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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 73

Warning to Dairying Industry

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: Buyer resistance in Australia and falling markets abroad are hitting the datrying industry…

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Field Day for Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

The Central Hosier Council of the Junior Farmers Movement will hold the annual field day this year on…

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Rain was welcome but not enough fell say farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

Scattered light to moderate ra[?] in in the Singleton and Lower Hunter area on Monday night was " welcome but not enough" farmers said. Fourteen points of rain…

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Refresher courses for farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 4

Short-term schools for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College during June and…

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Award To Hunter Dairy Co

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd. won two first awards in the annual competitions…

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Pastoral Conditions Deteriorate

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 2

With virtually no rain to speak of since late February, conditions throughout the Upper Hunter…

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Butter Sales Plan

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: The moisture butterfat standards had been rejected, officials said to-day…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 12

At the usual monthly sale, held on Friday last, 21st May, approximately 350 cattle were yarded, which included about…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 12

With Continental buyers again bulling the market at Sydney and Adelaide, and Bradford and Japan reluctantly stretching limits to secure urgently - needed mill-stock…

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Sydney Sheep Show Trading Bank to Establish Facilities

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 9

As a further step in its policy of expanding and improving its service to country clients, the Commonwealth…

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Wool Continues Improving Tendencies Demand and Values Strong

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: As the 1953-54 wool season draws to a close, wool news both in the marketing…

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Dairy Farm Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 5

The New South Wales Dairy Farm Championship competition, conducted by the Farmer and Settler newspaper, has…

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Big Increase In British Share Of World Wool Market Consumption Fell Off In Second Half Of Year

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 1

LONDON: World wool consumption last year amounted to 2600 million pounds clean weight. This was revealed in a report by the British Commonwealth Economic Committee published this morning…

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Junior Farmers Public Speaking Night

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 12

On Monday night next, a public speaking competition for Junior Farmers in the Upper Hunter district, will be held at the…

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Junior Farmer's Impressions Of America And England

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 6

Miss Joyce Schofield, recently returned from England and America, told an interesting story of her travels, when speaking to Junior Farmers' Clubs along the North Coast and in the Hunter Valley…

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Vision Of Upper Hunter Of The Future Development Committee's Ambitious Plans Farm Mechanisation Urged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 4

The last meeting of the Upper Hunter Development Committee, held at Muswellbrook, decided to include in the overall development plan additional facts relating to electricity generation at…

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Hunter Valley Dairymen Face Hard Winter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 7

The District Agronomist (Mr. F. D. McKenzie) said that conditions in the coastal area were very dry and had…

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Rain teasing Hunter River farmers

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 1

Hunter Valley and Lower North Coast farmers are being "tantalised" by light, drizzly rain showers, which…

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Hunter Dairy Co. wins two awards

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 3

The Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Co. Ltd. won two first awards in the annual competitions held by…

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Farmer Shoots Seven Dingoes in Fortnight

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 1

A well-known Myall Creek farmer has shot seven dingoes in the past two weeks. He is Mr. Vic Middlebrook…

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