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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 87

Farmers Again Heavy Flood Losers Main Damage Caused By Paterson River

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

Maitland district farmers have again been heavy losers as the result of flooding caused by rains of last week. Damage occurred on Saturday and yesterday, when the swol[?]en Paterson River broke its banks and inundated farmers in the…

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Record Highland Cattle Prices

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 6

Scottish Highland cattle breeders have been showing outstanding specimens at recent shows, and prize animals continue to be shipped overseas from Britain. For the first time in Its history, the famous Oban Show recently included heifers in its classes and one fetched a…

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Junior Farmer's Column. Points In Selecting A Dairy Cow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 3

When the judge stands in front of the cow, what is he looking for? The cow gulps her food down and stores it for mastication and further…

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Aberdeen Farmer's Invention. Device to Prevent Milk Wastage

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

A simple alarm, to save both loss of time and milk when cans are approaching full in the dairy, has been Revised by Mr. Dick Taylor, of…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 5

N.Z.L. & M.A. Co .Ltd. report that they submitted a catalogue of 1190 bales for the final series of the season, which took…

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Miners Miss Their Butter

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: About 1100 miners at five South Coast coal mines are not working to-day as a protest against the shortage of butter…

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Livestock Review Prices of Store Sheep Rise

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 3

Prices for store sheep rose sharply last week despite the ban on trucks and lower wool values. Further rains in New South Wales and…

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U.s. Farmers Grow Sunflowers As Regular Crop

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 3

American farmers are being encouraged to grow sunflowers as a regular crop for seed as is done in some parts of Australia…

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Dairy Officer's Reports Misleading

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 3

Criticism was levelled against the district dairy officer (Mr. X W. G. Smith) at the meeting of the Maitland branch of the Milk Zone…

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Maitland Farmers Heavy Flood Losers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 2

Farmers in the Maitland district have again been heavy losers as the result of flooding caused Toy rains last week…

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Scientific Help For Farmers Plan to Cut Costs

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 3

A request to the N.S. Wales Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, to arrange, for groups of primary producers to have the…

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Must Alter View On Farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 2

Townspeople must be educated out of the idea that part of the Primary Producers' job is to work long hours…

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Dairying Now "Cinderella" Industry

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 2

THE only way to get more milk was to change the dairying industry from a "Cinderella" industry to the most…

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No Butter Next Week ?

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Suburban grocers claim they have been left without butter supply, because distributors are making deliveries…

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Cattle Dearer, Lambs Cheaper

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 3

Pitt, son and Badgery’s report: 9877 sheep lambs, mostly trade quality Prime descriptions scarce: Sheep timer to 5/ dear…

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Cattle, Milk Interests Affected Adversely Conditions at Melville Bridge Condemned

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 2

A deputation of 11, including representatives of cattle and milk interests, and residents of Rosebrook and Maitland Vale, was receive this morning by tower Hunter shire Council…

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Rice Crop May Be a Record

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

This season's rice crop, now being harvested, was likely to exceed 70,001) tons and might easily reach the record wartime yield of 75,000 tons…

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Wheat Shortage

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 6

As a result of moderate rain in May, wheat sowing in the West Wyalong district is well under way…

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Wool Markets Irregular

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

Wincombe, Carson report:—We sold 7500 bales of wool at our closing Sydney auction season on Thursday. Values for Merinos and…

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Parliamentary Clash Heated Debate On Butter Shortage

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 5

CANBERRA: Mr. Griffiths, Labour Member for the mining electorate of Shortland, clashed with the Minister for Commerce end Agriculture, Mr. McEwan, during a heated discussion in the House of Representatives to-day on…

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