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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,661 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 84

Junior Farmers Show Sound Knowledge Good Response To Central Hunter Field Day

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 5

A sound knowledge of the various aspects of primary industries was shown by junior farmers at the Central Hunter district field day, officials of the organisation said this morning…

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Good Dairying Season

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 4

GOOD rains in most of the dairying districts of New South Wales have soaked the soils and given substance to the early summer pastures and crops, Within the milkshed area there should be…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

Sales by Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. included: Glenmore/Scone, 118d. and 92d. In the crossbred section: Rossgole—…

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Record Advance on Wheat

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

Advances on the coming harvest, of 12/- a bushel less freight for bulk bagged wheat, were announced by the Minister for…

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Bulkhead for Wheat Completed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 3

The secretary of the Merriwa branch of the Graziers' Association (Mr. W. M. Schofield) informs us that the wheat…

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The Week In Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

Portents of accentuated world demand for superfine wool were in evidence this week, when fleece on the Mayvale clip of Barraba (N.S.W.) electified the Newcastle market by sending the bidding to a record price…

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The Week in the Loss by Fire Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 5

Under pressure from U. K. buyers, wool this week reached the highest point of the season. In Sydney on Thursday (October 16),…

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Dairy Cows to £77

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 8
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New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. Ltd., report a clearance sale of dairy cattle, account "Oak Range" stud, held on the…

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Dairying Industry Bill "A Fair Measure," States Producer (To The Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

SIR,—Mr. R. T. Pollard, M.H.R., in a recent speech in the Commonwealth Parliament, strongly criticised the Dairying…

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Junior Farmers Arrive From America

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 10

Two young American men and women, travelling under the International Farm[?] Youth Exchange Project,…

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Upper Hunter Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 5

SINGLETON: The Singleton junior farmer team which won the junior trophy at the recent Muswellbrook…

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R. Terrace Top Junior Farmer Club First Central Hunter Field Day Outstanding Success

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 4

Raymond Terrace Junior Former Club, one of the keenest in the Hunter Volley, proved too strong for the four rival clubs in the Central Hunter district yesterday…

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Reader's Digest Debunks Organic Farming Claims

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 7

Organic farming is the bunk, says R. I. Throckmorton, Dean of Kansas State College, in a…

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Free Booklets for Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 2

New and revised leaflets recently added to the literature supplied free to farmers by the Department of…

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Electricity on the Farm Free Advisory Service

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 7

The New South Wales Department of Agriculture, in association with The Electricity Authority of New South…

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Drop in Fat Cattle Values

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 3

The market for s lighter supply of 750 fat cattle was £1 to £2 head cheaper at Maitland today…

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Wool Report the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited. 29th October, 1952

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 4

Following the close of the fourth series of auctions in Sydney on Monday, the 20th instant, buyers were engaged…

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Dairy Cows to £77

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and M. A. Co. Limited, of Scone, conducted a clearance sale f dairy cattle on Oak Range…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited, report 29th October, 1952:- Following the close of the fourth series of auctions in…

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