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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 73

District Cattle Studs at Brisbane Show Mrs. N. P. Wright, "Blandford" Stud, Bickham (Polled Herefords)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 6

Of the seven male classes, Mrs. Wright won six. Every bull in the senior male championship line-out was…

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Hunter Valley Dairy CO's. Development Assets Increase £838,000 IN 14½ YEARS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 8

In his talks to suppliers throughout the Hunter Valley, Mr. Scarr, General Manager of the Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Co., said the company's assets had increased from 219.782 to £1,057,977 in 14½ years…

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Late Turf Warwick Farm Selections

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 1

Three-Year-Old Novice: El Carretero, Ace Pilot. Delvala. Novice Handicap: Royal…

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“Farm” May Ease Some Spring Worries

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 6

With four important events on the programme, the Warwick For meeting morrow should throw some light on the Spring meeting double as well as the three-year-old classics…

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Dairymen await Board explanations on weighty issues

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 8

More than 150 members of the Singleton branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council met in the C.W.A. Rooms last night to discuss individual quotas and contracts outside the…

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Cape Tulip Kills Half Mob of Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1954 · page 2

About half a mob of about 100 cattle died from Cape Tulip poisoning at Muswellbrook last week…

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Gloucester Favours I.q. for Dairymen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1954 · page 1

A meeting of 200 dairymen at Gloucester on Thursday night carried a motion favouring individual quotas for…

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Star Junior Farmer Contest Won by Wallarobba Boy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1954 · page 1

Wallarobba Club member, Colin Garland, won the Dungog District Council's Star Junior Farmer Contest in the James Theatre last Thursday night…

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Cattle Dearer at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 3

About 800 fat cattle yarded at Campbell’s Hill to-day, consisting mainly of bullocks and steers, with cows in short…

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Further Drop in British Butter Price

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Butter prices in Britain were reduced again to-day when the United Dairies and the Express Dairy,…

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Local Junior Farmer second in quest for State competitor

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 2

Jerry's Plains Junior Farmer Club president, John Beisler, gained second place in the District Council competition to select a finalist for the State round of the Star Junior Farmer…

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Hunter Valley farms beat drought by harvesting water

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 1

Water harvesting is being increasingly used by Hunter Valley dairy farmers, the Maitland District Dairy Officer, Mr. E. G. McLaren, said on Saturday…

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Muswellbrook Junior Farmers score at Brisbane show

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 1

Members of Muswellbrook Junior Farmers' Club had outstanding success at the Queensland Exhibition…

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Australia's Record in Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 1

There were 127,200,000 sheep in Australia on March 31, an increase of 4,100,000 in a year,…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 6

SYNCHRONISING WITH THE RISING TIDE OF WOOL RECEIVALS INTO AUSTRALIAN STORES FOR THE OPENING SALES OF THE NEW SEASON LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT HENCE,…

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Raw Wool in Ample Supply

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 4

LONDON: Raw wool was in a strong position statistically and commercially, the “Financial Times” said in an…

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Hunter Valley Dairy Company's Development Assets Increase £838,000 in 14½ Years

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 6

In his talks to suppliers throughout the Hunter Valley, Mr. Scarr, the general manager of the…

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Star Junior Farmer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 2

John Beisier, president of Jerry’s Plains Junior Farmers Club, secured second place in the district council…

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Farmer Has His Own Experimental Plot With Trace Elements

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 4

A Dungog former has established a private trace element experimental plot to find the reason for the lack of growth in his pastures. It is the privately owned one in the Hunter…

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New Wool Stores At Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Two new wool stores, each costing £325,000 are to be erected in Annie and Milford…

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