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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 73

Pasture And Fodder Crops Need Rain

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 5

Milk production, which is lower than for the corresponding period last year, has shown a slight increase towards the latter part of June, but this is considered due mainly to freshly calved cows, as the…

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Milk output lower says Dairy Officer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1

Milk production, which is lower than for the corresponding period last year, showed a slight increase towards the end of May, but this is considered due mainly to freshly calved…

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Move to simplify Trust agreements with farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2

A committee of three was appointed by the Hunter Valley Trust yesterday to consider means of…

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No Protest Over Butter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Australian and New Zealand authorities here said yesteray they did not plan to make an official…

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American Butter For England

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON: The sale of 14,600,000 lb. of surplus American butter to the United Kingdom was…

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Prime Cattle Firm At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson report: 26,372 sheep penned prime light lambs easier, all others 5/- lower, best lambs 20d to…

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Worked 19 Hours A Day Dairy Farm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 2

An Cakhampton Identity [?] rides his bicycle six miles. [?] day to shop fit Maitland, [?] return home…

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India Now Free From Spectre of Famine Rationing Of Rice And Wheat Abolished

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 8

India is at last free from the spectre of recurrent famine, Rice production has soared by 22 per cent since last year. Wheat production is up by eight per cent…

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Dispersal Sale Of Dairy Herd

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 8

Brooker Lindman, Carr and Company, and Lindsay and Com[?]ford, auctioned in conjunction, report holding a…

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Australian Wool Auctions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The level of the wool market at the closing sales in…

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Australia’s Wool Production

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE: During the 1954-55 season, 3,900,000 bales of wool will be received into the stores of wool-selling…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 4

WITH A CHEQUE FOR £390 MILLION. AUSTRALIAN WOOLGROWERS CLOSED THEIR BOOKS LAST WEEK FOR THE THIRD RICHEST SEASON IN WOOL'S HISTORY. IN THE LAST…

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Confidence Rising in Wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 5

Everywhere throughout the world there is evidence of the rising confidence in the outlook for wool…

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Local Claims Under Cattle Condemned Fund

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1

THERE were a lot of hard words uttered not so long ago when graziers were apprised by the Government…

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Wool Values Firm at Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 8

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report, 5/7/'54:— During the past week wool…

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More Wheat Silos To Be Built

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Six emergency wheat silos with a capacity of 7,400,000 bushels, will be built by the Australian…

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Producers want 51. 58d Per lb. this year for butter

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 3

Submitting evidence on behalf of the Australian Dairy Farmers Federation, representing 65,000 dairy farmers in all States, Acting Federation President, and P.P.U. General President; Mr. Gibson told the Dairy Industry Investigation Committee, in Melbourne last Friday,…

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"Cow Sitters" Seen As Solution To Dairymen's Holiday Problem

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 5

Organisation by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture of a body of trained men to carry on…

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Convicts “Leased” To Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 2

PIETERMAHITZ BURG (South Africa): Businessmen here are criticising the system under which African convicts…

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P.p.u. Move on Junior Farmers

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 6

The Central Hunter Council of the Primary Producers will ask the Central Executive to move…

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