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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,661 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 84

The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 8th JULY, 1952. Cattle Men for Tour Far Northern Stations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 3

A party of 21 New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian cattle breeders left Mascot by a chartered A.N.A…

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High Price for Farm Property

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

A Bolwarra agricultural farm of approximately 28 acres has been sold for £4450 almost £159 an acre…

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Selecting State’s Star Junior Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

A state-wide competition will be held this year to select the “star” junior farmer of of New South Wales…

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Junior Farmer Field, Days

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

Dates for four junior farm field days, including the first regional council field day. have been fixed, the district…

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Farmers Co-operate In Herd Recording

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 3

Dairy farmers in the Upper Hunter regions had shown out standing co-operation in herd recording since it was…

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Millfield Junior Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

Brian Goodall, of Millfield Junior Farmers’ Club has returned form a week at Hawkesbury College, where he…

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Cattle Held Up By Strike

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 1

WILMINGTON (California) A herd of 228 Santa Gertrudis beef cattle bound for Australia is stranded here by a…

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Disease in N.Z. SHEEP (AAP-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 4

WELLINGTON: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Keith Holyoake) said last night that an outbreak of…

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Infertility Disease in Sheep Subterranean Clover Is Cause

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 4

The causes and control of the spectacular infertility disease, which appeared suddenly in 1941 and seriously…

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Selecting A Good Type Of Dairy Calf

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 2

If a calf is to mature into a good dairy cow it should possess all the physical requirements necessary in an animal which will be expected to produce a large output of milk seas on after season—according to an article in the latest issue of the "Herd Recorders' Letter," published by…

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Demonstration Of Farm Tractors

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 3

Four Ferguson tractors at Duckenfield to-day gave an outstanding performance in wat and slippery ground to…

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Greater Wheat Acreage

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: An Increase of 44,000 acres. In wheat acreage was estimated for the coming season, cereal specialist of the…

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Wool Cheque Cut More Than Half

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Australia’s wool cheque for the 1951-52 season will be less than half of that of the previous season…

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Keen Wool Demand Expected

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 5

LONDON: There was every indication that the demand for spot supplies of wool at the final series of the London…

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Future of Wool Japanese Expansion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 10

If traders in wool goods needed an impetus to create confidence in prices for manufactures, raw material demand and…

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A Desert Today Blooms Where One Sheep Was Grazed, 40 Can Now Be Carried

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 7

The triumph achieved in South Australia's Ninety Mile Desert is told by Dr. Ian Clunies-Ross, C.S.I.O.R. Chairman…

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Plans for New A. I. Station at Aberdeen Approved. Benefit to District Dairymen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 1

Plans for a new artificial insemination station, to be constructed at Aberdeen in. the near future, were formerly approved by the Upper Hunter Shire Council at its…

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These Ducks Don't Swim. Canada's Largest Duck Farm Raises Birds "Dry."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 3

Farmers who say they can't raise ducks because they have not ponds for them to swim in have probably never heard of…

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New Soil Conditioner Boosts Crop Yields

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

A pale yellow plastic powder called Krilium, recently developed by America's Monsanto Chemical Co., is a new soil conditioner which…

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Wool Plush Topcoat by BRUYERE

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 2

FB9/5 Australian Wool Board Photograph An elegant morning dress in heavy yellow broadcloth. Clever…

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