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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

1,713 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 86

P.m.g. Is Now Sheep Owner

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE; The P.M.G. has bought more than 200 sheep. The stock will be used to…

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£800 Fob Loss of Tomato Crop

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

Two tomtato growers were recently awarded £800 damages and costs in Parramatta Court for…

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Junior Farmers Show Poise As Speakers Competition Winners In District Sections

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

Upper Hunter competitors in the eliminating competition for the Rural Bank sponsored “Star Junior Farmer” quest showed poise, and gave a very creditable, performance as far as radio speaking was…

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Big Dairy May Move To Scone

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 6

SINGLETON: The Singleton district may lose one of the Stab’s most famous Friction cattle studs to the…

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Singleton District News Farmers Have Future In Their Hands

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 6

SINGLETON: Dairy farmer within the Milk zone to prove to the N.S.W. Milk Board the they could produce enough milk to provide on all-the-year-round surplus…

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Denial On Higher Rates For Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 6

SINGLETON: Local Government authorities in Singleton to-day denied claims that farmers on land to be included in the move to extend the municipal boundaries would be called upon to pay added rates…

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Wool Fashions

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 3

Bonnie Casbin of Now York designed this, olive green threepiece suit which features a slim wool flannel skirt worn with a…

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New Wool Suit

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 8

Jacques Fath fentures this suit in black wool ottoman. The halflength box jacket hai a martingale back restricting semi-fullness…

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Beef Cattle at the English Royal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 9
Also in Singleton Argus

Reporting from the Royal Show of England, at Blackpool, Mr. R. P. Evans, Dalgety's stud officer in London,…

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The week in wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

With the opening of the new wool-selling season only a month off, there is conflict of opinion in Bradford and Boston regarding the probable effect of the Korean truce and possible general easing of…

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Britain our best wool customer

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA: Britain was Australia's best wool customer for the year ended June 30, while Japan…

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Dairy Farming in New Zealand Upper Hunter Party's Impressions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 7

In April last, Messrs. W. M. Alford (Scone), H. H. Smith, of Muswellbrook, and I. W. Scott visited New Zealand. They have recorded their…

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Junior Farmer Team Leaves for Brisbane Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 1

A team of six Junior Farmers left Muswellbrook early this morning by car for Brisbane, where they will compete at, the Royal Exhibition. The party is making the trip in Mr. Frank McTackett's car. Mr…

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Dairy Production Costs Survey

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 5

CANBERRA.—A new survey of production costs in the dairying industry will be made shortly…

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Dairymen's New Zealand Trip

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 10

The following article concludes the account of the visit of Messrs H. H. Smith and W. M. Alford to New Zealand, to study the dairying industry in general, and to select certain animals for the…

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Farmers' Tax Allowance

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 8

Many farmers did not realise they could use as tax deductions a fifth of the cost of plant and improvements, said Senator A. M. McMullin last week…

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Big Dairy May Move to Scone

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 11

The Singleton district may lose one of the State's most famous Friesian cattle studs to Scone, following a sale in…

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Rain Will Benefit Crops

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 11

Although only 52 pointy of rain fell in Scone this week, with falls of up to an inch and over in other district…

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