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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

1,713 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 86

Record wool clip likely-meat output up 141 p.c

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—This year's wool clip would probably reach a record peak for volume whilst meat production gives tangible cause for satisfaction, the president of the…

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Young Farmers' Clubs Commemorative Stamp New Bi-colour Issue

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 7

A 3 1/2d. postage stamp to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the official establishment of Young Farmers'…

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Longer Life for Farm Implements

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 2

Blades of a rotary hoe treated with a special wear-resisting alloy lasted 8 1/2 times longer than normal steel…

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Farm Refrigeration Not Compulsory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 1

There has been no suggestion of the possibility of the New South Wales Milk Board forcing compulsory farm…

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Butter Factory Charged

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 1

An unusual case to being heard at Taree, where the Wingham Rural Co-operative Society has been…

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Sheep Easier At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Winchcombe Carson reported that 25,115 sheep of all descriptions were yarded at Homebush today…

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Resistance to Butter Price Rise

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA : Several Federal Ministers are expected to resist the proposed increase in the price of butter…

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More Sheep with Better Pastures

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 7

CANBERRA : The number of sheep carried on some 15,000,000 acres of N.S.W. Tableland country can now be doubled or trebled by replacing the poor quality native pastures with adequately fertilized…

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Skull Found on Farm at Woodville

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 6

A human skull believed to come from an old burial ground attached to a one-time church at…

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All Farm Work More Important

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 9

“The one important thing that each and everyone of us who work on the land all over the world have to remember…

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Butter Factory “Guilty”

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 2

TAREE: Mr O. J. Lake S.M. yesterday found that Win[?] R[?] co-operation Society Ltd stole butter…

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Queensland Cattle at Homebush

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 2

A yarding of 2,543 cattle at Homebush on Monday included a 37-truck consignment of heavy bullocks and cows from Quilpie,…

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No Changer in Price of Butter

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA :There will not be an Increase in the whole [?] and retall prices of but [?] and cheese during the our…

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The week in wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

The curtain fell this week in Sydney and Newcastle on the most satisfactory selling season in wool's history. It will long be remembered for its unprecedented stability of values…

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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited, 30th June, 1953. Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 10

Our catalogue of 4873 bales, which was submitted on Monday, 29th June, included a number of clips from the North-Western…

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Many Local Wool Clips at Newcastle Sales

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 6

NEWCASTLE. — Under spirited competition from Bradford, the Continent, Japan and local mills…

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Reflections on Record Cattle Air-lift Mr. J. S. White's Impressions Success After Many Anxious Days

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 6

Mr. Jim White, recently returned after organising the big cattle air-lift—the first in the world—to the Northern Territory, is firmly convinced that the introduction of pure-bred stock into the north will…

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IRRIGATION Serves 305,000 U.S. Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 3

There are 305,000 farms, totalling 25.8 million acres of land under irrigation in the United States, according…

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Junior Farmers-high School Second Annual Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 4

The Junior Farmers-High School sports committee is actively organising for the second annual carnival to be held at…

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