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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 73

The Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. [?] port: We sold 8700 bales of wo[?] at auction and privately at [?] Sydney sales on Monday. Stro[?]…

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Annual Wool Review

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 9

Wool, being Australia's main rural product, has again proved by far the most valuable source of income, and the following figures will show the post-boon clips marketed in the Commonwealth for the past three seasons, state Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., in their annual wool…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 6

WOOL VALUES ARE RISING IN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND LONDON. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS THEY HAVE RECOVERED 50 PER CENT. OF THE ACCUMULATED LOSSES SINCE…

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Freed British butter market being watched with anxiety LONDON

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 4

British butter producers are again free to sell their dairy products where and when they choose for the first time in 15 years. The Ministry of Food…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 1st OCTOBER, 1954 Muswellbrook High School Amd Junior Farmers Rodeo and Carnival Committee Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

A well-attended meeting of the Muswellbrook High School and Junior Farmers' Rodeo and Carnival Committee was held at the High School on Wednesday last, Mr. F. McTackett occupying the…

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Impressed with Badgery's Creek Experiment Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd Gray, a leading American irrigation expert at present touring Australia, said in Sydney this week that the…

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History of dairying

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 5

When the pioneers came to the Hunter Valley more than 100 years ago they built their homes of bark,…

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Drop in Fat Sheep Values

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 3

About 900 fat cattle yarded at Campbell’s Hill sales to-day and there was a full attendance of buyers from…

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Little Sheep Feed In West

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 1

MILDURA: Thousands of sheep in the parched areas of western N.S.W. will have to be moved by transport unless…

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Australia Willing To Export Its Wheat

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 3

LONDON: Australia wondered-why Britain should spend dollars on wheat from the United States while Australia was willing to export and had always kept a close hold on dollar spending, Australian Trade and…

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Junior Farmers-high School Rodeo and Carnival Committee Final Meeting of Committee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

The final meeting of the Junior Farmers'-Muswellbrook High School Rodeo and Carnival committee was held on Friday last…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

A meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 29th September, at which 51 delegates…

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Muswellbrook High School and Junior Farmers' Rodeo and Carnival Committee Meeting Next Saturday's Big Attraction

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

A well-attended meeting of the Muswellbrook High School and Junior Farmers' Rodeo and Carnival Committee was held at the High School on Wednesday, September 29, Mr. F. McTackett occupying the…

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Dairy Officer Says Milk Production Record is Possible

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

Good follow-up rains, up to six inches in some parts, and warmer weather hove been responsible for providing a very good spring in the Singleton, Lower Hunter, Dungog and Wyong areas…

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Dairy Company’s Prospects Good

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

GLOUCESTER: At Gloucester Dairy Company’s meeting, the chairman of directors commented on the financial…

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Dairy Company Chairman

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

Mr. K. W. D. Hornless, of Muswellbrook has been elected chairman of directors of the Hunter River…

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Wild Cattle in Britain

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 6

The wild cattle of Chillingham are well known in cat-tle breeding circles and Lady Tenkerville, who owns the…

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Sheep Die While Butchers, Board Argue

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE: Sheep are starving and dropping’ dead at Brisbane abattoir’s while butchers and the Meat Board argue over…

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West German Campaign To Rid Cattle Of TB (By a Reuter Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 6

BONN: The West German government has set May 1, 1957, as its deadline for ridding the country of bovine tuberculosis. About one-third of the 11,600,000 cattle is at…

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Dairymen's Council Approves Individual Quota in Principle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 1

M.Z.D.C. management committee at a meeting in Sydney on Thursday, approved in principle some method of applying an individual quota system in the dairying industry…

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