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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 73

Middlebrook Gelignite Case (Continued from Page 1) Farmer's Evidence

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 2

Leslie Reichel, farmer, residing at Middlebrook Road, Scone, said he remembered the night of 25th July last…

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Wool Overseas

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 3

"Wool is keeping ahead of synthetics" Dr. F. G. Lennox, Senior Officer-in-Charge of C.S.I R.O.'s Wool Textile Research Laboratories, reported on his arrival in Melbourne recently on…

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Star Junior Farmer Contest

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 1

The Dungog District Council's Star Junior Farmer Contest will be finalised next Thursday night, 19th August, in the James Theatre. Competitors are Colin Garland…

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Dairy Extension Grant Field Day

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

Arrangements are being made by Mr. E G. McLaren, District Dairy Officer, to conduct a field day on Mr. L. J. Shearman's property known as "Portree" Nelsons Plains, on the morning of…

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Star Farmer Competition

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 1

Three finalists have been selected for the Upper Hunter section of the Star Junior Farmer competition…

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Farm Mechanisation

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

THE director of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics at Canberra, Mr. T. H. Strong, has said: “The mechanical revolution which changed the American agricultural system in the…

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Poultry Farmers Will Reduce Size Of Flocks

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 4

Maitland poultry farmers said to-day they would, in the next few weeks, sell thousands of pullets in an effort to reduce feeding costs. The present price of eggs…

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Farmers show bow to fight hopper plagues (From Page 1) Blast Machine

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

The first piece of equipment demonstrated was an air-blast machine consisting of a wind tunnel in which a…

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Farmers shown how to apply resources to fight threat of hopper plagues

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 1

Farmers at a field demonstration of the latest eradication equipment at Glenridding yesterday, were given an opportunity to learn how they could consolidate their resources to combat the expected outbreak of grasshoppers in the Upper Hun ter area in early summer…

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Canadian Wheat

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 5

OTTAWA: Canada’s wheat carry-over on Jul 31 was a near record. 587,487,000 bushels, the Bureau of…

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Dairy Farmer Found Dead

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 2

Ronald Rose, 48, dairy farmer, of Thora, near Kempsey was found dead in a paddock a mile from his home…

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Milk Zone Dairymen Against Individual Quotas

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 2

The Raymond Terrace Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council at its meeting on Tuesday…

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Drive For Members Of Junior Farmer Club

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 6

The advisory committee of the Maitland Junior Farmer Club is making a drive for more members for the club. It will seek membership of ex-school pupils,…

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Junior Farmers Paterson Lad Wins Judging At Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 2

A 17-years-old member of the Paterson Junior Farmer Club best established young breeders up to 30 years of age…

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New Pastoral Award August 30

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 5

The new State pastoral award takes effect in New South Wales on 30th August. This award is the same as the…

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Australia’s Record Sheep

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 2

CANBERRA: There were 127,200,000 sheep in Australia Starch 31, an increase of 4,100,000 in a year, and two…

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New Pastoral Award on August 30

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 2

The new State Pastoral Award takes effect in New South Wales on August 30. This award is the same as…

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Wool Production and Use

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report 10/8/'54.: The weather conditions of the past few weeks have…

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Modern New Wool Stokes for Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 6

In a joint statement released in Sydney today by Dalsetys and Company Limited, A.M.L. & F. Co…

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Modern New Wool Stores. For Newcastle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 4

In a joint statement released In Sydney by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., A.M.L. & F. Co., Ltd., and New Zealand Loan & MA…

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