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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 83

Dairy Factory Employees. Award of the Board

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 3

The award of the Cold Storage and Ice Manufacturers' (Country) Board was gazetted recently. It will continue in force for three years, and the industries…

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Cleanliness in the Dairy

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 4

In the course of a lecture to dairy farmers recently, the chief dairy expert of this Department emphasised once more the absolute necessity for…

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Burrinjuck Farms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 5

The first instalment of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, thrown open on 1st July, totalled 470 farms, for which 343 applications were submitted. The…

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Scone Co-operative Dairy Company

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the Scone Co-operative Dairy Company was, pursuant to announcement, held on Tuesday afternoon last, at the School of Arts. Mr. G. K. Cliff…

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Big Cattle Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 2

Messrs J. A. Simpson & Co notify that they will conduct an auction sale of 2500 head of mixed store cattle at the Scone yards, on…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 2

JOHN BRIDGE AND CO. LTD, REPORT: Wool is beginning to arrive very freely from the earlier shearing districts, and this will mean good offerings in our local market…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 1

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON LTD REPORT: Some very satisfactory Bales have been made in the Sydney wool market of late. We have sold several parcels of scoured wool…

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Agricultural. Cultivating for Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 11

Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, in an article in the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture" discusses two points of considerable interest w those who are contemplating…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the persona] 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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Wool Market. John Bridge and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 6

Wool is beginning to arrive very freely from the earlier shearing districts, and this will mean good offerings in our local market for the next sales, set…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Care of Farm Horses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 12

At a meeting the other day of the Miltalio branch of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau, Mr. J. H. L. Ramsay emphasised the following points to be observed in the care…

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Dairy Farm for Lease

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 4

Messrs. H. York and Son, auctioneers, will lease by public auction, at the Cooperative Union -on Tuesday next, August 27, for a term of two years, a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land Agriculture Sowing Maize. Depth and Method

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 7

In the successful growth of maize much must depend on the method of showing adopted. As the Inspector for the North west District points out in the…

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Denman Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 2

From the half-yearly balance sheet to be presented to shareholders of the abovenamed Company at the meeting to be hold on the 21st…

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Burrinjuck Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 3

The first instalment of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, thrown open on 1st July, totalled 470 farms, for which 343 applications were submitted. The…

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Boy Republic. Parliament in a Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 4

The scheme for the first boy and girl republic in England was formerly inaugurated yesterday at a meeting at Sutherland House, Curzon street, W.,…

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Farmyard Manure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 12

There is nothing like farmyard manure to retain moisture in the soil and to prevent the crop from dying from want of this necessary substance. Farmyard manure…

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Practical Economics for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 12

Not many years ago it would have been regarded as preposterous, if not downright foolish, to advocate the management of a farm as if it were a factory. But (says…

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Farmers and Settlers' Needs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 4

Yesterday the Farmers and Settlers' Association, through its representatives, brought under the notice of Mr. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, several different matters, upon…

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Rotation of Crops. the Place of Pasture

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 11

The subject of "farm management," as it applies to the rotation of crops, receives wry careful and thorough attention in several of the States of North America. In…

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