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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Extraordinary antics in wool market

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 6

Wool values trembled, dipped, and recovered, in an extraordinary week of hesitancy, suspense and…

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More Paid for Our Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 7

Wool sold in Australia in the first seven months of the current selling season to January 31 realised £236,631,875…

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Japan will trade copper for wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

Dalgety's Bradford correspondents says it may surprise Australians that Bradford sells woollen and…

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Pitt, Son and Badgery wool sales

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 5

On Tuesday 16th February. 1954 Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd., Newcastle offered at auction a catalogue of…

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Giant U.S. firm has confidence in wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

A highlight in the report this week of Dalgety's Boston correspondent is the confidence in the future of…

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Record Price For Clarence River Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

The keen demand for the rich farm lands on the Clarence River was underlined at Grafton on Wednesday, when Dalgety's…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 9

At a meeting of the management committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council held in Sydney, the following…

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Dairy Company Director Honoured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

The Gloucester Dairy Co., gave a dinner in honour of Mr. J. C. Wilson, who had been a director for over 40…

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Farm Field Day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

On Monday morning a Sydney firm manufacturing farm machinery will demonstrate latest irrigation equipment,…

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Junior Farmers’ Show Maintains High Standard Of Exhibits

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

RAYMOND TERRACE: The Raymond Terrace Junior Former 17th Annual Show promises to be one of the best yet organised by this successful and enthusiastic club…

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Praise for work on sheep, wants research started on cattle

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 4

Intensive research into the cheapest methods of keeping cattle alive during droughts was urged by Mr. R. C. Cotton, an Oberon farmer. He was commenting on…

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Prime Cattle Dearer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson’s report: There was 20,176 sheep panned and prime lambs were scarce. The…

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Wheat Stabilisation

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE: The Premier of Victoria (Mr. J. Ca[?] has rejected a requested by the Australian Wheatgrowers’…

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Dearer Market For Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

Owing to the flood conditions, there was only a small yarding of about 550 fat cattle at Campbell’s am to-day…

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Beef population may now be at peak of "cattle cycle

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

The beef cattle population of Australia has been expanding steadily since the war, but may now have re ached the peak of the "cattle cycle." The cycle is a fairly regular movement in the numbers…

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Major Flood Disaster Narrowly Averted Men Drowned Near Morpeth Thousands Of Acres Of Farmland Inundated Again

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Threat of a major flood disaster at Maitland appears to have passed, but a serums situation was only narrowly averted. There were crucial hours during last night, but at 5 o‘clock this morning the Hunter River stopped rising after attaining a height of 31ft. 6ins. But the…

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Disposing Of Farm Surplus

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Representatives of eight governments are due to meet here tomorrow to tackle the problem…

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Juniors Have Training for Future Adult Exhibitions Raymond Terrace Young Farmers Roil Successful Show

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 4

The success of the Raymond Terrace Junior Farmer 17th annual show on Friday and Saturday indicated the enthusiasm of the district club members, said the district supervisor (Mr, A. L. Nicod). Results showed that they were receiving fine training and experience in…

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Farmer On Charge Of Malicious Wounding

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

Clarence William Maithews 56, farmer of Homestead, Pokolbin, appeared before Mr, F. R. Wood, S.M., this, morning charged with maliciously wounding William Kenneth Hall with intent to do him…

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Farm record books available

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

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

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