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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Values For Fat Cattle Firm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 3

About 700 fat cattle yarded at Maitland to-day, the quality again being on the plain side with a few consignments of…

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Dutch Korean veteran heads cattle insemination centre

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 2

A Dutch veteran of the Korean war is in charge of the new artificial insemination centre at Aberdeen. He is Mr. Johan Heyting…

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New A.I. centre will eventually help all local dairymen

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 1

The facilities of the Aberdeen artificial insemination centre would eventually be made available to Singleton district dairymen irrespective of the factory to which they sent their…

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Junior Farmers Social

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 2

About 40 adults and 20 children attended the Junior Farmers' social at the C.W.A. Rooms on Saturday night…

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High Average for Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 2

Carr Bros. Report having sold 76 bullocks and steers on account of Messrs. A. W. McDougall, .W. Gorton and…

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Bank Says, Wool Outlook Is Sound

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 4

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

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Aberdeen Artificial Cattle Breeding Centre Officially Opened by Mr. Graham

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 4

The new Artificial Cattle Breeding Centre, established by the Hunter Valley Co.-operative Dairy Company, Limited, at Aberdeen, was officially opened on Friday by the Minister for Agriculture…

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Butter Production Increased

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA: In a statistical on the dairying Industry issue by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician…

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Milk, Butter Figures Down

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 1

District milk and butter production was down last month compared with June. Gloucester Co-operative…

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The Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Co. Cattle Breeding Centre

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 1

The second artificial cattle breeding centre in the State was opened at Aberdeen last Friday at 11 a.m. by the Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. Graham)…

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Spotlight's on Racing Tarien Equalls Warwick Farm Record

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 8

Champion English mare Tarien's brilliant victory in last Saturday's 7 furlongs Warwick Stakes W.F.A., was a great trial for the Epsom Handicap next October…

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Trace Element Trials on Farms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 7

The Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company is arranging trace element trials in the valley. This was told…

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£5,340,000 Turnover By Dairy Company

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 3

The Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company had a record turnover of £5,340,027 for the year ended June 30, 1953. This was largely due to the maintenance of prince…

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Junior Farmers’ Conference

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 3

The twelfth annual junior farmers’ club conference at Sydney yesterday was attended by regional officers from…

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More Than £1 Million for Dairymen Singleton Dairy Co. smashes 3 records

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 1

Suppliers to the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company Limited received the record payment of £1,038,593/17/4 for the year ended June 30. This was shown in the director's report and balance sheet which…

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Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers Visit the Upper Hunter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 1

A party of Junior Farmers and members of the Advisory Committee on Friday last left Raymond Terrace at 7 a.m. and after an all-day tour of the Upper Hunter including an inspection of Muswellbrook factory,…

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Regional Council's Star Junior Farmer

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 2

Miss Lois Brown of Raymond Terrace, last week won the Hunter District Regional Council's star Junior farmer competition. She will receive a trophy valued at £12/12/ and will…

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Dairy Company’s Record

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: A record amount of £1,038,595/17/4 was paid to suppliers of the Singleton Central Co-operative…

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Store Sheep Values Hardening

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 8

Turn-over of store sheep this week has been fairly steady, and values generally had a hardening tendency…

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Wheat Warning Crisis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 1

Unless the State Governments agree to a domestic wheat price within the next week or two, orderly…

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