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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 73

Wool Sales

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 4

Wool sold In Australia in the 1953-54 season, which ended on Jane 30. realised £390.700.000. This was…

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Windbreaks Important in Farm Economy

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 5

Windbreaks and shelter belts play an important part in the economy of tically every district in…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 2

A meeting of the Management Committee of the above was held in Sydney on the 7th July,…

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Butter output sags

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 5

Butter production in the ten months ended in April was 19 per cent less than production in the same…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 8
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

WHILE STATISTICAL OFFICERS ARE BUSILY CALCULATING THE PRECISE AMOUNT OF AUSTRALIA'S THIRD BIGGEST WOOL CHEQUE AND ITS AVERAGE RETURN PER BALE AND PER LB.,…

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Sheep brand records to be revised

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

The Department of Agriculture has notified the Denman-Singleton P.P. Board that it intends to revise the sheep brands and marks records next year…

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Topmakers are seeking unclassed wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 3

Australian and New Zealand woolgrowers may be surprised to learn that some topmakers like to see more…

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No Cause for Complacency Warning on Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 6

Woolgrowers should not feel complacent about their prosperity, the President of the…

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Share Farmers Not Responsible For Rabbit Eradication

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 8

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

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Voice of 65,000 Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 6

When acting president of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation and F.P.U. General President, Mr. Gibson, submitted…

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Voice of 65,000 Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 4

When acting president of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation and P.P.U. General President, Mr. Gibson, submitted…

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P.p.u. Move on Junior Farmers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

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

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President’s Farm On Battlefield

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

WASHINGTON: President Eisenhower, like many, another American, has his home on a battlefield…

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Aid urged for dairy research by P.P.U. head

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

The Common wealth should aid the dairying industry by paying for research into production costs,…

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Victorian A.p.p.u.leader Sees: Dairy products a cure-all margarine buyers "traitors"

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Every person who bought a substitute for butter was "a traitor to the industry," the Dairy Section Chairman of the Victorian Division of the Australian Primary Producers' Union (Mr. J. M. Rea) said this week…

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Single-phase Is most economic farm electricity supply

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 7

The most economic electricity supply for the farm is from single-phase mains, advises the Rural Electricity Officer of the Department of Agriculture (Mr. J. R. Lloyd)…

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Dairy Co. Elections

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 4

Nominations for three directors and one auditor for the election of officers of the Singleton Central…

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This Week in the Store Cattle Market

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 5

A week without a single store cattle auction underlined the dormant state of trading. Sales rostered during the…

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Prime Cattle £2 Dearer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

About 809 fat cattle yarded at Campbell’s Hill today comprising largely fair to medium cows with only odd lots of…

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