Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 83

Dairying. Intensive Dairy Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 6

A very interesting experiment was made recently at the Ill[?] Agriculture Experiment Station, showing a market variation in the profits from four different systems of dairy…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Keeping the Youths on the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 4

In many cases it is the fault of the parents that the boys and girls when they get to manhood and womanhood, do not stay at home on the farm (says an exchange)…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., Sydney, report Under date 28th December:—Although transactions in wool have been of very limited extent…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Farm and Dairy Notes. Sore Shoulders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Harper, of the New South Wales Agricultural College, supplies the "American Agriculturist," with the following hints to prevent sore shoulders on farm horses…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Local and General News Darling Downs Dairy Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

Special attention is drawn to the advertisement in our columns, of the Ellangowan (Toowoomba district) sub-division, which is now coming on to the market. This land…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Power on the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2

The question of whether to get steam or gasoline for farm work often presents itself to prospective purchasers. I prefer one for some work and conditions, while for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Good Place to Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2

Easterner—"You say you have a farm in the West for sale. I think of going West. Is your farm in a good climate?" Westerner—"I should smile. Why, sir,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Dairy Shorthorn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2

In the course of an interview Mr. J. L. Shirley, the well-known exhibitor at the Islington Dairy Show, England, has given a press representative his views on the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cattle Sale at Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 4

Pitt, Son, & Badgery, Ltd., Sydney, report having held a very successful sale of store cattle at Muswellbrook on Friday, the 22nd Deer., when they quitted a mob of 700…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Dairy. Healthy Pigs. Effect of Food

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

Two factors which largely conduce to disease among pigs are overcrowding and injudicious feeding with more or less unsuitable food. Wheat is at the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Dearer Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 5

The price of butter will be raised by 4/ per cwt, from Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Shipments of Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 4

The season for the carriage of wool, which opened early in July, was concluded yesterday. During that period there has passed through the Morpeth railway station for transport by steamer to Sydney,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Dairying. Intensive Daiky Paoiiiingj'-

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

A very intresting experiment was made recently at the Illinois. Agricultural Experiment Station, showing a marked variation in the profits from…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sydney Wool Market. 'Winchcombe, Charson Ltd Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 1

Up to date 481,110 bales wool have been sold in the Sydney market, and it is estimated that 215,000 bales will be available after the holidays, sufficient to carry the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Dairying. Intensive Dairy Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 13

A very, interesting experiment was macle recently at the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, showing a marked variation in the profits from four different systems of dairy…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

United States Tariff. Wool Schedule to Be Postponed. Washington, Dec. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

The revision of the iRon, and steel schedules will be the first tariff legislation after Congress convenes. It is stated that it is intended to pospone…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Dairy. Healthy Pigs. Effect of Food

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

Two factors which largely conduce to disease among pigs are overcrowding and injudicious feeding with more or less unsuitable food. Wheat is at the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

PLOUGHING 25 Miles a Day. The Work a Farmer Beally Does

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 4

The [?] is about the most ancient measure in existence. The word means a cultivated field, and all the nations of antiquity, had a similar measure. The acre,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →