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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 73

Prime Cattle Firm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 3

A yarding of 850 fat cattle, this being a moderate supply. The quality showed a little improvement…

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Most cattle 20/- cheaper

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 2

Heavy numbers of cattle showing for near-at-hand sales as the result of the dry season in many parts of the…

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Cattle Cheaper At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 3

Winchcombe. Carson’s report: 35,740 sheep penned, of mixed quality. The market opened dull and unchanged…

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Angus Scooped Fat Cattle Show

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 3

The successful formula of improved pastures plus Aberdeen Angus early maturity and quality, stole the…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago May 31, 1804. Exposing Diseased Cattle for Sale

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 2

At the Singleton Police Court-to-day, a well known cattle dealer was dined £20 for exposing a diseased beast for…

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Junior Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

Arrangements are being made for early visits to a Hereford Stud and the Australian Missionary College at Cooronbong…

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Public Speaking Night Singleton Junior Farmer Successful

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 3

Trams of three representing the Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton and Martindale Junior Farmer Clubs, competed in public…

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State’s Record Apple Crop

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: The NSW apple crop Would be a record this year an Agriculture Department spokesman said…

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Short Winter Schools For Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. E. H. Graham) announced that there were [?]…

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Angus Scooped Fat Cattle Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 8

The successful formula of improved pastures plus Aberdeen Angus early maturity and quality, stole the show at…

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N.s.w. Bank at Sheep Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 8

The Bank of New South Wales will conduct a full time Branch during the Royal Agricultural Society of New…

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Electricity Aids Dairy Hygiene

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 7

Electricity offers the dairy farmer an effective means to improve dairy hygiene through cleaner production, labour saved and dairy work made lighter, the Rural Electricity Officer of the…

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Farmers Seek Removal Of Silt From Creek

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 2

Farmers in the South Maitland area have asked the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust to consider having sill removed from Wallis Creek between the railway bridge and Trappaud-road bridge…

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Schools for Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 2

E. H. Graham, Minister and Food Production, announced that schools for Junior farmers are…

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Dairy Farmers Face Serious Feed Shortage For Winter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 2

Unfavourable seasonal conditions continue to have an adverse effect on milk, production which is still declining, and many farmers look like facing a hard winter…

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Junior Farmers' Meeting

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 1

At the May meeting of the Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club the idea of the Junior…

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Dairy Science Schools

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M. L. A.,…

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Scholarship For Young Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 2

Dungog Co-operative Dairy Coy, has decided to offer a scholarship to a local district junior farmer or son of a…

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Wheat for Germany

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 4

The first shipment of wheat to leave Newcastle for Germany this year will be loaded next week…

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N.T. Cattle on Lone Trek

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 8

In view of continued drought conditions, which persist over fairly large areas of the Northern Territory,…

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