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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,661 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 84

Wheat Men Will “Bargain”

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: President of the Wheatgrowers’ Union (Mr. C. Renshaw) said to-day that wheatgrbwers Intended to use…

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Denman News Distinction for Local Junior Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

Among those Junior Farmers selected to attend the Sydney Royal Show Camp and Junior Farmers' Day is Jean Smith, of…

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Who Is to Produce the Food? The Planners or the Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

Some twenty years ago a friend of mine, one of the philosophical country types, capable of far greater prescience…

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Cold Comfort Farm

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 2

IT WOULD BE a cheering thing to be able to say that, amid present-day fears and alarms, there was a bright note in world food production, but unfortunately this cannot be said with truth. The…

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Today’s Leader Cold Comfort Farm Hard Times for Capone

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

CHICAGO: Lean times have come for Ralph Capone who, when his brother, “Searface” [?] was [?] of the…

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Farm Sales

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 3

An 85-acre grazing and timber property at Buttai was sold for £7/10/ an acre at an auction, sale at Maitland this…

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Butter Not Likely to Increase Says Dairy Officer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 2

Recent rain is not expected to cause milk production to increase to any extent in either the…

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Scone Store Cattle Market Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 3

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Scone, report having conducted their first store cattle…

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Raising Cattle on Desert Land

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 7

WASHINGTON: Cattle could be raised on drought-stricken desert land of the United States by feeding them a…

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Gloucester Made Less Butter in February

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 4

"According to the secretary's Mr. (J. Turner's) report for February the amount of butter made at the Gloucester Butter Factory was about 75…

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Drop Production of Wool

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY Wood [?] throughout Australia are being curtained because of an uncurtained drop in production…

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Wool Sales Curtailed By Production Drop

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY. Wed. — Wool sales throughout Australia are being curtailed by an unexpected drop in production…

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(Advertisement) Newcastle Wool Sales May and June

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 2

To date this season, 148,320 bales of wool have been sold in Newcastle and provision has been made for…

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Farmers Want Fixed Price For All Milk Dairymen Should Have Incentive To Produce

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 4

If the Milk Board wonted production it must pay for all milk produced, a dairy farmer told a meeting of the Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council last night…

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Dungog Has Good Winter Prospects Dairy Production Still Rising

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

After recent beneficial rains, prospects for the coming winter in the Dungog district should be excellent. Farmers have made good plantings of clovers, ryes, lucerne and oats…

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Farm Hand Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

William Keith Kidd, a 41-years-old farm hand of Swan Street, Paterson, was admitted to Maitland Hospital suffering from severe contusions…

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Who Is To Produce Food In Australia Planners Or Farmers?

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 2

Twenty-years ago, while the products of rural industry were sufficient adequately to meet the needs of the city dwellers, those engaged in food production, while being told that they were the backbone of the…

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Let Cattle Out Of Yards

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 2

GLEN INNES: An unknown person opened the gate of the municipal saleyards and let out 1700 head of cattle…

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Receipts From Wool Sales Down

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY: The first 12 series of the 1951-52 wool sales realised only £64,790,887. This was £66,324,077 less…

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Research Aids Early Cropping

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 2

Work carried out over a number of years at the Gulval Experimental Sadiron in Cornwall has shown the value of…

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