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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 73

Farmer Assaulted Father

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 2

A share farmer was fined £[?] with 12/ costs and ordered to pay £5/6/ professional costs by Mr. F. R. Wood [?]…

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Aberdeeen District News Move to Form Junior Farmers' Club In Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 4

On Monday night next, 18th October, at 8 p.m., a meeting for ail interested in the formation of a Junior Farmers' Clab will be held in the Public School…

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Board Warns Farmers on Failure to Report Grasshoppers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

Landholders who failed to notify the Pastures' Protection Board of grasshoppers on their properties were liable to a fine…

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Cost of Irrigating Too High for Farmers Claims at Scone Meeting (Scone "Advocate" Report)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

Delegates to a meeting at Scone last Tuesday night said Glenbawn Dam could prove a fantastic waste of money. That would happen unless a feasible and economical scheme was evolved for the…

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History of Dairying in Hunter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 4

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

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Hints for the Farm Wife

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 4

Did you know that a lemon will give more juice if warmed before squeezing? Pop one into a warm oven or into…

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Farm Accommodation

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 2

MOST farms could use more labour, with a resultant increase in production, and, possibly, more efficiency, but there are not enough families going to work on farms…

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To-day’s leader Farm Accommodation Red Athletes Try For Records

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Russian athletes will attempt to beat the world record for men’s 440 yards hurdles and the women’s 800…

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Decline In U.S. Wheat Crop

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has forecast a slight decline in 1954 wheat production…

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Special Spring Cattle Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 1

Tom Hicks (Paul Ryan & Joe Corbett) report:— On Tuesday last 1,000 head of store cattle were yarded…

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New Wheat Tests Show Bigger Yield

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 2

LONDON, (A. A. P.) A new spring wheat called Peko, said to be faster growing and tougher than any England has…

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Individual Quota Favoured by Dairymen's Committee

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 1

A largely attended meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council's Management Committee, held in Sydney, decided by 32 votes to 2 to make representations to the N.S.W. Milk Board…

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Beef and Dairy Cattle Exhibits Outstanding Junior Fanners’ Display Feature Of Pavilions.(By a Reporter)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 3

Northern Agricultural Association officials intimated to-day that exhibits in Hit year s 82nd Singleton Show were worth more than £250,000. The value had reached a record, although entries were down in number on previous years in seme sections…

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To-day’s Leader India Impatient Cattle At Singleton Impress U.S. Visitor

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 1

An American 4-H Club member was among the interested spectators during judging at Singleton Show to-day. He is 21-years-old John Oltjen, of Kansas, a…

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Dogs Attacking Sheep And Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board has been advised by the Dingo Destruction Board…

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Sheep and Cattle Singleton Show Awards

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 12

District successes at the Singleton Show, which opened yesterday, were: Pine wool, merino ewe ram, 2 tooth, C. S. and K…

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Junior Farmers CATTLE

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 4

Reared dairy heifer, under 12 mths.. Miss N. Presland, L. Alcom. Kerry Smith; dairy heifer over 12 months and…

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Wild Cattle in Britain

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 6

THE WILD CATTLE of Chillingham are well known in cattle breeding circles, and Lady Tenkerville, who owns the herd, described it in the B.B.C.'s "Country Magazine" programme. The cattle roam in their natural…

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Cattle Killed By Cape Tulip

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 2

Cape tulip and sugar gum have been causing losses in stock in the central and southern divisions, according to the…

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Finer points of judging sheep

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 3

To be a successful breeded a good knowledge of the conformation and principal characteristics of…

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