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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 83

Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 4

The eleventh half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Bowthorne co-operative butter factory, limited, will be held in the school of arts, morpeth, on saturday 31st…

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United States Resources. Record Crops Predicted. New York, Aug. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 5

Mr. James Wilson, secretary for Agriculture, in an official report, predicts record speaking crops in the United States (he estimates the value at £1,800,000,000) also…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 4

John Bridge mud Co., Ltd., report:—There has been a fair amount of enquiry during the past week, and husiness has been transacted at rates showing a slight improvement over our last…

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New South Wales Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

The exhibition of 14 varieties of New South Wales wheat at the Liverpool Corn Exchange is attracting much attention…

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Cattle Disease in France. Paris, Aug. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

It is stated that 70,000 cattle are suffering from foot and month disease in the department of Saone-et-Loire…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 August 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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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 7

Edward Huggens, Parkmson, and Coreport having yarded about 600 cattle ou the 13th inst., to a good attendance of buyers, who competed freely…

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Agriculture. Harrow the Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 13

[?]rrow your growing wheat, and harrow [?] is the burden of a short paper in the "Agricultural Gazette" for August, in which…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 6

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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The Horse. Feeding on Wheat. Treatment Recommended

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 5

At the Warrnambool Farmers' Convention, Dr W. T. Kendall, D.V.Sch., etc., read an informative paper on "Effects of Wheat Eating by Horses."…

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No. 67. Agricultural. Cultivating for Wheat. When to Start

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 6

Mr. A. E. V. RICHARDSON, in an article in the Victorian Journal of Agriculture discusses two points of considerable interest to those who are…

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American Wool Tariff. the President's Veto. Washington, Aug. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 3

President Taft has vetoed the wool tariff rates on the ground that they are so low that they would injure the industry, and throw thousands of people idle…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market. John Bridge and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 3

There has been a fair amount of inquiry during the past week, and business has been transacted at rates showing a slight improvement over our last…

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Agricultural and Pastoral, Notes. Toe the Man on the Land. Daerying. Lucerne v. The Silo. a Suggestive Discussion

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 2

The question whether lucerne for hay or maize for silage is the better crop for the dairyman to grow is being discussed by many dairy-farmers in…

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Hunter River Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 2

The opportunity of acquiring farms in the Hunter River district but rarely offers [?] adays when this fertile tract of country is so closely…

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United States Resources. Record Crops Predicted. New York, Aug. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 3

Mr. James Wilson, secretary for Agriculture, in an official report, predicts record-breaking crops in the United States (he estimates the value at £1,800,000,000) also…

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Live Stock. The Feeding of Horses. Methods at Bathurst Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 2

The natural objection entertained by farmers to purchase foodstuffs for horses, makes the adjustment of the food ration to economy and efficiency…

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America's Crops

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 7

New York, Wednesday.—Mr Wilson, the United Suites Secretary for Agriculture, in his official report, predicts that there will be record-breaking crops…

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The Country Party. An Outspoken Farmer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of the Tomingley Farmers and Settlers Association, Dubbo, a vigorous discussion took place regarding the recent entente cordiale entered into…

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Sydney Wool Marker

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Limited, report:—Quietness prevails in the wool trade, and this state must continue until the opening of the regular sales on the 9th September. Wool is now beginning to…

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