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Farming & the land, 1954

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Star Junior Farmer of Hunter Valley Tom Boyton — Wallarobba Club

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

At the final examination to select the star junior farmer in the Hunter Valley, held at Singleton on Saturday, Tom Boyton, of Wallarobba Club, was the winner…

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The Singleton Trip by Junior Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 4

The party which made the trip to Singleton on Saturday to attend the Junior Farmer competition final for the…

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British Market For Australian Dairy Produce In Danger (By a Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 3

HEXHAM: The United Kingdom’s return to private trade and free choice for consumers would have far-reaching repercussions on all food-production countries supplying the British the market, deputy…

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Board members to explain milk quotas to dairymen

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

Members of the Milk Board will attend a meeting of the Singleton branch of the Milk Zone Dairy…

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Butter And Its Substitutes (By the Nutrition Section of the Department of Public Health)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 5

Although butter with its pleasant flavour is the most popular fat, other fate have often to be substituted,…

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Ladies Welcomed at Junior Farmers' Meeting

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 2

At the August meeting of the Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee the President, Mr. C. S…

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Farm Workers And National Service

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 2

Speaking in the House of Representatives on the address in reply Mr. Allen Fairhall member for…

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Flood Warning System Pleases Dairymen In Lower Hunter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 8

Farmers in the Lower Hunter would appreciate the high frequency radio communication network to give warning of impending floods, the deputy chairman of the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy…

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More Milk To Dairy Co Last Year

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 7

Milk suppled to the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Co. during the 1953-54 financial year was nearly 2,000,000…

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Britain Cuts Butter Prices

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.—Butter prices in Britain were reduced again today when the United Dairies and the…

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New Wool Season Approaches

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report 24/8/'54: The first offerings of the new season will be very…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 6

AT THE DAWN OF THE NEW WOOL YEAR, GRAZIERS THIS WEEK WERE ANXIOUSLY SCANNING THE HORIZON FOR PORTENTS LIKELY TO DETERMINE THE VALUES THAT WORLD…

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Modern New Wool Stores For Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 8

IN A JOINT STATEMENT RELEASED IN SYDNEY BY DALGETY AND CO.,LTD., A.M.L, and F. Co, Ltd., AND NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MIA. CO, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT TWO MODERN WOOL STORES…

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Claims synthetics will beat down wool price

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 5

Competition from synthetics eventually will force down Australian wool exports…

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Cape Tulip Kills Half Mob of Cattle Claim Against Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 9

About half a mob of 100 head of cattle died from Cape Tulip poisoning at Muswellbrook recently. The cattle were on a…

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Dairy Company Earns £34,000 Five Per Cent. Dividend To Be Paid Turnover for Year Over £6,000,000

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 2

Turnover of the Hunter Valley Co.-Op. Dairy Co. Ltd. for the past financial year was £6,024,564, and earned a profit of £34,198. A dividend of five per cent, will absorb £16,058, and the balance…

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Farm Workers and National Service Training Member Urges Review

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 7

Speaking in the House of Representatives on the Address-in-Reply, Mr. Allen Fairhall, M.P. (Lib., Paterson),…

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Soil Conservation In The United States Junior Farmers' Impression

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 4

Soil conservation practices in the United States have Impressed an Australian Junior Farmer, himself a…

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Hunter Valley Farms Beat Drought By Harvesting Water

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 7

Water harvesting is being increasingly used by Hunter Valley dairy farmers, the Maitland…

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Government Will Introduce More Than 24 Bills During Session Farm

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 4

The State Government will introduce more than 24 Bills and amendments to Acts during the fourth session of the 37th Parliament. This was revealed by the Governor, Sir John Northcott, when he opened the…

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