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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 87

Junior Farmers' Club

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 2

QUIRINDI: At the annual meeting of the Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee, the election of officers resulted: President,…

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Ex-barnardo Boy Farm Owner

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 1

MAITLAND.—A former Barnardo boy this week won through to his own dairy farm under the war service land…

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Canada Short of Butter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

OTTAWA:-Cabinet has given the Government's Dairy Products Board power to purchase butter from foreign countries, because…

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Junior Farmers' Tours

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 5

A junior farmer is to be selected for a 6 months tour of the U.S.A. Those eligible are between the ages of…

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Local Junior Farmer Gains First Place

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 5

A member of the Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club—Gordon Pepper tied for 1st place in the Rural Bank project competition with…

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Rotary Shown Dairying Film

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 2

A 16-minute film on the dairying industry was screened at Maitland Rotary Club meeting last night…

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Sheep Drive for Jubilee Fund

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 8

The Merriwa Jubilee Celebrations Committee's Fund is growing steadily as the result of the number of functions being held…

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Output of Butter Down 7000 Tows

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 5

CANBERRA—Butter production for the 11 months ended last May totalled 154,124 tons, compared with 161,267 tons for…

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Home Consumption Price for Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 5

Mr. L. J. Failes, M.P., says that the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. J. McEwan, in reply to a question in the House…

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Butter Production in Australia Shows Big Decline

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA: A report Issued by the Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics shows that butter production in Australia during May was 6595 tons, compared with 9487 tons in May, 1950…

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Young Farmers Get Training In Tractor Care

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 3

Junior Farmers in New South Wales, where a tractor project has been started, will be interested to learn that in the…

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Butter May Remain Stable

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE Observers at the conference between the Commonwealth and the States on the retail price of butter consider…

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More Wheat Needed

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 2

ADELAIDE: Wheat productions would have to be [?] Increased to feed Australia’s rabidly growing population, Mr…

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Dairymen's Threat on Butter, Cheese

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1

PERTH.—Dairyfarmers were prepared to withold all supplies of butter and cheese from the Australian market till the State…

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Threat To Withhold Butter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

PERTH, The president of the Australian Dalr[?]. Farmers’ Federation (Mr. J. Norton) said that dairymen were prepared…

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Wheat Acreage Reduced

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

TAMWORTH: The monthly report on Tamworth crops Issued by the district agronomist (Mr. J. W. Boyle) disclosed that…

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Sheep Killed By Dog Packs

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 3

LITHGOW: Reports, from Messrs, Buckley Brothers, stock and property owners, said that marauding dogs caused heavy…

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Cow Produces Nearly Own Weight ln Butter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 3

COPENHAGEN: For Denmark’s farmers and economists Cow No. 187 of Stensbygoord, Zealand, is sacred. She holds the Danish record for butter production. In one recent year she yieldes…

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LETTERBAG Why Butter Is Short (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

Sir,—To say the least, "Onlooker" is most amusing; or should I say somewhat ridiculous, in his or her arguments…

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New Fabric to Blend with Wool

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 4

NEW YORK: Production of [?]erylle fibres would open important new markets for the wool industry…

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