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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 83

Stolen Sheep. Receiver's Estate Sequestrated

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 2

The aftermath of the conviction of Thomas William Teague at the Cootamundra Quarter Sessions on November 7 on a charge of receiving 396 sheep,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral, Notes. for the Man on the Land. Dairying. Manage ment of Paspalum

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 3

It is now generally recognised, says the manager of the Wellongbar experiment farm, that paspalum, when once it becomes heavily matted, as poor feed,…

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Big Sale of Cattle. Record Yarding at Homebush

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 5

On June 30 last there were sold at Homebush stock market 3312 head of cattle. This total was a record at Homebush for the last 26 years…

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The Dorset Horn. the Sheep For. Early Maturity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 12

The suitability of the Dorset Horn for early lambs was demonstrated by the weights taken recently of lambs dropped at Wagga Experiment Farm this year. The season was an…

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The Dorset Horn. the Sheep for Early Maturity

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 3

The suitability of the Dorset Horn for early lambs was demonstrated by the weights taken recently of lambs dropped at Wagga experiment farm this…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 7

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hod. J L. Trefie, 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 Dairy. Rearing Op Calves. Methods in England

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 6

The dairying industry demands that a large number of selected heifer calves should be reared each season. If the best results are expected the young…

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Dairying. Management of Paspalum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 12

It is now generally recognised says the manager of the Wollongbar experiment farm. that paspalum, when once it becomes heavily matted. is poor feed, all other flora…

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Dairying. Value of Herd Testing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 9

At the re[?] of the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. J. L. Trefle, M.L.A.) the milk and butter records of the stud cattle of Berry experiment farm have been made…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co. Ltd., report—At our sale on Monday we offered 2367 bales, the selection being chiefly medium and good wools with also several attractive clips from New England and the southern…

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Manning River Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 4

An important sals by public auction of farm lands in the Gloucester district will be conducted by Messrs. W. T. Armstrong and Co. at Gloucester on Wednesday, January 22…

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Irish Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 5

The Board of Agriculture is imposing a period of detention on all cattle from Ireland, whether from districts in which foot and mouth disease has been reported of…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

John Bridge and Company report that for their tenth sale of the season a catalogue of 5845 bales was brought forward, comprising a very nice selection of…

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Dungog and its Surroundings. Its Representative Men. Its Representative Graziers, Farmers, Dairymen, Orchardists, Etc. Its Picturesque Spots. and Its Industries and Trades Clarence Town. RIVERSIDE and Mill Hill. The Properties of James Purdy Flannery

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

Whatever may have been written years ago of the paramount importance to Australia, of the production of wool and the breeding of…

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Farms for Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

Messrs. W. T. Armstrong and Co. advertise in another column that they will conduct an important sale at Gloucester on…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

Mesers Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attoreys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming and…

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The King's Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 5

The King secured three special prizes, four first, eight second, and six third prizes at the islington cattle show…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 1

FOR week ending December 7, 1912: Wool.—The market has entirely recovered from the weaker feeling in evidence last week, and in now at…

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Manning River Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 2

An important sale by public auction of farm lands in the Gloucester district will be conducted by Messrs W. T. Armstrong and Co at Gloucester on Wednesday, January…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the Maitland branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held in the committee room on the Show Ground on Saturday night next,…

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