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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 83

Agricultural and Pastoral, Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Lucerne Hay. Some Points for Producers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 2

Lucerne is more difficult to cure, and greater loss occurs when improper treatment is given, than is the case with any other kind of hay crop…

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The Dairy. Dairy Improvement. Results in America

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 5

An example is given by the Director of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in his report for 1911 to show how publicity and payment based…

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American Apple Crops. Record Yields Anticipated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 5

Commenting on reports made to the International Shippers' Association, the American "Journal of Commerce" says:—"American orchardists expect a…

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The Californian Ostrich Farmer a Promising Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 9

Neither the cold calculating eye of the average business man nor the enthusiastic optic of the gifted prophet can foresee the immense trade that is to result in the…

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Farmyard Manure. Its Use in the Orchard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 11
Also in Singleton Argus

Farmyard manure is made use of at Wagga Experiment Farm to maintain the fertility of the orchard, and that it is effective the results have shown…

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Poultry. Wagga Experiment Farm Methods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 11

There are some 300 head of poultry (excluding turkeys and growing chickens) at Wagga Experiment Farm, and it takes twenty-four houses, to say nothing of…

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Farming Lands and Municipalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 4

Ever since his election to the Assembly—and for long previously—Major C. E. Nicholson, M.L.A., has been bestirring himself upon the…

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Farmer's Wife Killed. Vienna

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 5

A mishap compened M. [?] descend suddenly at Aussig. Avoiding the crowd he alighted in a field, but the blade of the propeller killed…

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Fat Sheep

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 2

The "Chronicle" still remains unconvinced that Dungog district will not fatten, or produce sheep equal to what is usually known…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 2

John Bridge and Co. report:—For our third sale of the season we brought forward on Thursday, 26th inst., a catalogue of 3140 bales,…

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A Word to Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 2

We invite the attention of all interested in dairying to an advertisement in our business columns by the N.S.W. Box Co, Ltd, of Margaret St,…

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Shooting Episode. Farmer's Error

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 5

The second case arising out of the shooting episode on the Wagga to Tumbarumba new railway works near Coreinbob was dealt with at the Police Court. The…

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Farm-house Tragedy. Montreal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 5

Ten, children belonging to a farmer at Gravel have been burned to death in the destruction of the farm house. Later…

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Condemned Pigs. Meeting of Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 3

A meeting of farmers and others interested in the sale of pigs was held at the pig pens, Messrs Grainger and Falkiner's Union, on Tuesday, to consider the…

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Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 7

The Cessnock Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., produced 12,674 pounds of first grade butter for the fortnight ended Sept. 28. an increase of 680 pounds over that produced…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Treffs, 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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A Word to Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 4

The attention of all interested in dairying is directed to an advertisement in cur business columns by the N.S.W. Box Co., Ltd., of Margaret-street, Sydney, to the…

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Fluke in Sheep and Cattle. Hints for Avoiding It

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 1

Fluke, the name given to a parasite that infests the livers of sheep, cattle; and other domesticated animals, is apt to be troublesome in spring if the…

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