price: Nothing For The Farmer Yet

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

Although an increase of onehalfpenny per gallon on the retail price of milk has been announced, the price to be paid…

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Maize Seed Crops Destroyed Maitland Floods

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 3

The last flooding of the Hunter at Maitland completely wiped out the crops of three registered growers of hybrid maize…

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World of Farming Prickly Pear-a Menace That Can Live and Multiply on Fresh Air

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 7

PRICKLY PEAR can not only live but also grow on air alone, and that is only one part of this…

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One Singleton Junior Farmer for Hawkesbury Annual Meeting

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

A member of the Singleton branch of the Junior Faarmers' organisation will be sent to the Hawkesbury…

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"Butter May Be Rationed." Dairymen's Belief. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 2

Dairymen believe that butter may have to be rationed again. The president of the Victorian Dairy Farmers' Association, Mr. C. Howey, said last…

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To-day’s Leader: Line Should Be Raised Dairyman Expects Butter Shortage in Australia Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

Dairymen believe that butter may, have to be rationed again. President of the Victorian Dairy Farmers’ Association (Mr…

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Wool Deduction Act Valid MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

The Full High Court to-day unanimously [?] validity of the Government Wool Sales Deduction Act…

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Wheat growers Say Board Has Bungled

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 4

Wheat growers In the Moree district say that the Australian Wheat Board hat bungled the shipping of wheat, from rail…

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Favourable Middle East Reports on Gabo Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 5

Gabo wheat, the rust resistant variety bred by Professor W. W. Water-house, of Sydney University, promises to be as valuable to some overseas…

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