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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 73

The week in wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 5

An unexpected subsidence in the volume of Yorkshire orders this week left wool values to the dictation of Continental buyers, and resulted in a renewal of weakening tendencies…

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Sydney wool values depressed

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 4

Competition from the Continent and Japan widened slightly at the Sydney wool sales on Wednesday,…

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For the Man on the Land This Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 6

An unexpected subsidence in the volume of Yorkshire orders this week left wool values to the dictation of Contineital buyers, and resulted in a renewal of weakening tendencies. Brisbane quoted Merino fleece lines par to 5 per…

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Season Unfavourable, But Wool Had Quality Judge’s Praise For Exhibits At Singleton Show

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 4

A wool expert and auctioneer from Sydney said to-day the wool exhibits at the Singleton show compared favourably with [?] be held sold in Sydney this season. He was Mr. J. J. Brassel, who was judging for the first time of Singleton…

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Sale Of Dairy Herd

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 3

A.M.L. and F. Co. Ltd. and E. Windeyer and Son auctioneers in conjunction, report holding a successful…

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Dairy Cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 3

Additional awards in the Guernsey dairy cattle section were: Bull, 3 yrs. and under 4, L. G. Langdon; heifer,…

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Prime Cattle Scarce

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 2

The prevailing shortage of prime quality beef was emphasised at Homebush on Thursday when a large…

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Sheep again cheaper

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 1

Another big yarding of 47,887 sheep and lambs making a total of more than 90,000 for the week. was more…

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Light Rain On Wheat Bowl

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Light rain in the drought-parched Riverina, one of Australia’s main wheat bowls, was among…

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Singleton Show. Junior Farmer Section Twice As Big

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 2

The Junior Farmer exhibition at the Singleton show was twice the size of previous exhibits…

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Aberdeen News Junior Farmers' Club Formed at Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 4

Although last night's meeting was not very well attended, it was found that sufficient support was available for the formation of a Junior Farmers' Club in Aberdeen…

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District Farmers Say Rain Was Not Needed

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 2

Yesterday’s fall of rain was too much for Maitland farmers, the district agronomist (Mr. F. D. Mackenzie) said this morning. For the 24 hours up to 9 o’clock this morning,…

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Thrip Infest Onion Crops

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 2

Most onion crops in the Maitland district at the moment are in good condition, but are fairly severely…

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Confidence restored at Newcastle wool sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Following upon the disturbing decline in values evident at the…

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Vegetable Crop Planning

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 4

Competent gardeners often fall into the game errors as amateurs. when it comes to’ providing the family with a…

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Spain's Big Wheat Crop

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 8

MADRID: Cinemas, dance balls and even bull rings have been taken over to house Spain’s bumper cereal harvest,…

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Butter Price Basis Called “Unjust”

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 9

SYDNEY: The costing formals for butter was [?]and [?] the N.S.W. president of the Australian Primary Producers’…

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J.R. Drop In Wool Exports

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 2

CANBERRA: The value of Australian wool exports for the two months ended August, was £30,233,000—a decrease of…

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Devastation To Fruit Crops

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 1

ORANGE: Winds and severe frost had devastated vast acres of stone-fruit crops to the Orange district, the…

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Bulk Wheat Trucks

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 4

The manager of the Government Grain Elevators (Mr. S. C. Hodgson) has warned that a limited number of bulk…

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