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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Stabilisation Of Australian Wheat

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 6

ADELAIDE: The half-yearly conference of the South Australian Wheat and Woolgrowers’ Association…

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Car Wrecked in Denman Road Crash Baerami Greek Farmer Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 1

Mr. Jackson Jones, a Baerami Creek farmer, was rendered unconscious when the car which he was driving…

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Sheep In N. Zealand

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 2

WELLINGTON .(New Sealend): The number, of-sheep in New Zealand on June 30, 1952, was -35,884,770, according…

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Wool Sales Promising

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Sale of wool in the first month of this financial year showed good promise for a good season experts said…

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World-Famous Butterfly Farm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 3

A seven-rears-old boy who is a proud and quite skilled assistant on his father’s butterfly farm may one day…

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Farmers predicting hot, dry summer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 2

Experienced fanners and graziers in the district today predicted that the coming summer may be one of the longest and hottest on record…

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Land plan for Junior Farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 1

The executive of the State Council of the Junior Farmer Movement has been asked to draft a…

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Baerami Ck. farmer wrecks car on Ramrod Creek bridge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 2

Mr. Jackson Jones, a Bacrami Creek fanner, was knocked out when the car which he was driving was…

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Paradise on the Highlands of N.G. Sir Edward Hallstrom Tells Of Sheep Farm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 3

“I very often think that, if there is a paradise in this world, it is surely on the higlilands New Guinea, said Sir Edward Hailstorm when addressing Maitland Rotary Club last…

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The week in wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 2

Opening wool values for the new season seem to have fulfilled expectations in Australia and overseas. In Sydney there was an opening-day burst of feverish competition…

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Meeting on Wheat Price Deadlock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA: State and Commonwealth Agriculture Ministers are meeting to-day in a last attempt to resolve…

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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited Wool Report 1st September, 1953

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 6

Whatever pointers were discernible during the past few weeks in regard to wool market, prospects seemed to…

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Sale of Farm

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 3

A farm of 237 acres near Branxton : sold on behalf of the executors of the estate of Margaret Redgrave, was…

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Junior Farmers' Third Annual Field Day at Fosterton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1953 · page 8

The Dungog and District J. F. Clubs 3rd Annual Field Day will be held on Mr. Chas. Kealy's property at Fosterton on…

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Modern Machinery Cuts Costs in Silage Making Farmers' bid for year-round yield

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 4

Regularly recurring floods on the Lower Hunter have forcibly reminded dairy farmers…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 4

The Queensland and Victorian Cabinets yesterday rejected the Agricultural Council’s compromise plan…

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Competition Strong Yesterday's Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 6

Dalgety's Ltd. report:—Strong competition from U.K. and the Continent sharpened yesterday's Sydney wool sales, with increased…

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High-School-Junior Farmers' Rodeo Stage Set for Saturday, 19th SEPTEMBER

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 1

There was a good attendance at the meeting of the carnival committee at the High School on Wednesday night last to finalise arrangements for the rodeo, to be held next Saturday, 19th September,…

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Stars of the Air. Farm Girl Now Concert Violinist

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 6

A FORMER country girl (she comes from a dairy farm outside Mullumbimby, N.S.W.), Perry Hart is now…

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Butter Subsidy

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA: The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. 'J. McEwen) said In the House of Representatives. that…

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