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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 73

New Zealand Junior Farmers Visiting N.S.W.

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 2

A party of 12 boys, members of she New Zealand Federation of Young Formers' Clubs, will visit New South Wales next month as guests of the State Junior. Farmer movement…

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Milk Board Great 1 Uplift to Industry Improved Price Was Incentive To Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 2

The Milk Board had done in a practical way to bring about a great uplift to the dairy industry the president of the tower Hunter and Gloucester District-Council of the Primary Producers’ Union…

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Sheep Killed on Road

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 14

A report received by the Quirindi police last weeK stated that about 1.40 p.m. a motor vehicle was driven…

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Wool market steadier

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 9

Intervention by Russian countries with another batch of weighty orders for best top-making wools…

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Boom Season In Prospect North's Pastoral Outlook

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 6

February rains of from four to 12 inches over practically the entire North and North-West of New South Wales, have transformed the pastoral outlook of the State…

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Big Wartime Wool Payout

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1

The fourth Interim distribution of Joint Organisation wartime wool profits amounting to…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 11

Intervention by Russian countries with another batch of weighty orders for best top-making wools steadied the downward trend in the wool market at Brisbane last week; and without…

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Wool consumption rises again

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

World wool consumption in 1953 at 2,600 million clean lb. was 11 per cent higher than in 1952, and in fact…

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Singleton Store Cattle Sale Additional Lines

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1

The following additional cattle will be offered at the special Singleton store cattle sale, on Friday next, 19th…

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Argentine Wool Exports Down

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

Argentine supporters are becoming alarmed by the slow rate of wool exports, which to December 31…

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Big Rise In Prices Of Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1

Buyers are operating freely for store cattle and prices have risen sharply in recent weeks…

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Wool values at low price

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 7

Values for wool throughout Australia are now at the lowest level of the season, except for medium…

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New wool pressing method saves money

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 5

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…

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Japs Impose Tax on Wool Goods

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 5

News of the strenuous efforts by Japan to expand her export trade, and to earn more sterling for wool…

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U.S. President rejects wool tariff proposal

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 2

President Eisenhower's reiterated and emphatic rejection of the U.S. Tariff Board's request for an increased duty on raw tops, was hailed as the best news of the week by…

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Upper Hunter Wheat Sowings Increase in Area Likely

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 12

A substantial increase. In the wheat area at Muswellbrook was expected this year, the…

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Dairy Farmer Sells for £111 an Acre

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

One of the highest prices realised at auction in Gloucester was sold last Saturday for the well-known…

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Appeal To Junior Farmers’ Parents

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 2

The president of the Singleton Junior Farmers’ Advisory Committee (Mr. P. A. Henston) stressed the need for seen…

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Star Junior farmer competition

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY.-The State Council of the junior fanner movement lias started a competition to find the star…

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Black beetles eating crops in district

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 4

Black beetles are causing concern in the Singleton district. They are attacking corn…

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