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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Machinery on an Up-to-date Da[?] Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 4

To obtain the best possible results from dairy it is absolutely essential that the [?]chinery used shall be the very best [?]tainable. Times are so strenuous that…

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L.K.G. Milking Machines. Great Boon in a Dairy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 7

Some of our friends are keeping back their orders for L.K.G milking machines because they are unable to pay cash for the total amount of the…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 4

During the week ended May 4, 1912, 2013 bales of wool were despatched to Sydney by the railways, as compared with 2867 bales during the corresponding week of the…

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Pastoral. Sheepskins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 6

The recent article on the preparation of hides for the market indicated the ways in which depreciation can be avoided. Needless to any, there are also…

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Agricultural. the Farmers' Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 6

The age at which a sheep can be most profitably marketed is the subject of some reflections by the Department's shep and wool expert in the March issue of the…

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Live Stock. Wheat As Feed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 6

A correspondent at Baldry applied to the Department recently for advice in connection with the feeding of his horses. He [?]tated he started feeding sorghunt[?] hay chaff…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 5

There was a large attendance at the closing sale of the series, and competition was keen. Course crossbreds were eagerly com[?]neted for the average price being equal to…

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Branxton Dairymen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 4

A meeting of members of the Branxton branch of the Dairy Farmers' Union will be held in the Branxton School of Arts on Thursday morning next, at 10.30 o'clock, to decide…

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German Farmers. Berlin, May 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 5

A bill has been introduced in the Prussian Diet which seeks to empower the Government to raise £5,000,000 for the purchase of land in certain districts in East…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

Following is the monthly report issued by Mr. J. S. Vindin, manager of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd.:—With the near approach of winter and the period…

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Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., report:—Owing to the near approach of the sales to be held here on the 7th, 8th, and 9th instant, unusual interest is attached to the sales now taking place in Brisbane…

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Phoenix Park Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

At the rooms, Newcastle, yesterday Messrs. Creer and Berkeley, in conjunction with Messrs. Swan, Murray and Hain, offered at public auction, on behalf of Mr. W…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

Messrs. H . York and Son will offer for sale by auction at the. Singleton yards on Wednesday next, 1000 store bullocks, steers, cows and young cattle from Breeza…

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Farm and Station Laborers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

The Director of the Immigration Bureau advises us of further large shipments of selected agricultural laborers from the rural districts of the…

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Dairyman and Aviator

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 5

A novel case came before the District Court, when Hugh Byrne, dairyman, of Waterloo, sued William Hart, the Australian aviator, claiming £ 20…

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Farm and Station Labourers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

The Director of the Immigration Bureau advises us of further large shipments of selected agricultural labourers from the rural districts of the United Kingdom to…

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Dungog co-op Butter Factory, Ltd. REPORT

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

For the past month we have manu-factured 57ton 10cwt. 971bs. butter, for which suppliers have been paid cheques amounting to £6251 10s 6d…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.:—At our wool sales there was splendid competition and continual for all grades. Compared with our last sale, prices showed an advance of 2½ to 5…

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French Wheat Shortage. London, May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that the present stock of wheat is 44,000,000 kilogrammes, instead of the normal several hundred millions…

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