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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 87

Farming Notes Inland Farm Judging

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 3

Judging of the Royal Agricultural Society's 1951 Farm and Fodder competition for the inland division begins at…

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Strike of North Coast Dairymen Likely

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Far North coast dairy farmers are likely to withhold butter and milk unless the price of butter is increased…

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Appeal Lodged on Vic. Dairy Hours

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: An appeal has been lodged in the Melbourne Appeals Court against the decision to reduce the rural…

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Close Scoring In Junior Farmer Competition

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

The judges of the Junior Farmer Project Competition in the Hunter River District were unable to separate the two…

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Cattle Supervision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 1

The Department of Agriculture sent a resolution carried by the Central Executive Council of the P.P.U. asking for stricter supervision of…

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Threat of Butter Famine in State

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA: A butter famine will eccar in New South Wales if the N.S.W. Government holds out against increased butter prices. Victoria is certain and Queensland almost certain to…

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Wool Reserve Price Plan

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. J. Mc Ewen) said in Canberra that if there were a measurable…

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Severe Damage To Wheat Lands By Kangaroos

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Hordes of kangaroos garoos are eating out valuable pasture lands and causing thousands of pounds damage to…

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Fat Cattle Dearer; Sheep Firmer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 3

Several good drafts of medium weight bullocks were Included in a yarding of 800 fat cattle at Maitland saleyards to-day, but…

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Scone Markets Pigs, Calves, Dairy Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercontile Agency Co., Ltd., Scone, conducted their monthly sale of pigs, calves and dairy cattle to…

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U.S. Expects Bigger Wool Clip

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 4

An estimate by the United States Department of Agriculture is that about 229,100,000lb of wool will be shorn this year in…

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Wool Sales Had Note of Caution (AAP-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON (NZ): The wool sales at Napler opened on a cautious note to-day, preference being shown for coarse…

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No Synthetic Fibre Has Essential Properties of Wool

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 2

KANSAS CITY: The reported existence of a fibre known as synthetic wool, and the purported plan of the national defence administrator to expend £170,000 to finance its production, were character[?]ed as twin myths by the…

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Withholding Of Butter May Cut N.S.W. By Two-Thirds

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 1

LISMORE.—The decision of dairymen to [?] hold butter supplies in Lismore and Casino would reduce N.S.W. supplies by another two-thirds, the secretary of the Richmond District Council of…

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Some Price Controls May Be Lifted Warning On Seriousness, Or Butter Position

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: State Cabinet is expected to-day to lift price controls on many commodities, pegged at July 18 levels. Prices Minister Finnan is insisting that controls of short supply goods be removed to avoid the shortage worsening…

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Junior Farmers at Quirindi

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 2

QUIRINDI: At an advisory committee meeting, Ken Hamilton addressed the members on his experiences and impressions…

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Cotton Crop United States

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 5

On present Indications the US cotton crop will be around 17,500,000 bales, or 1,500,000 bales higher than the Government's…

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Dairy Conference in September

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 1

A conference to discuss ways and means of increasing production on dairy farms has been called by the chairman of the…

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Butter Price Increased

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY: Premier McGirr announced to-day that State Cabinet yesterday decided to increase the price of butter…

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Deferred Payment for Wool (AAP-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

WELLINGTON (NZ): The Prime Minister (Mr. Sidney Holland) said that the Government would confer with woolgrowers’…

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