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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 69 of 87

Junior Farmers' Club. Successful Trip to "Dalkeith."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 6

Muswellbrook Junior Farmers recently spent a most successful field day at "Dalkeith," Cassilis, the well-known property of…

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Field Day for Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 2

DUNGOG: randon Grove won the R. L. Fitzgerald Shield yesterday at the first combined field day of the five…

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Butter Factory's Figures Down

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 3

For the first time in its 30 years' existence, Quirindi Co-operative Dairy Society has showed a loss. It was revealed at the society's…

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Dairy Farmers' Milk Company

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 2

The report presented at the annual meeting of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company in Sydney this Friday, showed a profit…

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Junior Farmers Dungog District Council's Field Day Bandon Grove Wins the "R. L. Fitzgerald" Shield

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 3

Fine weather favoured the first field day held on Thursday on the property of Ryan Bros., at Bendolba The function was an outstanding…

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Dairy Production Below Last Year

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 3

Dairy production in the Hunter Valley during September rose, but it did not reach the level It was at the same time last year. The district dairy officer…

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Letter Bag Butter Price (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 4

Sir,— While the Menzies-Fadden Government fail to honour the 1947 agreement of a cost…

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The Farmers & Graziers' Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. Wool Report 25th September, 1951

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 3

We submitted our catalogue of 6900 bales on Monday, the 24th instant. The selection was representative mainly of…

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Dairy Farmers' Milk Company Reviews Year's Work Over 43,000,000 gals. Milk Handled Turnover of £7,436,000 Creates New Record

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 1

Even though the Company had to ration its consumers during part of the winter season the quantity of milk handled was in excess of forty-three million gallons, exceeding the quantity handled the previous year by one and a half million gall ons…

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Farming Notes Tax Hints

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 4

The system of averaging the taxable incomes of primary producers for income tax purposes will be modified…

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Deputation On Butter Price

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 2

The Premier of N.S.W. (Mr. Mc[?]lrr will receive a deputation from the dairying committee of the…

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Wool Prices Rise

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Wool values showed a Sharp rise, up to 20 Per cent on last week's rates When the second series of the…

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Butter to Come From Victoria

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Retail grocers , at a meeting to-day, decided to import butter from Victoria to help case the present acute…

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Junior Farmers. Field Day Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 2

Upper Hunter Junior Farmers will hold a combined field day at the Muswellbrook Showground on Thursday next. The teams…

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Decline in Number of Dairy Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 2

The number of dairy cattle in New South Wales decreased by 18,000 in the year ended March 31 last the Government Statistician…

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Secret Meeting on Butter

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Butter manufacturers and producers will hols a secret meeting in Sydney next week to discuss…

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Dairymen's Protest on the Failure to Raise Price of Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 2

Suggestions of a butter strike and that Gloucester butter be given to agents to sell only at the price of 3/6 a 1b recommended by the Joint…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd , report: We sold 9300 bales of wool at our Sydney sales on Wednesday last. Values were buoyant…

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Wide “Butter” Powers In Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE: Inspectors hove the right to enter and search farms and to seize butter under a Bill poised by Parliament last night. Commodity boards in Queensland hove power to…

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Cattle Entries at Branxton Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 2

Cattle exhibitors at Branxton Show are reminded that cattle judging will take place on Saturday only. Judging…

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