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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Best Dairy Herd in Valley

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 3

The best dairy herd in the Hunter Valley averaged 39.6 lbs. of milk under official test during October…

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Dairy Quotas

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the N.S.W. Dairy Products Board, has determined the…

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Tumuts Butter

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 1

Butter production dropped by 109 tons at the Tumut factory during the past 12 months, and a profit of only…

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Fashions In Wool..... Cloud-ught Wool Jersey

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 3

BONNIE CASHIN, of New York, makes this smartly streamlined very feminine dress. It's in softest wool jersey, with gently…

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Dairy Farmers' Re-Union Happy Gathering At Aberdeen Company Chairman Forecasts Daily Milk Intake of 50,000 GALLONS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 1

There was a near record attendance at the annual Blairmore-Dartbrook Dairymen's Re-Union dinner, held at the Aberdeen Memorial Hall on Thursday last…

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Pipes for Glenbawn to Cost £9M. Pipes Should Be Ordered Now, Says Dairy Company Chairman

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 2

Speaking at the Aberdeen farmers' reunion dinner on Thursday, Major-General Richardson, Chairman of the Hunter Valley…

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Farm Machinery Trials

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 2

Operations in roll from which every vestige of moisture had dried out, an imposing array of tractors created a busy…

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Junior Farmer District Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 2

A meeting will be held at the show office in Maitland on November 20 for the purpose of forming a Junior…

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Bowman Farm Sports

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 4

GLOUCESTER: The Bowman Farm sports, which were held a few days ago, netted £104. This amount it to be…

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Scone Market Report Pigs, Calves and Dairy Cattle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report having held their monthly sale of pigs, calves…

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Child Drowned in Sheep Dip

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 4

SINGLETON: The Singleton Coroner (Mr. A. M. Chandler) returned a finding of accidental death after an…

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Junior Farmers Start Bob-a-job to Raise Funds

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 2

Dungog Junior fanners have started a Bob-a-job Service to raise urgently needed funds. They will do any odd jobs and may be contacted…

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R. Terrace Junior Farmer Has Success

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 2

A Raymond Terrace junior Cordon Pepper, won division three of the vegetable growing project at the…

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Dexter Cattle

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 6

A breed of cattle little heard of here but not unusual in England is the Dexter—Britain's smallest. breed…

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Butter Rationing for the Next Three Winters

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 5

Butter would have to be rationed in the Winter months for the next three years predicted Mr. J. T. Reid, (C. P., Casino) in the…

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Junior Farmers Field Day

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 8

Members of the Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club held a field day on the farms of Mr. G Campbell and Mr. E. Griffin at Tomago…

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Merriwa Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 7

At the Homebush auctions last Monday, Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. sold on account of R. H. Jennings, Merriwa, 81 xbred ewes…

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Consumption of Butter

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA: The lifting at rationing in June, 1960, caused almost a 25 per cent increase in the consumption at butter…

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No Wheat Shortage

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA: The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. J. McEwen) said in the House of Representatives that…

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Drop in Sales of Butter

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Sales of butter in NSW have dropped 85 per coul, in the past weak, according to the States…

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