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Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 83

Butter Churned While You Wait

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 7
Also in The Scone Advocate

A New York grocer has combined an advertising novelty and a source of profit in a butter churn, which is in almost constant operation in his store. The…

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Stud Cattle for Sydney Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 2

Messrs O. A & T. M. Hooke dispatched their stud cattle par train to Sydney on Wednesday last for competition in the principal classes in the…

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Local and General News Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. S. A. Brooker, auctioneer, of Gresford, announces a big store cattle sale to be held at Gresford on Tuesday next, commencing at one o'clock in the afternoon,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

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

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Dairy Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

In this issue, Mr. O. K. Young, auctioneer, advertises for sale by public auction at Goodyer's Hotel, Campbell's Hill, on Monday next at one o'clock, a dairy farm…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. Alex, Perrett, a member of the executive council of the Farmers and Settlers Association, will deliver an address to-morrow (Saturday) evening, in the committee room on…

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A Payable Wheat Crop

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 13

Regarding the number of inches of rain [?] for the production of a payable [?] some valuable lessons have been learned during the past season (reports the…

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Large Butter Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 6

For the fortnight ending March 16th, the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company manufactured 105,966 lbs of butter, equal to 17 tons 6 cwt 0 qrs 14 lbs, for…

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Output of Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 4

For the fortnight ending March 16 the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co. manufactured 105,966 [?]bs of butter, equal to 47 tons 6 cwt 0 qrs 14…

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Scottish White Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 6

Lanarkshire has the distinction of possessing In the white cattle which Inhabit the old forest park of Cadzow Castle, at Hamilton, the only animals…

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Butter Churned While You Wait

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 5

A New York grocer has combined an advertising novelty and a source of profit in a butter churn, which is in almost constant operation in his store. The…

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Agriculture and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Sowing Lucerne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 2

Farmers who are proposing to sow lucerne during this and the following months may find the following remarks useful. They are taken from "Farmers'…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market Ed. Higgens, Parkinson, St Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 7

We held a special sale on the 26th inst., yarding about 700 head, which, with exception of a few yards of young cattle, were all disposed! of at…

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Machinery on an Up-to-date Dairy Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 2

To obtain the best possible results from a dairy it is absolutely essential that the machinery used shall be the very best obtainable. Times are so…

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No. 47. Varieties of Wheat. Recommended by the Department

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 4

In the Agricultural Gazette for February, and in various newspapers, a list has appeared of the varieties of wheat which the Department of…

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Sydney Wool Market. John Bridge and Co.'s, Ltd, Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 7

For our seventeenth sale of the season, we brought forward on Tuesday, the 26th inst., a catalogue of 1200 bales, consisting for the unost part of passed in…

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Dairying. Breeding Cows and Milk Tests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 10

A striking and illuminating remark was made by an American writer recently. He announced his desire to have a bull in his herd that was the progeny of a dairy cow in…

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Amended Local Government Bill. a Farmer's Friend

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly, Major Nicholson, member for Maitland, in regard to the Amended Local Government Bill, said:—I should like to know whether the Minister…

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