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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,661 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 84

Critics Of Butter Price Unrealistic

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA: Federal secretary of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union (Mrs. I. L. White) said yesterday…

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Victoria Transfers Butter Price Power To C'wealth

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE—The Victorian Cabinet has decided to transfer to the Commonwealth power to fix the…

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Express Train "Collects" Cow Wallarobba Farmer's Loss

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 1

The daylight express train running down the north, coast in place of the glamour diesel on Saturday afternoon at…

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Cabbage White Butterfly Troublesome in Maitland District Crops

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 4

"Many cabbage and cauliflower growers in the Maitland district complained that DDT and BHC dusts failed to…

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Decline in Dairy Production

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 4

CANBERRA: Figures released by the acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) show that milk and…

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Dairy Scheme Accepted With Reluctance

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY: New South Wales Cabinet yesterday accepted the Commonwealth scheme in relation to the dairy industry with reluctance, The Premier (Mr. Cahill) said the…

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Minister Outlines Steps to Expand Farming Industries

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA. — Factors which had impeded Australia's agricultural development hail been corrected…

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Local And General News Salt Hinders Crops

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

It is believed that some farmers in the Broke area are experiencing difficulty in raising sown crops. Seemingly…

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Cattle cheaper At Home bush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 5

Plat Both and Badgers reports 15,180 shops and lambs Prime descriptions scar ton in a Smaller offering . markets…

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Market for Store Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 3

Cattle: Floods in Riverina and the central-west again emphasised the greater susceptibility of cattle country to-inundetion…

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Wild Dogs of the Sheep Country

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 4

ARMIDALE.—In a statement at Armidale, Mr. Davis Hughes, MLA, said the depredations of dingoes, and their increasing…

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Butter Up 11d lb From July 1st

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE.—The Federal Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. J. McEwen, said that the price of butter would…

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Sheep Boom Biggest This Year Livestock Review

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 6

Prices are rising for top quality store sheep, and agents are hardpressed to satisfy the demand. There has been a scramble to…

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Wool Prices Rise at Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The market at the Newcastle wool sales closed five to 7 1/2 per cent. above Sydney's closing rates last…

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Wool Demand Changes Cause and Effect

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:—The world's wool and textile trade certainly has contrasting features. Declining sales of goods…

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Wool and Beef. Winchcombe, Carson's Annual Review

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 5

The following extracts are taken from Winchcombe, Carson Ltd's. "Annual Wool Review":- The overall wool purchasing…

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Dairying Industry. Five-year Price Guarantee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 8

The Commonwealth Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, explained to State Ministers for Agriculture in…

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Australia's Meat, Dairy Production' Mr. Menzies' Agreement With Britain(A.A.P. Special)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Australia is expected to concentrate upon increasing production of meet and dairy produce, sugar and wheat as a result of the agreement between Prime Minister R. G. Menxies and the British…

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Louth Park Farms Again Flooded Claim That Water Came From River

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 5

In the Louth Park area of Maitland, where farm lands have been out of production through flooding longer period than any other portion of the district, water to-day covered ports of at least eight…

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