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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 84 of 87

"The Travelling Dairy"

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

(This article is reproduced from the Milk board Journal by King part mission of the Editor, to Whom We are also indebted for the…

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13 Clubs in Junior Farmers' Field Day

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 5

Field days were of inestimable value to the Junior Farmer Movement, said the president of the Lower Hunter-Lake Macquarie District Council (Mr. P.G. Legae) this morning…

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ONLY 41m. Bushels Wheat Crops

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 3

No more than 41 million bushels of wheat was expected, from the current harvest in New South Wales, the…

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No Wool Revival Yet

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 7

There are no signs of increasing wool consumption, says Winchcombe. Carson Ltd. in its weekly wool…

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Graziers May Seek Cattle Sales Co-Op

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 1

A group of Singleton graziers are seeking support for a cattle sales co-operative. It is expected that they will call a meeting of interested persons…

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Ambulance Car Memorial Appeal Wool Appeal

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 8

Vic Bower, 6 fleeces; W. Martin and Sons. 2 fleeces; Arty Martin, 1 bag of wool; Jim Ball, 2 fleeces; Bert…

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Drought Feeding of Sheep. the Value of Weekly Feeding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 8

Weekly feeding of sheep on conserved fodder can with great advantage replace daily feeding during periods…

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Pound of Butter. Cost 4/2.8d to Reach Consumer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 4

The Rural Bank publication, "Trends", publishes a chart showing that providing a pound of butter to the Australian…

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Demonstration Biggest and Best of Its Kind 500 junior Farmers At Maitland Field Day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 2

The fifth combined field day staged yesterday in Maitland by the Lower Hunter-Lake Macquarie District Council end attended by some 500 youngsters was easily the biggest and mast successful of its kind,…

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Tamworth Students Visit Farms

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 4

Thirty students from the Church of England Boys' School at Tamworth today made an extensive tour of…

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Low Wheat Yields in Hunter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 2

Yields from wheat harvesting, begun in mid-November, were generally low, ranging from four to six bags an acre, tie District Agronomist…

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Dairy Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 4

Dairy farming reveals most of the problems of Australian agriculture in concentrated form. The regional shortage of butter for local consumption…

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Farmers Laying in Fodder

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Faced with the prospect of prolonged drought, many NSW farmers are laying in unusually large stocks of…

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Green Vegetable Bug Active In Inland Crops

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 6

“Green vegetable bugs are appearing in many crops in inland N.S.W., and the Department of Agriculture has had several inquires lately about the value of the egg parasites of this pest,” said S. L…

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Rush Buying Might Bring About Butter Rationing

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 2

It the tendency of people to board butter continued, rationing by stores might became imperative, representatives of a number of Maitland business houses said to-day…

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Lowest Wheat Harvest for Five Years

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: It was officially forecast to-day that Australia’s wheat crop this year will be 167,000,000…

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500 Junior Farmers At Maitland Field Day

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

The fifth combined field day staged on Saturday in Maitland by the Lower Hunter-Lake Macquarie District Council and attended by some 500 youngsters, was easily the biggest and most…

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Cattle Stealing Charges

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 2

Evidence that a hel[?]ey which had been stolen at Wh[?]tebridge was sold with other[?] to a farmer at Lochinv[?] was glven…

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Success of Millfield Junion Farmers Field Day at Maitland

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 5

Millfield Junior Farmers spent a profitable time at the [?]ield Day at Maitland last Thursday…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1951 · page 1

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., report 7th December, 1951:…

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