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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 87

Wool Eases Up to Ten Per Cent

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 8

Wool values at the Sydney wool sales on Monday showed a decline of up to 10% on sales curlier in May…

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Section for Junior Farmers in September Flower Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

The Committee for St. Andrews Presbyterian Flower Show has decided to include a section in its schedule for the Junior Farmers…

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Farmers Consider Adoption of Children to get Schoolteacher

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

Residents of the farming district of Putty, 50 miles from Singleton, are so worried about lack of educational facilities for their children that they…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Registration

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

The Milk Zone Dairymens' wishes to advise its members that the M. Z. D. C. is registered under the new Commonwealth…

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Farm Youths Build Community Church

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 4

Community-minded young Australians may find Inspiration in a report from the American town of State Center, towns where farm…

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Junior Farmers’ Club Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK: At the annual meeting of the District Council of Junior Farmers’ Clubs the following office-boarers were…

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Receipts From Wool Clip

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

Australia’s wool cheque for the current season ending June 80 may be £50,000,000, against the previous record, £22[?],000,000 for…

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Modern Mobile Unit to Assist Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

A modern Aim, photographic and record mobile unit, purchased through the Commonwealth daily grant,…

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Butter Rises

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The price of butter is likely to rise between. 8d and 1/8 lb this month, dairy authorities said…

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Unofficial Butter Rationing

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY: Distributing companies in Sydney announced that unofficial rationing of butter would being or Monday night…

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Big Rise in Butter Price Expected

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The price of butter is likely to rise between 8d. and 1/8 per lb. this month, dairy authorities said to-day…

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Featuring Wool for Eyeing Wear

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 3

PETER RUSSELL made this dinner dress of fine chiffon tweed in the hew colour "Red Pewter." Pleated corsage has two large chrysanthemums to tone tucked into it, and there is pleating at the…

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Butter Famine. Rise of 8d. TO 1/8 lb. Expected. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

The price of butter is likely to rise between 8d. lb. and 1/8 lb. this month, dairy authorities said to-day. One authority said that the minimum rise…

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£5000 Spent on Bolwarra Banks Example Of Self-Help By The Area’s Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

Since the flood of June, 1949, farmers in the Bolwarra of Maitland have spent £5000 on restoration works on broken and damaged embankments. This was revealed of the annual meeting of the…

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Minister Warns Butter Dealers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Resellers who with held butter from ale would be prosecuted, Prices Minister Finnan warned to-day…

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Mr. Donaldson Elected to Dairy Board

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 3

Ballot for N.S.W. representative of co-operative interests on the Australian Dairy Produce Board resulted in the election of Mr. J. K…

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Cattle and Sheep Dearer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

A Highter yarding of 900 fat cattle was offered at Maitland sale yards to-day. On the whole good, useful…

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Butter Price

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 2

The price of butter may rise after July 1. The Federal Joint Dairy Advisory Committee will recommend that producers…

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Rush for Butter Continues

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Panic buying of butter continued in Sydney to-day, and the organising secretary of the Housewives’ Association…

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Bond On Sheep Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 2

A 32-years-old invalid pensioners Gordon John Dooley, of Bishop’s Bridge, charged at Maitland court to-day with…

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