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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 83 of 87

Muswellbrook Junior Farmer. Third Place in State Championship

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

Cliff Blake, member of the Muswellbrook Junior Farmer Club, was placed third in division 1 of the…

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Loaned Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 2

We have been advised that Mr Cec. Yates generously loaned some of his best cattle for rodeo events last week The graziers and farmers in…

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Grafton Factory Installs Butter Wrapping Machine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 4

A modem English butter wrapping machine valued at £2,500 has been installed in the butter department of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy…

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Underbank & District Junior Farmers' Club Celebrates First Birthday

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 2

The Underbank and District Junior Farmers gathered on Mr Les Hopson's property last Wednesday evening to mark the occasion of the…

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Cattle Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2

A charge against John Henry Worrell, It, of Lochinvar, that on or about August 24 at Whitebridge, be [?]…

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Wheat Harvest

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA. — Australia's wheat production will not reach minimum requirements for two years, wheat…

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Bodgery Ltd., Newcastle, on Thursday offered at auction an attractive catalogue of 4000 bales…

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Fat Cattle Values Unchanged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 3

The quality of a light yarding of 800 fat cattle at Maitland saleyards to-day was much inferior to recent…

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Sought Assurance On Wheat Price

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2

Referring to the successful negotiations that the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture conducted on the…

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Win by Branxton Junior Farmer

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

Graeme Haling, of Branxton, won first prize in the first division of the State cow and calf rearing competition for…

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Junior Farmers' Cow Rearing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK: Outland Blake, a member of the Muswellbrook Junior Farmers Club, was placed third in…

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Butter Cut Seen

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday—The New South Wales public would have to voluntarily ration butter according to a…

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Voluntary Butter Rationing

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The New South Wales public should voluntarily ration butter to themselves to prevent a shortage,…

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Move to Change Junior Farmer Name

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 1

A move is afoot to see what can be done to change the name "Junior Farmers" to something more appropriate. That there were weaknesses…

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Junior Farmers Dungog District Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

The final meeting of the year for the District Council took place at Dungog Public School on Thursday last at 8 pm. Those present were…

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Recent History in Dairying Industry Primary Producers' Union Chairman's Review

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

In his address at the quarterly meeting of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr. J. S. Halg (President) said the history of the dairy industry over the past three months was known not only to the dairy…

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Alarming Drop in Dairy Production Maitland’s Milk Intake Down 100,000 Gallons Weekly

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

In recent weeks there has been an alarming reduction in dairy production, the direct results of draught, but imitates future prospect are even grimmer, because milk intake is dally falling off. At the moment, production in the [?] from which Bothers' buttes…

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Full Day for Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 3

Junior farmers from 13 clubs the Lower Hunter Lake Macquarie district will take part in a field day at Maitland…

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Junior Farmers' Field Day

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 1

Junior Farmers from 14 clubs in the Singleton-Cooranbong area will compete in the annual field day at…

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Urges Survey of Farm Needs

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 2

The N.S.W. Government was urged to investigate at once the supplies of and transport facilities for plant and materials urgently needed by…

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