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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Winchcombe Carson Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 6

With keener and more general competition from the United Kingdom, the Continent and Japan, the market…

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N.Z.L. Wool Sale

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue of 2483 bales for the…

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Local Butter Cut 50 Per Cent "Left With No Choice" Says Manager

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

Butter supplies to local shops and stores will be cut by 50 per cent, from to-morrow, the manager of…

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Junior Farmers To Tour Britain

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

Two junior farmers from the Hunter Regional Council area are among the eight finalists from whom two will…

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More Rain Needed for Good Autumn Dairy Officer's Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

The district dairy officer (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) in his monthly report on conditions in the Hunter…

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"Give Us Means to Get Food" Says Farmers, President

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 5

In his annual report, read to the District Council of the Primary Producers' Union meeting at Muswellbrook, Mr…

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Millfield Junior Farmers Successes at Newcastle Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

Once again the Millfield Junior Farmer Club did well in the dressed poultry section at the Newcastle Show…

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Butter Wanted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 4

President of the council (Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, MLA) said it was a shame that producers were being forced to sell butter at less than the general…

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Producers Suggest 6/2 for Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 4

The Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the Primary Producers' Union wil make strong representations for an immediate…

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High Quality Exhibits Feature of Maitland's Show Falling Off in Cattle Entries

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 1

A feature of Maitland's 92nd Annual Show this week was the outstanding quality of exhibits from all districts in the Hunter Valley which had been in the grip of a drought for more than six months before relief came last week…

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Cross-bred Dairy Cows in the United States

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 4

Performance of crossbred dairy cows under actual farm conditions continues to pile up evidence of the value of cross-breeding to the…

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Fat Cattle Dearer At Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 3

The fat cattle market at the Maitland yards to-day was £1 to £2 dearer than last day…

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Rain Kills Stock But Aids Crops Agronomist's Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 4

Losses, in some cases seVere, occurred among forward springers and young stock immediately…

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Northern Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—With keener and more general competition from the United Kingdom, the Continent…

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BY 1960 Australians Will Consume 1000 Million Gallons of Milk. Immense Opportunity for Farmers Profitably to Increase Output

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

Every calculation of the likely requirements of Australia's increasing population for dairy products stresses the need for…

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More Rain Needed. for Good Autumn. Dairy Officer's Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

The district dairy omcer (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) in his monthly report on conditions in the Hunter Valley, states that since the…

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Junior Farmer in U.s.a

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

Ian Sharrock, the Junior Farmer chosen to visit America under the Interntional Farm Youth Exchange Project, has…

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Pig Crop Reporting Service

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 3

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics has released for publication the "Pig Crop Report," giving details of…

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Fodder Crops Benefit From Rain

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

The district agronomist (Mr. F. D. Mackenzie), in a report on fodder crop states that Lucerne generally throughout…

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Meat And Dairy Production Should Be Given Priority

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

Preference, in the planning of irrigation development should be given to schemes with major objectives the production of meat and dairy products, it was stated in the irrigation Development and Food…

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