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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Butter Factory To Close

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 2

QUIRINDI following a visit from the dairy Inspector, advice has been received that due mainly to the small…

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Japanese Buying Manning Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

Four Japanese now touring the Manning are believed to have purchased well over a hundred head of Manning Jersey cattle for shipment to Japan…

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Wheat for Stock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE: The Premier (Mr. Cain) told the executive of the Wheat and Woolgrowers’ Association that he would…

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Australian Wheat Production

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Australian wheat growers, should hot have to cut production to avoid surpluses, Mr. Graham, Minister…

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Dept. Trials Triple Wool Production Vast Potential for Improved Methods

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 2

Experiments undertaken by the Department of Agriculture have shown that it is possible to triple wool production over millions of acres of the New England Tableland…

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Junior Farmer's Quarterly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Dungog District Council of Junior Farmers was held last Thursday at the Central School. Mr. J. B. Carlton, president,…

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Farmer on Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 3

The victim of an alleged malicious wounding said in Maitland Quarter Sessions today that he had always been…

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World Output of Butter Rising

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 5

The U. S. Agriculture Department has reported a 6.5 per cent increase in world butter…

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Junior Farmers' Club

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 3

The Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club has adopted a new system of separate…

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Farmer Acquitted On Wounding Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

A Maitland Quarter Sessions jury yesterday afternoon acquitted Clarence William Mathews, 56 former, of Homestead, Pokolbin, of a charge of malicious wounding-with intent to do grievous bodily…

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Nagpuni in Form For Warwick Farm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY: Nagpuni, who will be ridden by W. Cook in the G. F. Wilson Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday, showed plenty of dash when covering three furlongs on the course proper at Randwick in…

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Butter Factory Output

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

GLOUCESTER: A total of 18,194 lbs. of choicest butter and 1430 lbs. of second grade was manufactured by…

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Wool Production

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 5

Estimated wool production for 1953-64 at about 1244 million 1b. is 37.1 million 1b less or 2.9 per cent, less than the…

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Scottish Farming Prosperity Just Under 7,500,000 Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

Last year was a record one for the farming prosperity in Scotland, according" to the annual report recently issued…

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Me Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 4

Reluctance, of the world woo; trade to wind up the selling season with values embarrassingly high for the basis for…

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Fantastic Demand For Wool Predicted

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

In an address last week to U.S. woolgrowers, Miss Ruth Jackendoff, Statistic Director of Wool Bureau, said that…

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Wool-growing Costs More Stable Bank President's Optimistic Outlook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 9

Mr. C. R. McKerihan, President of the Rural Bank of New South Wales, said that recent trends in the Australian…

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Pokolbin Farmer Acquitted of Malicious Wounding Judge's Advice To Accused

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 3

Clarence William Matthews, 56, farmer, of Pokolbin, was acquitted by a jury at Maitland Quarter…

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More Junior Farmer Demonstrations Urged Lessons From U.s. Tour

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 9

Junior Farmers should give many more demonstrations, both at field days and shows. Ken. Falconer, of Penrith, in a report…

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Late Turf Warwick Farm Selections

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

Silverdale Novice: Lady Dudley. Sabah, Moyborough. Casula Novice: Bespoken, Streamford, Sir Daniel…

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