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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Why He Chose Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

The Agricultural High School, Wisconsin, in America, has a book in which the finished students, upon leaving, are requested to say what profession they are choosing,…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

The corrected figures in connection with the wool sales show that 47,604 bales have been catalogued, and 43,371 bales sold…

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Uralla Show —Sheep Exhibits

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 4

The Uralla "Times" thus comments on the sheep exhibits at last Week's show, the President of which, by the way, is our former respected…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd.; report:—Locally the wool business is flat, this state of course being due to want of material to operate on. The March sales opened in…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 1

Messrs Grifith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connectted with the farming and…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 3

Messrs. Weaver and Perry are holding a special cattle sale in the Muswellbrook yards on Tuesday next, 18th instant, when they will yard 400 to 500 head of useful trade…

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Wheat Transport

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 4

The question of the more expeditious transport of our wheat from the country railway station to the port of shipment in one of the most urgent of present-day considerations,…

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Two Styles of Dairying Contrasted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 1

Mr. Brown and Mr. White were engaged in dairying pursuits on adjoining properties. Anything was good enough for Mr. Brown; his cows were…

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Mr. Valder's Appointment. Farmers Gratified

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 2

The appointment of Mr. George Valder to the position of acting Under-secretary for Agriculture is being hailed with the greatest satisfaction by the leading agriculturists of the State (says…

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Gloucester Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 4

W. T. Armstrong and Co of Gloneester, report having held another successful sale of store cattle at Gloucester yesterday, when they yarded and sold…

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Wtntee School for Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

Arrangements have been made for the 1913 winter school for farmers to commenee at the Jlawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, 24th June, and to…

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Dairy Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

A Bale of dairy, cattle, etc., is announced in our advertising columns to be held at Dora Creek to-morrow (Saturday)…

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London Butter Sellers' Grievance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 5

Sir george Reid has received a deputation from Six Tooley-street agents, selling Australian co-operative societies' butter , who emphatically denied that they fixed prices to…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report under date March 10.— The London March series which opened on the 4th inst. has progressed…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report:—No sales have been held this week, but the same inquiry is shown for any wools available, but, of course, the quantity is very…

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Filching at the Farms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 6

A number of residents of Brookfield and the neighboring districts have written to us complaining of the actions of certain young…

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Dairying. Cross-breeding for Butter Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Replying to a question on the subject of the crossing of cattle for the production of butter, the dairy, expert stated that experiments which the…

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Pastoral. Export of Frozen Lambs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 9

The report of the s[?] frozen lambs of the 1911 drop, in connection with the departments with various breeds for this trade, will prove…

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Agricultural. Seed Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 6

The Demands on the Department. During the recent conference of Departmental officers, discussion took place on the increasing demand for the…

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