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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 87

Six Year Plan on Dairying

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA—The Federal Government had a six-year plan to stabilise the dairying industry the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) said on Wednesday…

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Call-Up Deferment for Young Dairy Industry Hands

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

Subject to certain conditions, deferment of call-up for National Service may be granted to young seasonal workers in the dairying industry. Exemption will not be considered…

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Farming Notes Friesian Classes

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 3

The N.S.W. branch of the Priesian Cattle Club of Australia is to request the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. to…

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Union Plan on Dairying

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

A meeting of trade-union executives at Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday carried a motion providing for a 10-point plan to…

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Wool By Auction

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA: Australia did not intend to abandon the auction system and sell wool to the United States outside the normal…

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Dairymen Against Dam Site at Tillegra

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 2

Dairymen, at a meeting of Dungog Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's council on Thursday, decided to request their Executive in Sydney to…

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Homeless U.s. Youths Learn Citizenship, Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 2

Eight young American boys who were left homeless and without adult guidance now have a place to live. They also are gaining valuable…

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Federal Plan For Dairying Industry

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA: The, chairman of the Federal Dairying Committee of the Australian Primary Producers Union (Mr. J. M…

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Farmer Committed on Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 2

According to evidence In Paterson court yesterday a man who had claimed to be able to spilt a cigarette with rifle shots…

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Cattle Cheaper; Sheep Firm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 3

Winchoombe, Caseon’s REPROT: [?] of mixed quality, Market [?] Best [?] wethers 17d, bogg[?]…

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Singleton Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 2

A consignment of 11 cows from R. E. Harris, Singleton, realised £15 per head at Winchcombe, Carson's Homebush…

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Farmer’s Death

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 2

Robbie Frank Johnson, 68, a farmer of Branxton, died in the Mater Hospital, Waratah, on Friday. He was buried at the…

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Child Drowned in Sheep Dip

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 4

JUNEE: Leonard Hancock, three years, son of Mr. V. Hancock, of Erin Vale, was drowned in a sheep dip…

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High Price for Portland Wool

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 4

Wool from the Protland district topped the recent London wool sales for New South Wales wool, and was the second…

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Bright Future for Farming. Bank Director's Talk to Junior Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

A bright future for primary production in Australia was forecast by the President of the Royal Agricultural…

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Cropped for 65 Years But Still Grows Prize Maize

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 4

The soil which grew the winning crop in the Lower North and Central Coast Division of the R.A.S. Championship Field…

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Dairying. Artificial Insemination. Proposed Hunter River Centre

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 4

In the House of Representatives, Mr. Allen Fairhall, M.P., for Paterson, asked the Minister for Agriculture and Commerce,…

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Union Plan on Dairying

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 3

A meeting of trade union executives at Newcastle Trades Hall carried a motion providing for a 10-point plan to rehabi[?]te the…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 17th JULY, 1951. Six-year Plan on Dairying

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 3

The Federal Government had a six-year plan to stabilise the dairying industry, the Minister for…

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Farmers' Night Vigil N River Stream Did Not Rise Sufficiently To Flood

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

Farmers below Maltiand kept a vigil on the Hunter River throughout last night as the swollen stream threatened to once more inundate rich agricultural lands. After reaching nearly 25 ½ feet, however, the river…

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