Hunter Farmers Need Help Position of Owner-farmers
Funds being distributed by the Flood Relief Committee were public monies appropriated for the relief of…
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Farming & the land, 1955
370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 19
Monthly Crop Report
Mr. F. Flan, senior agronomist for the Western Agricultural region, Mudgee, in which Merriwa is included, submits the following crop report for the month of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Patterson Junior Farmer’s Success
A Paterson junior farmer, Keith Priestley, 20. yesterday won the Stale final of the ABC Junior Farmer radio contest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief for Farmers
The farmer was not receiving the same liberality In flood relief as the town resident, Cr. T. McCarthy said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Claim for £1000 Loss of Cattle on Stock Route
In the District Court on Tuesday and Wednesday, Joseph Dean Asbury, of Tamworth, claimed £1000 damages from the DenmanSingleton Pastures Protection Board for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Owner-Farmer Problems Discussed At Special Meeting
At a special meeting of the Upper Hunter District, Council of the Primary Producers' Union, held at the Muswellbrook G.W.A. rooms yesterday, the problems being experienced as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Request for Agronomist to Assist Flood-affected Farmers
In a letter to the Municipal Council, read at Wednesday's meeting, the Hon. Roger Nott, M.L.A., Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers to Meet to Flan Rehabilitation
Farmers in the Lower Hunter plan a mass meeting within a fortnight to formulate a policy on rehabilitation for presentation to the N.S.W Government. A department of farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Get Cattle Back
SINGLETON: Sixty head of cattle which were washed away during the flood, have been returned to their owners…
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The usual yarding of far cattle at Maitland saleyards to-day, 850 head being forward…
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SINGLETON: The president of Patrick Plains Shire Council (Cr. A. C. Marshall) has been informed by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Losses
Newstead South Pastoral Co. Ltd. estimates the loss of about 3000 sheep at its Jew’s Lagoon station when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
Prices realised at the Sydney wool sales on Thursday included: Dalgety and Co.: N. and L. Dorney (Merriwa)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leading Wool Scientists to Visit Australia
An International wool textile research conference will be held in Australia during August and September this year, and leading wool scientists from the British Commonwealth and the United States, will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Restoration of Flood-damaged Farms Soil Conservation Plant Available
The Minister for Conservation, Mr. Enticknap, has announced that he had made available the facilities of the Soil Conservation Service's Plant Hire Scheme for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quest for "Star" Junior Farmer
The State Coouncil of the Junior Farmer Movement has started looking for the "Star" Junior Farmer of 1955. Twenty-two district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers' News
On Saturday last a team of five Junior Farmers went to Gresford Show. Only one judging competition was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood-damaged Farms in Hunter Valley
The Minister for Conservation (Mr. Enticknap) has announced that he had made available the facilities of the Soil Conservation Service’s plant hire scheme for the work of restoring flood-damaged farms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Shot Dead On U.S. Farm
HENDERSON (Kansas): A farmer, his son and a daughter-in-law, their hands tied behind their backs, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Exit Malaria—Enter Farming
Malaria has been the scourge of India’s agriculture. Experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization, two United Nations specialised agenda, have been helping India free swamp areas from the dreaded mosquito. Above,…
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