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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 83

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal superrision of the Hon. J. I. 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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German Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 5

The unharvested crops in many districts, especially about Leipsig, have been ruined owing to the unseasonable weather. Fruit has also suffered severely…

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Rotation of Crops

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 4

The subject of "farm management," as it applies to the rotation of crops, receives very careful and thorough attention in several of the…

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Dehorning Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 9

"The Useless Horn" is the title of the following article by Rinckwitz in the "country Gentleman": This is an age of operations. Whether…

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Cattle Maiming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

There cases of cattle maiming, have been reported from North and South Staffordshire recalling the notorious Wyrley outrages of several years ago…

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500 Store Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

At the Maitland yards on Thursday next [?] J. Enright will offer for sale by auction [?] head of store cottle [?]…

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Store Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 4

Three important auction sales of store cattle are announced to be held on Tuesday next, at the Scone yards, Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Co. will yard 2500 head,…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 1

JOHN BRIDGE AND Co, LTD., REPORT: Another quiet week has beene experlenecd in the wool trade on necount of the small output from Mm fellmongering and scouring…

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The Cattle King. a Record Sale

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 13

The clays of romance in live stock dealing are not ended. High prices spur to great enterprises, and as a result of one of these spurts Mr. Sydney Kidman, of Adelaide, has…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes, for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefld, 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 he impracticable to the individual producer…

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Wool Market. John Bridge and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 7

Another quiet week has been experienceed in the wool trade on account of the small output from the feilmongering and scouring works, although any…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Protein in Fodders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 9

A writer in the United States contents that one of the main difficulties of dairy farmers is a lack of knowledge of the food ratio of the various fodder crops. He says:…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Farmers and Settlers' Needs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 14

Last week 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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural Sowing Maize. Other Points Worth Knowing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 2

One of the considerations that the maize-grower must regard is the distance by which the plants should be separated. It depends on several…

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Progressive Machine Milking. Prominent Dairyfarmers' Installations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 6

From an enterprising Company such as Dalgety & Co., Ltd., one naturally looks for the most up-to-date. In the "Gane" Milking Machine (handled…

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Practical Economics for Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 14

Not ninny 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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Farmyard Manure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 14

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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Dairying. Cleanliness Wanted Everywhere

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 11

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

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Cowpeas in the West. Yields on Farmers.' Experiment Plots

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 2

It is not only at Nyngan Demonstration, Farm that it has been shown that cowpeas can be grown with success in the West…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory. Ltd., was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon, Mr, J. J…

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