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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 73

Dairymen Giving Game Away

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

LISMORE: Scares of farms in the Lismore area will not produce again for 18 months, and many farmers, crashed by…

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Urges Cattle Research

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 4

Intensive research into the cheapest methods of keeping cattle alive during drought was urged…

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Indian Wheat Market

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 6

Mr. L. S. Harrison, a former member of the N.S.W. wheat committee, and manager of the Government grain…

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Bright Weather for Second Day of Show Judging Of Fat Steer And Dairy Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 3

Four Maitland Show committeemen worked until the small hours of the morning pumping away water that had formed scattered pools in the ring. Through their efforts, and a brilliant sun this morning, the ground began to dry fast…

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Many Dairymen Will Be Short Of Autumn And Winter Fodder

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 2

Severe flooding which occurred during the last week of the month on many dairy, farms on the Lower Hunter has either totally destroyed or severely damaged many crops which had been established for…

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Magnificent Effort By Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 5

Nine of the Hunter Valley junior former clubs put up magnificent displays in the two district exhibit competitions at the show yesterday. The district supervisor (Mr. A. L. Nicod) said…

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Dairy cattle sale

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Scone and W. Bailey & Sons Singleton offered in…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 8

Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. reports: The eleventh series of Sydney wool auctions…

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Friesian's 1034 lb. Of Butter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY, Monday—A pure-bred Friesian cow has completed a 273-day lactation during which she produced the…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 9

The flattening-out of world wool consumption was underlined by a resumption of the easing…

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Wool market trends easier

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 5

The flattening – out of world consumption was underlined by a resumption of the easing trend in the…

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Aberdeen-angus Cattle in New Guinea Link with Upper Hunter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 7

Aberdeen-Angus cattle at a New Guinea seaboard plantation cool off in the surf every night, before settling down in…

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"Eliminate Wool Bale Cap — SAVE £400,000 Per Annum" Says Materials Handling Dept

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 8

The Materials' Handling Branch of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Wool Research (Dept. of National Development) has been field-testing a new method of pressing wool without the loose woolpack caps. It is…

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Vaporata Hard to Beat Selected To Beat Oversight at Warwick Farm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 6

The bones engaged in the mile and a quarter Handicap at Warwick Harm to-mor-row appear, to be a fairly…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 5th MARCH, 1954 Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Price Cutting Causing Concern M.Z.D.C. Plans to Check Practice

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

Members in all probability may be misled after reading the report of proceedings of the P.P.U. meeting held in…

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Turf Selections for Warwick Farm

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

Juvenile Novice: Faridum, Granita, Grey Phero. Two-Year-Old Novice (fillies): Happy Court…

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Farms For Ex-Servicemen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 7

1830 acres of The Basin estate, lying about nine miles east of Muswellbrook, will be split into three farms for…

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Sale Reports Dairy Herd of 85 Averages £41: Top Price £72

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Scone, and W. Bailey and Son, Singleton, offered in…

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Scheme for Tree Planting on Farms

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 12

Four Government Departments are to hold a conference to consider the question of farm wood lots in the Hunter Valley. They are the Departments…

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Division of Dairying Monthly Seasonal Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

FEBRUARY, 1954 Severe flooding which occurred during the last week of the month on many dairy…

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