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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 87

Lower Grade Butter This Winter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Consumers in New South Wales and South Australia would have to be satisfied with lower grades of butter this…

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Wheat Needs Rainfall

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The State’s wheat harvest would be 25 per cent. below last season if the present dry spell continued, the president…

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Smaller Potato Crop Expected

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 2

A review of potato crops conditions and a forecast of the coming season’s yl[?]ld prepared by the Division of Marketing and…

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Scone Store Cattle Sale

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 5

Sew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Scone, having conducted a store sale in the Scone…

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Butter May Be Short Next Year

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: The general manager of the Producers’ Co-operative Distributing Society(Mr. E. F Vcysey) said that unless…

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Wool Sales Arrowfield Prices

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Limited brought' forward a catalogue of 2677 bales for the sixth…

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Wool Marketing Plan Rejected Scheme Called "A Mess of Pottage"

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 5

Conference decided to "absolutely oppose the Wool Marketing plan" and instructed the Graziers' Association Executive "to do…

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Cattle Poisoned

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 4

SCONE: Mr. C. F. Nellson, of Little Yarranod, lost seven valuable cows and a young [?] through their picking up…

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Wool Prices Ease

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 4

LONDON: Prices at the British wool sales at Lodestar yesterday were 10 to 15 per cent below those at the Carlisle sale last month…

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Grave Danger of Winter Butter Shortage General Manager of the P.D.S. Says 'Cost of Production Plan' Helpful, But Incentive Price Necessary

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 6

"The dairy industry will have great difficulty in meeting the steadily increasing demand if present conditions continue," the General Manager…

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Scone Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 8

At the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Scone, store cattle sale, there was one of the best quality…

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Wool Prices Increase

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE : Prices at the Geeing wool sales yesterday rose as much as E per cent, in some cases, this being due to the…

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New Vaccine to Cure Cattle

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 8

CANBERRA.—Common-Wealth Serum Laboratories were experimenting to produce an effective vaccine to combat an…

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Ceiling Price for Wool

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON: The office of rice Administration has announced ceiling prices for wool. Officials said that the prices,…

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Farming Notes Autumn Sowing Will Ensure Good Lucerne

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 7

Lucerne seed should be sowed in autumn to avoid the young plants being choked with weeds, states the Department of Agriculture, Young lucerne grows…

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Changes in Dairy Award

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

The Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, Mr. L. C. Turton, said yesterday that the Arbitration Court had…

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Claims Government Should Subsidise Dairymen

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 5

The public could not pay more for milk so it was up to the Government to subsidise dairy farmers, Mr. William Lampl said in Sydney this week…

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Dairy Science Schools

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

Dairy science schools are being held again this a year, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) announced in Sydney,…

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Wheat for India

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Official statements that Australia had no additional wheat available for India were criticised at the…

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Fat Cattle Cheaper at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 3

Ag a result of the dry conditions and no sale having been held last week there was a heavy yarding of 1400 fat cattle at…

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