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Farming & the land, 1952

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Big Yarding of Fat Cattle 1250 Head Submitted in Scone Yesterday Bullocks to £64/8/-

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 9

Scone Associated Agents yesterday submitted another of their big yardings of fat cattle to auction. The number…

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Dungog Dairymen's Threat Will Withhold Sydney Milk Supplies From Friday If No Price Increase

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

Dungog Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, at a special meeting last Saturday morning, unanimously decided to withhold supplies of milk to Sydney as from next Friday, January 25, if the State Government refused…

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Paterson Dairymen Will Withhold Milk

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 2

A capacity meeting of dairymen from most parts of the district held at Paterson on Saturday resolved to withhold supplies of milk should the…

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Drift From the Farm

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 5

Federal Minister for Agriculture McEwen says Australians will have to do without many vital imports unless food production…

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Dairymen Welcome Milk Price Rise Another Inquiry Is To Be Conducted

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 3

Secretary of the Maitland branch of the Milk Dairymen's Council (Mr. A. G. Hawkins); sold to-day that dairy farmers to whom he had spoken expressed satisfaction over the decision of NSW…

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Things Are Grim on Dairy Front Milk Production At Record Low Level

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 2

A grim word picture of the frightful conditions existing on the dairy front, as the result of drought, was given to-day from the Dungog and Singleton areas…

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Making Farm Animals More Productive

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 4

KALAMAZOO (Michigan)— A new sex hormone to make farm animals more productive was announced here by…

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Dairymen Agree On Milk Price Tactics

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 3

By a unanimous, vote 60 Singleton and District dairymen agreed at a meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council in the C.W.A. Rooms on Moniday night, to support any action which may be taken by…

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Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—We sold 9400 bales of wool at auction privately in Sydney on Monday. There was good…

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Butter Rationing Certain Unless Victoria Supplements Supply

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Butter rationing in the not so distant future is more than likely unless supplies are brought up from Victoria, the- manager of the Singleton Central Co-operative. Dairy Company, Mr. F. W.Woods said yesterday. Describing the position of butter production in Singleton as "grim,"…

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Dairy Grant Farms Beat Drought

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 2

"A dairy grant demonstration farm in the Richmond River district is setting an excellent example of how…

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Butter Crisis Cost P.D.S. £1M. Created Unity Amongst Producers. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Political wrangling on the price fixing of butter in N.S.W. deprived the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society of sales…

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Big Yarding of Fat Cattle. 1250 Head Submitted in Scone on Tuesday. Bullocks to £64/8/-

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Scone Associated Agents on Tuesday submitted another of their big yardings of fat cattle to auction. The number…

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"Manufactures Over-aided." Farming Vital to Survival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Secondary industry had been fostered to an unwise extent. The emphasis must be on primary production if Australia was…

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Dairying Industry Should Get New Deal Company Chairman Talks Of Cumbersome Control

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Political wrangling over price–fixing of butter in N.S.W. deprived the Producers’ Cooperative Distribution Society of sales estimated at £1,000,000, Mr. H. J. Bate said to–day…

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Milk Price Raised Farmers to Get 4/1½ a Gallon Government Strongly Criticised

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

State Cabinet on Tuesday afternoon increased the retail price of milk by 2d. a pint. The new price will operate from this Friday, January 25. All of the increase (1 /4) a gallon) will go to producers…

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Farms Given Preference In Migrant Labour

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA: Primary producers would be given first choice in the allocation of migrant labour, provided they could employ the workers, said the Minister for Immigration (Mr. H. E. Holt)…

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Big Drop in Potato Crop

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

The Maitland potato bravest, which has just been completed, yielded approximately 19, 500 bags compared with 45,000…

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Keener Demand For Dairy Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

There was a heavy demand for dairy cattle at the Maitland sale yards to-day. It is believed the demand was due to the…

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Wool Report. the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance Agency Co. Ltd. 24th JANUARY, 1952

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 4

We submitted a caltalogue of 7773 bales on Wednesday, 23rd instant. The selection which, to a large extent, was drawn from…

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