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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,661 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 77 of 84

The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 2

Steady buying is again in evidence this week for good lines of store cattle, but offerings are still limited by…

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P.P.U. Questions Demonstration Farm Costs

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 1

It was claimed last Tuesday that the treatment of 90 acres of land on a demonstration farm at Gloucester had cost the Agricultural Department £900. A Gloucester delegate told…

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Gloucester Junior Farmer Wins Maize Award

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 7

A Gloucester junior farmer Charles Ritter, won the state championship for maize growing conducted toy the J.F…

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Firm’s Gift To Farm School

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 5

Next Saturday Goldsbrough Mort and in to commemorate [?] will hand over buildings worth £15,000 to the…

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Dairy Cattle Breeders’ Support For Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 5

The Hunter Valley Registered Cattle Breeders Association passed a motion this morning “promising to do its best to make the 1953 Maitland Show on outstanding success…

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Cattle Cheaper; Lambs Firm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badger’s report 22,778 sheep penned. Sheep were easier and [?] very firm…

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Killed When Wheat Platform Collapsed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 2

Charles Wentworth Wright, 28, station overseer of Elmwood, Gundy near Scone was Killed yesterday when a palt…

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Farmer Recovering After Ordeal

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The twenty-five years old Oberon district farmer, Bryce Doyle, to-day reported to be recovering…

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Gloucester Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 5

A consignment of vealore from J. C. McFadyen, Gloucester, realised to £17/19/ avg. £16/5/3 per head at…

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The Week in Wool the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd. Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 8

Since our sale on November 10 there has been little alteration in the selling conditions which were then in evidence. Competition has…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 6

Japanese and U. K. competition has subsided from its peak of recent weeks, as Continental buyers assume leadership of the wool…

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Wheat Industry (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 8

Sir, The extraordinary yield of the wheat crop of Messrs. Noble Bros. of Ravensworth,…

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Wool Consumption; an Improved Position

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:—Demand for wool has responded to improvement in activity in the world's mills, but…

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Gundy Man Killed Under Wheat Stack

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 4

A 28-year-old married man was killed on Wednesday afternoon when he was pinned underneath about nine tons…

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Wool Report. the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. 25th NOVEMBER, 1952

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 10

Since our sale on November 10 there has been little alteration in the selling conditions which were then in evidence…

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American Styled Suit in Lightweight Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 8

A slim line Spring suit In navy and grey fine wool wonted. (One of the fashions shown at the "Wool-in-California" show at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.)…

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Famous Wool Clip Sold at Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 6

One of Australia's oldest and biggest superfine quality merino clips attracted, world wide competition at Newcastle on…

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Man Killed Under Wheat Stack Gundy Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

When Mr. Charles Wright, of Waverley Road, Gundy, crept under a loading platform on "Elmswood" property to…

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Brunette Downs to "Edinglassie" End of 2700-Mile Cattle Trek

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

Five months ago, 5000 Shorthorn beef cattle left Brunette Downs on the Barkly Tablelands in the Northern Territory for "Edinglassie," Muswell-, brook, a distance of 2700 miles. The cattle reached…

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Farmers' 40-Hour Week

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 4

Over a year ago on the South Coast, at a union meeting in a coal mining town a suggestion was raised about…

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