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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Uni. students seek Farm work

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 5

Students from the University of Sydney, Faculty of Agriculture, are seeking farm employment to…

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Jnr. Farmers' Visit

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 4

A party of junior farmers, accompanied by parents and adults, from the Wyee Club will visit Singleton on…

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1953 · page 11

Notwithstanding the reassured seasonal outlook, static conditions still prevailed in the store cattle market…

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Central North Coast Junior Farmers' Field Day a Success Teams' Oral Judging Competition Creates Great Interest

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1953 · page 5

Junior farmers from all over the Central North Coast district competed in the judging competitions at the Jubilee Field Day held at Mr. O'Neill's farm, Kendall, on Wednesday,…

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Cattle From Royal Herds

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 2

LONDON.—About three weeks before Christmas London will see a show which reminds its citizens that…

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Canadian Farm Girls at Sydney wool sales

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 1

Two Canadian farm girls, Helen Kerr, of Prince Albert Island, and Jackie Vanderhook, of Abbotsford, Columbia, were interested visitors to Sydney wool sales last week, where they inspected the record Dabee clip…

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Fat Cattle Values Firm To-day

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 3

A lighter supply of about 750 fat cattle at Maitland to-day. The quality generally was suitable for trade…

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Aged French Farmer Confessed To Murder Of British Family

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 2

PARIS: Police yesterday said that a 77-yean-old farmer, Gaston Dominici, has conferred to the murder of the Drummond family in southern France in August, 1952…

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Not told full story of milk returns -Dartbrook farmer's claims

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 2

Organisations fighting for a reduction in the price of milk have not told the full story as to what the farmer gets out of 4/2 a gallon. Here are the facts, as related by a…

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Expects Big Drop In Butter Price

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: Australia and New Zealand export butte prices would drop sharply when Britain returned to the open…

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Increase In Wool Returns

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: A report by the National Council of Woolselling Brokers of Australia shows that Australia’s wool…

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Denman Dairy Farmer Criticism of M.Z.D.C. (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

Sir.—Would you be so kind to publish this in the cause of justice? Since early September certain parties, known as the Milk…

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Junior Farmers To Make Visit

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 2

A number of junior farmers from Wyes Club, accompanied by parents and others, will visit Singleton on Saturday…

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Sellwood at Warwick Farm on

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Jockey Neville Sellwood has returned from Brisbane. He said to-day he would be…

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Butter Slump Predicted

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Australian and New Zealand export butter prices would drop sharply when Britain returned to…

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Big Poultry Farm Run By Widow

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 4

A widow who once worked to a solicitor’s office now runs one of the district’s biggest poultry farms at…

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Milk Board probes dairy land values

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 1

N.S.W. Milk Board officials working at the Patrick Plains Shire Council offices yesterday completed their two-day investigation into the land valuation records of dairies in the Shire…

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Cattle Firm At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery’s report—26,230 sheep penned. Best sheep and lambs unaltered, others weaker…

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Record for Lamb’s Wool

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 8

MELBOURNE: A new world record price for lambs’ wool—£2/7/6 a lb.—was paid at the Geelong-wool sales…

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Sheep Branding Fluid Reduces Wool Problem

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 7

Lanoline base emulsion as a sheep branding fluid meets all requirements for a clear brand which remains legible and is easy to apply…

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