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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Farm Record Books Are Valuable

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 4

Farming is a business, and if a farmer would be completely efficient he must keep records of his financial…

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Board to prosecute farmers on grasshopper issue

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 2

Denman- Singleton Pastures Protection Board at its meeting today authorised the prosecution of four landholders in the DenmanMuswellbrook area for failing to take the…

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Plan To Lift U.S. Wool Production

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON: Senator George Aiken (Republican) introduced into Senate a bill to increase U.S. wool…

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Advice to Dairymen Dairy Officer's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2

Milk production showed a marked recovery over practically the whole of the district following the soaking rains which were received early in the month to break the drought. No follow up…

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Junior Farmer Judging at Royal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 7

Peter Moylan, of Monkerai, leader of the Stroud Junior Farmers, has been selected by the State Council to go to the…

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Wheat Stabilisation

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said that New South Wales would not hold a ballot of growers…

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To-day’s Leader The Labour Force Cattle Sales Set Record

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Argentine buyers paid many of the top prices at the Aberdeen-Angus cattle sale which ended at Perth…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 12

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain insurance and Agency Company, Limited,…

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Sheep Formed Guard Of Honour

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 3

DUBBO — Men, women, children, boats and planes have all formed guards of honour for the Royal couple…

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The Week in Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 11

The silence of buyers for Russian countries at the opening sale of the tenth sedies in Sydney contrasted sharply with their vociferious bidding at the previous sales and highlighted the…

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Argentine Buyers at Scotch Cattle Sale

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

LONDON: Argentine buyers at the Aberdeen Angus cattle sale in Perth, Scotland which ended on Wednesday, paid…

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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited. 5th FEBRUARY, 1954 Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 8

We submitted our catalogue of 9587 bales on Thursday, the 4th instant. This was representative, to a large extent, of the later…

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Denman- Muswellbrook Farmers Board to Prosecute on Grasshopper Issue

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 3

Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board, at its meeting on Monday last authorised the prosecution of four landholders in the Denman-Muswellbrook area for failing to take the necessary steps to eradicate…

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Junior Farmer Supervisor Appointed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 1

The Department of Agriculture has appointed Mr. Bruce Love as District Junior Farmer Supervisor for the area…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Management Committee Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

A meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymens's Council was held in Sydney Wednesday, 10th inst., Mr. J. A. McPhair presiding. The following matters were…

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Grasshopper Prosecutions Singleton Denman P.p. Board to Prosecute Farmers on Grasshopper Issue

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 10

Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board, at its meeting on Monday, authorised the prosecution of four landholdiers in the Denman-Muswellbrook area for failing to take the necessary steps to eradicate grasshoppers on their properties, which were declared to be seriously infested. If convicted by a Court under the Noxious…

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Milk Production Dairying Prospects Improve Throughout Upper Hunter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 7

Milk production showed a marked recovery over practically the whole of the district, following the soaking rains which were received early in the month to break the drought…

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This Week in the Store Cattle Market

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 2

Cattle buyers are more confident and inquiries, particularly for male cattle are more numerous following on…

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Farm Record Books Are Valuable

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

Farming is a business, and if a farmer would be completely efficient he must keep records of his financial…

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Dearer Market For Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

There was a yarding of 850 fat rattle at Maitland to-day, the quality being fair. Bollocks and steers were fairly…

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