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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 73

Dairy Produce Board Changes

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA.—Changes in the Australian Dairy Produce Board were announced by the Minister for Commerce and…

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Strong Demand For Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 3

A smaller yarding of about 700 fat cattle, the drop in numbers being mainly due to the wet weather…

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District Councils For Dairy Farms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: A report made to a meeting of the management committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council stated…

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Hunter Valley Has Beneficial Rain Fall Welcomed By Graziers And Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

Heavy falls of rain in the Maitland district over post few days were almost certain to stop potato and cauliflower plantings, growers said to-day. Unless the rain stopped almost immediately, the…

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Raymond Terrace Red Crops Society

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

The highlight of the year’s functions, with which the members of the Raymond Terrace branch of the Red…

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Chinese In Trouble Over Farm Programme

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

WASHINGTON: Communist China’s efforts to Imitate the Soviet Union’s state-controlled farm programme bad resulted…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 13th JULY, 1954 Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation Evidence to Committee Producers Want 51.58d Per Pound This Year for Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

Submitting evidence on behalf of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation, representing 65,000 dairy farmers in all States,…

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Wool Clip Estimate

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 2

The estimate for the 1954-55 Australian Wool cup of 3,900,000 bales would be an increase over 1953-53 of 94,000…

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Green Oats Could Poison Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 2

Green oats, although considered a valuable fodder plant could at times, poison stock, Mr. A. T. Ellis said…

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Santa Gertrudis Cattle In North

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE: Prospects seem excellent for the spread of Santa Gertradis cattle in Queensland Bulls have been…

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Fashions in Wool BLACK & White Check

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 5

This suit from Spectator Sports is in novelty black and white tweed with wider black velvet collar and worn…

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£390,000,000 Expected From Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

Wool sold during the wool selling season just ended, will amount £390,000,000—the third highest realisation on record, the President of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia (Mr…

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Move On Junior Farmers By P.P.U.

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

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

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Management Committee Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

A meeting of the management committee of the above council was held in Sydney on 7th July, the president, Mr. L…

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P.P.U. Move On Junior Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

The Central Hunter Council of the Primary Producers' Union will ask the central executive to move for the…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

A meeting of the Management Committee of the above Council was held in Sydney on 7th: July, the President, Mr. L. Shearman, of Raymond Terrace, presiding…

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Training Of Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 5

SINGLETON: The Central Hunter Council of the Primary Producers’ Union decided to send to the executive the…

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More Storage for Wheat

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: N.S.W. Cabinet as ratified, an agreement with the Australian Wheat Board to provide extra wheat…

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Newcastle becoming big wool centre

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

While statistical officers are busily calculating the precise amount of Australia's third biggest wool cheque and its…

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Share farmers not responsible for rabbit eradication

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

It was not the Board's policy to hold the sharefarmer responsible for rabbits on a badly infested property, Director J. Wright said at yesterday's meeting of the P.P. Board…

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