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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1955

370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 19

Improved Weather Service to Farmers Promised

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 April 1955 · page 5

"The Meteorological Bureau has promised to negotiatee with the A.B.C. and commercial broadcasting…

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Drop In Wool Export Value

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1955 · page 5

CANBERRA: The acting Commonwealth statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) has issued a statement showing that…

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Farmer Saw Body Floating

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1955 · page 2

A woman‘s body had floated on his property for almost 12 hours before he could retrieve it, a dairy farmer told…

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Dairy Cattle to £97

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 3

New Zealand Lean and M.A. Co., Ltd., Scone, report a very successful disposal sale of dairy cattle, account…

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Annual Merriwa Show Fine Exhibition of Horses, Cattle and Sheep Brilliant Weather Draws Large Attendance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 6

The Merriwa P.A.H. and I. Association's annual Show was held on Friday and Saturday last in brilliant sunshine, and the attendance was well up to that of previous years. With few exceptions, all sections were well supported, horses,…

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World Wheat Crisis Expected

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 2

LONDON: The grata trade newspaper “Corn Trade News” predicts a world crisis in wheat…

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Beef Cattle Upper Hunter Breeder's Success

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 2

A team of first-class Polled Herefords, entered by Messrs R. E. and H. H. Ingall, of "Fairview," Wallabadah, were placed first in the Upper Hunter and Lower Namoi district in the Beef…

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Short Term Schools for Farmers Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 2

Five special short-term schools for farmers would be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond,…

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Worry For Danish Dairy Industry

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 7

COPENHAGEN: The Danish dairy industry is worried over whether it can keep its place in supplying the…

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Honour For Junior Farmer Supervisor

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 2

The Maitland Show Council had done more to encouraged the Junior Farmer Movement than any other sillier body in…

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Chinese Grain Tax From Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 7

HONG KONG: Chinese Communist authorities in the South China province of Kwangtung, bordering this…

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Flood Affected Dairy Returns

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 2

GLOUCESTER: The Gloucester Dairy Co. disbursed to suppliers £76,857 for March. This was £14,000 below March…

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Improvement in Dairy Industry

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 5

The chairman of the Milk Board (Mr. J. A. Ferrason) said that he had noted a general improvement in dairy…

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Flood Relief to Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 3

The following statement appeared in yesterday’s “Mercury”. “Considering that the…

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Pastoral Warns of Communist Menace No Compromise With System, Say Bishops

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 May 1955 · page 2

The joint pastoral of the Catholic bishops of Australia on Communism was read to the congregation at the 9 o’clock special Labour Day Mass in St. John’s Pro-Cathedral to-day…

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Sheep and Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1955 · page 2

Sheep were 5/- dearer. lambs 8/- to 10/- dearer, and cattle, firmer, to £1 dearer, yesterday. Brindley Park…

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Cattle Values £1 Cheaper

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1955 · page 3

A [?] yarding of 700 fat cattle at Maitland Saleyards Campbell’s Hill, today Included all descriptions with the…

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Cheapper Wool Unlikely

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1955 · page 6

Yorkshire topmakers were now greatly concerned at the current cost of replacement of crossbred…

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U.s: Cattle Here

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: A shipment of stud cattle from the United States, worth many thousands of pounds, arrived in Sydney…

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Short Term Schools for Farmers

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1955 · page 1

Five special short-term schools for farmers Would be held at HawCollege, Ricmond…

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