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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 83

Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 2

Suppliers to the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, are informed by the manager (Mr. J. S. Vindin) by advertisement in this issue that on and after Monday…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 7

Tindale and Co- report having yarded over 1000 head of cattle at their sale on the 21st instv consisting of bullocks, steers, cows, and heifers, those of Messrs…

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The Pastoral Industry in New South Wales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 5

A DISCUSSION an any phase of the great pastoral industry of the State is always interesting. Wool, of course, is the main feature of the primary industries…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 May 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…

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Pickling Seed Wheat. Strength of the Solution

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 12

In the recent [?]ere this heading on the pickling of seed wheat for smut it was mentioned that experiments were being conducted in the Department's…

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

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 7

In the absence of public sales in the local market this week matters in the wool trade have been fairly quiet, the transactions being confined to lacally…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agriculture Wheats. Suitable for Late Sowing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 2

The dryness of the season is delaying work a good deal, and farmers will, no doubt, find it necessary in many districts to alter their intentions in some…

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The Farmer and Industrial Arbitration. [Contributed.]

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 2

The life of the farmer as the personification of felicity has ever been the theme of praise by writers and speakers of our rural life. If those…

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Local and General News. Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Paterson Farmers and Settlers, Association will be held at Judge's Commercial Hotel, Paterson, on Monday evening next…

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Dairying. the Best Milking Qualities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 12

In the April "Gazette" the Dairy Expert points out that in developing a breed of dairy cattle from an unimproved race, a fair percentage of inferior beasts for a number…

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Apprentices. Vacancies at Government Farm Schools

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 12

The Department's new scheme for training farm apprentices is now in full going order, and apprentices are being trained at various Government Farms. There are still…

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Training Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 9

Apart from specifically Victorian affairs, progress is being made with the junior Imperial emigration experiment. The Hon. Rupert Guinness. M.P., is running a…

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DAIRYNG. Hereditary Influences. Dams of Quality and Maturity

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 2

The influence of heredity in developing high-class herds of pure-bred cattle is a subject of endless interest. Some results of careful investigation in…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1912 · page 4

Mill, Clark, and Co., Ltd. report:—There is no change to report in the market, the enquiry being good at recent quotations, but the scarcity of supplies prevents any…

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Dairying. Hereditary Influences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1912 · page 6

The influence of heredity in developing high-class herds of pure-bred cattle is a subject of endless interest. Some results of careful investigation in America just…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1912 · page 4

It is gratifying to find that the winter school for farmers at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College is growing in popularity among the class for whose benefit it was established…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

Hill, Clark, and Co , Ltd., report under date, 25th May:—There is no change to report in the market, the enquiry being good at…

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The Drought. Sheep Dying in Thousands

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 1

Mr Fred T. Allen, assistant head master at he Albury Superior Public School, writing to Mr Geo. H. Williams, secretary of the Royal Life Saving Society,…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 3

The butter factory of the Singleton Farming and Dairying Company, which closed down a few weeks ago, is to rise, Phoenix like, from its ashes. On Saturday last the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 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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