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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Canada’s Big Wheat Stocks

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 4

OTTAWA: Canadian farm and trade officials expressed concern at Canada’s mounting wheat stooks and falling…

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Hunter Valley Dairy Company Factory Report for July, 1953

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 1

Manufacture: Milk Received 1,688,162 gallons.; Butter 107 tons; Milk Products 184 tons. Suppliers' Pay: Butter: 3/0½ per…

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Irrigation Farms In America

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 3

There are 305,000 farms, totalling 35.8 million acres of land, under irrigation in the United States…

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Surplus of Dairy Products Feared U.S. Producers Could Depress Market (By a Reuter Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.): New Zealand fanners, faced with the prospect of a world surplus of dairy products, have implored. United States producers not to unload their vast surpluses and so further depress…

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Our Cattle Are Best

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 5

Argentine cattle herds were not as good as Australian herds for size, type, quality and constitutions, the…

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Wool Season Satisfactory

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 5

The 1952-53 wool season was highly satisfactory form almost all points of view. Growers were well pleased…

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New Wool Season

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 6

The opening wool sales in Australia for the 1953-54 season is scheduled to commence in the Sydney centre on…

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The Week in wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

While heads of the biggest wool-buying houses are in conference with their mill clients overseas, the vast and efficient wool-selling machinery of Australia is idling smoothly…

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Cattle Breeding Centre Opens at Aberdeen

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 4

An artificial breeding centre for cattle was opened by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) at…

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Tetanus cause of heavy sheep losses

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 2

Heavy mortalities have occurred in the Tamworth and Warialda district with grass seed infected sheep…

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Review of the wool Season

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 5

The 1952-53 wool season was highly satisfactory from almost all points of view. Growers were well…

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Tarien and True Leader Likely Winners Both Engaged at Warwick Farm To-morrow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 6

Extra classy fields will be saddled up for the Warwick Stakes and Campbelltown Handicap at the Warwick…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 2

A meeting of the management committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on…

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Appeal Against Dairy Award

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: The Central Hunter-Council of the Primary Producers’ Union yesterday passed a motion supporting…

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Junior Farmer Competition at Muswellb'k

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 5

Every Junior Farmer in New South Wales is a potential competitor in the "Star" Junior Farmer…

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Hunter Junior Farmers shine at Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 4

Junior Farmers from the Hunter Valley had some excellent results at the Brisbane Show…

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 3

Activity in the store cattle market is gaining impetus, and values in the Southern centres are now becoming firmly…

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Regional Council's Star Junior Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 2

The Hunter District Regional Council's star junior farmer competition was won by Miss Lois Brown of Raymond Terrace on Tuesday night. Miss Brown will receive a…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Management Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 8

A meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on Wednesday,…

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