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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

1,713 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 86

American wheat market recovers CHICAGO

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 2

Wheat prices jumped 2½ 10 34 cents a bushel yesterday in a rebound from the sharp losses of the two…

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Four men feed £10 each for sheep stealing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 2

Four men charged with stealing three sheep at Liddell on July 28 were each fined £10 by Mr. F…

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Allen Fairhall says: Wool industry fair game for railways

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 2

A survey of the comparative rail freights in this and other States is all that is necessary to show tho extent to which the wool industryis being regarded as fair game in off-setting…

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Land curb rejected by farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 3

A motion recommending the State Government to legislate to limit landholders to only a living area…

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N.z: Butter Sold to Russia

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.): The chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Products Marketing Commission (Mr. W…

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Dairymen’s Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: To-night’s meeting of the Singleton Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council, will dear with…

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Wheat Futures Tumbled

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Wheat futures tumbled yesterday to the lowest price in more than six years under heavy barrage…

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Future of Wool Sure

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Wool’s future was as sure as the future of meat despite synthetics, Mr. Ewan Watermen, chairman of…

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The week in wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 7

Wool is arriving in Australian stores in steady flow; and in Sydney there is already sufficient wool on hand to fill the allocation of between 60,000 and 65,000 bales for the…

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20,350 Sheep Moved by Motor Truck

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 12

One of the longest single operations undertaken in the North-West in the removal of sheep toy road transport was…

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Four Men Fined £10 Each for Sheep Stealing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 9

Four men charged with stealing three sheep at Liddell oh 28th July were each fined £10 by Mr. F. McNamara,…

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Wool Outlook Sound Moderate Prices Best

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 11

No reason exists for pessimism nor for extreme optimism regarding the nature of future wool values. The outlook is sound for a range of prices about on the average…

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Judge May Visit Farmers To Obtain Dairy Award Views

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 7

[?]ome farmers who gave evidence for the Primary Producers' Union in its appeal against the Dairying…

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The Real Position of the Wool Industry (To The Editor)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 2

Sir,—In an address to the Newcastle Businessmen's Club recently, Mr. T. Wurth, manager of Bradford Cotton…

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Locusts Threaten Crops of One-fourth of World

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 2

One of the deadliest enemies of the human race, the locust has plagued mankind from earliest Biblical times…

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1953 Championship Farm and Fodder Competition Northern Inland Zone. Merriwa Results

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 7

1st:—Thos. B. Macfarlane, Cullingral, Merriwa. 618 points. 2nd:—W. D. Hall, Bobialla, Merriwa, 577 points…

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Junior Farmers' Team Wins at Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 2

Four Muswellbrook district junior farmers gained three firsts, four seconds and two thirds at the Brisbane Royal National Show. Results were:—…

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Home Market Best for Dairy Products Speakers Tell to Market Problems at Regional Conference

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 5

The first Hunter Valley Food Production Regional Conference held at the C.W.A. Rooms, Muswellbrook, on Wednesday last, was attended by upwards of 50 delegates, drawn from all parts of the Hunter Valley and Wyong, as well as representatives of the Department of…

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Regional Committees Help Dairymen Target Set For Better Regulated Production Co-ordinator's Report to Regional Conference

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 4

The Milk Zone Production Central Advisory Committee would set up district committees in all factory areas. Twenty-six committees already in the zone were giving immediate attention to…

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Local Dairymen Visit New Zealand

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 6

The following is the continuation of the article written by Messrs. W. M. Smith and W. M. Alford at the conclusion of the recent trip to New Zealand, on behalf of…

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