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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Cattle Owners Selling On Victorian Market

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 September 1952 · page 1

Recently many cattle had been trucked to Victoria from different ports of the district to take advantage of Victorian markets, the stock inspector (Mr. A. T. Ellis) told Maitland Pastures Protection…

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Farmer Teaches In 300 Schools

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 September 1952 · page 8

Pupils of 300 schools in London and industrial area of Britain are to get weekly progress reports direct from…

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Fodder Conservation Incentive To Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 September 1952 · page 3

Increased financial assistance is available for farmers who will conserve fodder, and good crop and pasture growth is anticipated in many districts. Stook values are so high that…

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Average Age Of Farmers Increasing

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 September 1952 · page 4

The average age of Australia's farm workers has increased, according to the Quarterly Review of…

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Sydney Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. resport:—We sold 12,500 bales of wool at auction and privately at Sydney on Wednesday…

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Singleton Engineer Will Build Dairy a Day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 2

A revolutionary new type of two-cow dairy, made of pre-cast concrete and fly repellant, has been designed…

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Junior Farmers' Club Work of Supervisors Praised

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 4

District supervisors of Junior Farmers' Clubs should be congratulated on the work they were doing, said Mr. E. Judd, of the…

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Farmers Could Raise Beef on Surplus Feed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 4

A group of cattle cleared from the Department of Agriculture experiment farm at Leeton made an average…

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Too Many Pitt Street Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 1

SINGLETON: Chairman of the Denman-Singleton pastures Protection Board (Mr. R. Clendenning) said today…

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Farms Should Have Trees

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 3

A farm without trees is bleak, barren and forbidding. if such a farm is still fertile and profitable, then the…

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Strong Winds Sweep Up Clouds of Flood Sand On Farms

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 3

Farmers in the Phoenix Park, Raworth and Narrowgut areas who, in the past month, have had their farms flooded, to-day faced a fierce duststorm. Flood sand, whipped up be…

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Warning on Wheat Crop

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON: The United States Agriculture Department to-day sent out warning to farmers on autumn planting of…

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Canada Has Big Wheat Crop

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 4

OTTAWA: Canada has just completed the second biggest wheat export year in her history…

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Cattle From Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 2

SINGLETON: Large numbers of cattle were being brought into the district following last month’s heavy rain,…

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Butter Factory Overdraft To Help Dairymen In Drought And Flood Time

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 3

"That this Society be and it is hereby authorised to borrow and re-borrow from time to time from The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited by way of fluctuating Bank…

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Brisbane Wool Market Firm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 4

The Brisbane wool market closed firm yesterday at the rates of the previous day. Japan again bought…

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Wool Market Dominated By Japan

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 4

Following the first round of the new wool-selling season, at Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane wool is 6 to 10 per cent,…

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Young Sudan Grass Dangerous To Cattle, Claims Vet

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 1

Farmers should be extremely cautious when they put their cattle on sudan grass pasture. If pastured…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Ltd. 5th September, 1952

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 4

We submitted our first catalogue of the 1952/53 season on Thursday, 4th instant. It comprised 3,880…

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Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory Ltd. 47th Annual Meeting Retiring Directors Re-elected

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 1

Chairman of Directors, Mr. J. H. Marquet, presided over a very large number of shareholders at the 47th Annual Meeting of Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory Ltd. held in the Globe Cafe last Saturday morning. He said he was very pleased to welcome so many on such an…

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