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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 79 of 83

Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report, that no sales have been held in Sydney during the week owing to the absence of the buyers in Brisbane attending the auctions there…

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The Weather and the Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 6

The continued dry weather is adversely affecting the dairying Industry in this district. Feed is dally becoming less nutritious, and decreasing, so that the falling off…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co. report 6th December:—At our sale monday we offered 2367 bales, the selection being chiefly medium aud good wools, with…

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[?] and Pastoral Notes. the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 6

[?] every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefid, Minister [?] mainly on the experiments of the Department. [?] solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be [?] producer…

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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 Stroud. Alfred George William Chapman. AND His Tonsorial Establishment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 10

Autres temps Autres Mocurs is an axion which applies more vividly to the particular subject I am now dealing with, than to any other…

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Seasonable Dairy Utensils

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 3

We make it our business to supply everything required in connection with the Dairying Industry and Cheese and Butter Factories. Furthermore, everything we…

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The Eclipse Pumper. Makes Farming Easy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 7

Country residents are reminded that Mr. Chas, H. Relph, consulting engineer, of 59 Pitt Street, Sydney, is the sole agent for Fairbanks-Morse Eclipse…

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A Profitable Crop

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

Mr. Dan Nicolas has given us some further particulars respecting the heavy crop growing on his up-the-river farm, and to which we…

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C.P. Farmer "put in his place."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 3

C.P. Farmer: 'I want to speak. My affairs are being grossly mismanaged and my interests are neg—'.Liberal and Labor: 'Go back to your. farm. This is no place, for you. We are going to look after your affairs when we've fixed up our own. Don't worry. C.P. Farmer: 'But I—.'…

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Pastoral. Lucerne for Sheep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 14

"I do not know of any quicker or more econmical way of fattening sheep that feeding them with lucerne," wrote the sheep and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Notes. for the Man on the Land. Dairying. Dairy Farming Courses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 7

With the increasing popularity of the North Coast district of the State, attention is invited to the facilities provided by the Department of…

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To Keep Butter. Without Cold Storage

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 7

How can the farmer or farmer's wife keep butter in good condition during the hot months? The Dairy Expert's suggestion is a…

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COMMERCIAL. Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 1

JOHN BRIDGE AND CO., LTD, REPORTY: No sales have been held in Sydney during the week owing to the absence of the buyers in Brisbane attending the auctions there,…

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Chicago "Pit." the Wheat Harvest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 4

One who is In the middle of the great Chicago commercial maelstrom said to me when we were out together at a country club, "You must come with me…

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Tetanus in Sheep to Clean the Yards

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 14

A farmer applied for advice recently on the subject of loss among his sheep at shearing time. He stated that for two or three years he had suffered such losses, the sheep going…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 7

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tre[?], Minister of Agriculture, and arc based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems con[?]ing the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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A Record Prick for Wool in Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 2

There was no sign of weakening in biddings at the wool Bales held in Brisbane this week. Previous Sydney values were well maintained. Winchcombe Carson Ltd…

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Dairying. Dairy Farming Courses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 10

With the increasing popularity of the North Coast district of the State, attention is invited to the facilities provided by the Department of Agriculture at the…

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Profitable Dairy Farming. Two Handsome Returns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 14

The dairy instructor at Port Macquarie recently obtained from two dairy farmers details of their operation, which are so striking that they are published in the November…

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No. 84. Agriculture. Summer Fallowing. For Wheat-growing in Districts of Summer Rainfall

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 7

"THE secret of successful wheat-grow-, ing in our North-west is the conservation of the summer rains." Thus the Inspector of Agriculture…

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