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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,661 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 84

Competition for State Junior Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 7

Muswellbrook Junior Farmer Clifford Blake has won the Hunter regional section of the 1952 New South Wales…

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Wide Japanese Buying At Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 4

Highlight of the wool market last week was the consistently heavy buying by Japan of merinos in Sydney and crossbreds in Melbourne. This has been the dominant factor in lifting and stabilising wool values since…

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Rain Came At Right Time Say Farmers Early Increase In Milk Production Expected

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 1

The week-end rein came at a time when ft was needed, Lower Hunter district farmers said to-day For the 48 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day…

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Specialist Advice On Fodder Crops

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 3

Adequate feed is probably the greatest single factor In successful animal husbandry, comments the chief of the…

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Singleton Dairy on Modern Plan

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 4

SINGLETON: Within the next two to three months a dairy in the Singleton district will milking more than 150 cows under conditions described cs the best best in New South Wales…

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Concrete Dairy

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 4

SINGLETON: Australia’s first prefabricated concrete dairy will be on display at the Singleton show this week…

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Young Muswellbrook Farmer Dies After Fall From Horse

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 3

0USWELLBROOK. — Mr. William George Eveleigh died in Brentwood Hospital on Thursday from injuries…

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Big Voluntary Drive To Boost Farm Production

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 4

More than 90,000 members of 173 country agricultural societies, and seven agricultural, bureaux,. are…

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Wool Use Increasi[?] American Position

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 4

The prevailing wool market may show some variation from time to time, but the demand ruling has the basic…

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Clifford Blake Regional "Star" Junior Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 1

Muswellbrook High School student, Clifford Blake, has teen announced as the winner of the Hunter Junior Farmer…

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Junior Farmer Successes at Branxton Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 4

Muswellbrook Junior Farmer Club members continued their run of successes at the Branxton Show last week. The team…

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Plain and Printed Wool Two-piece by Gres

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 1

A steel-grey, short-basqued jacket covers a matching, swathed skirt panel — over, a printed petticoat. Fabric mixtures are smart in…

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Visit of Junior Farmer Lecturer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 8

Bill Fotheringham, who has just returned from a visit overseas, will visit Dungog on the night of October 14. That…

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Aerial Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 3

In an article on "Aerial Farming" the "Quarterly Survey" of Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited states…

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Better Farming Methods

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 3

"An outstanding production increase of 341 per cent. over the base year has been achieved with the Dairy Production…

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Technical Advice Free To Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 2

Following are a few of the publications obtainable by farmers fres on application to the Department of Agriculture…

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Trust Should Advise On Means To Arrest Sand Deposits On Farms

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 3

Hunter Valley Conservation Trust, as an advisory panel, should be able to make some suggestions to arrest the deposit of sand on farm lands in the lower Hunter, the Lower Hunter Shire president (Cr…

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Experts To Inspect "Barcrete' Dairy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 2

Representatives from the Milk Board will be present to-morrow when the prototype of the first "Barcrete"…

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Wool Sale Record

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 4

The highest price laid for merino fleece in Australia this season—133[?]d. a lb.—was realised at the Geelong wool…

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Better Methods in Farming

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 5

“An outstanding production Increase of 341 per cent over the base year has been achieved with the Dairy…

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