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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Monday afternoon. the Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 5

Butter has declined four shillings, selected brands selling at 100/…

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District Agricultural Councils. Educating the Farmer. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 5

Lord Lucas, speaking at Darlington, said that the Government was establishing through the Development Fund, district councils to control agricultural education,…

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Travelling Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 4

THERE appears to be some misconception among sheepowners as to the law relating to travelling sheep, which has arisen no doubt by…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 4

The manager of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., has issued his customary monthly report, which reads as follows:—During the month of December…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

An important sale of store cattle will be conducted at Gresford on Friday next by Mr. S.A. Brooker, who will yard 450 head of forward-conditioned bullocks, steers, mixed…

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British Wheat Bounties. London, Jan. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 5

The Conservative are giving prominence to Sir Joseph Lawrence's idea that a bounty of 2s should be granted for colonial and home-grown wheat, the money to be obtained by…

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The Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

Was ever any man so liberally provided for in the way of advice and instr[?]ction as the [?]armer? For his special benefit the daily newspapers…

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Northern Territory Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

We have received from the Department of External Affairs, a pamphlet giving information concerning the first sub-division of cultivation farms situated on the Daly…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 4

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., report:—For our tweltth sale of the season we brought forward on Tuesday, the 7th instant, a catalogue of 5415 bales, including some very nice parcels…

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General Cable News. the Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

The visible supply of American wheat and flour cast of the Rocky Mountains is estinated by "Bradsteet's" at the equivalent in wheat of 126,745,000 bushels…

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Yanco Farms. Result of Inquiry

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 3

The Minister for Works (Mr Griffith), who was also chairman of the Irrigation Trust, forwarded to Mr. L. A. B. Wade the notes taken of complaints made at…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Sydney report that at their wool sale held on wednesday, 8th inst., competition was very strong…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co.. Ltd, report under dale 6th January : —sales will be resumed in this centre this afternoon, the general cen…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the lion. J. L. Trafic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 88. AGRICULTURE…

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Seed-bed for Wheat. Why Plough Twice?

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

[?] active seems to have been [?] lately by a few of our wheat [?] a the north-west, of ploughing [?] twice before sowing, and…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Dark Side of Dairy Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

In recent years dairy farming, in accordance with advanced methods, has been throughout the Commonwealth, as in other parts of the world, a lucrative industry…

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Profitable Dairy Farming

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

The dairy inspector at Port Macquarie recently obtained from two dairy farmers details of their operations, which are so striking that they…

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Farmers' Balance-sheet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

The balance-sheet of Messrs Robert Campbell and Sons, Ltd., farmers, New Zealand, for the year ended December 31 last, shows a credit to profit and loss of…

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General Cables. World's Wheat Crop. Washington, Jan. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

The Department of Agriculture estimates the world's wheat, crop for 1912 to be 3,369,000,000 bushels…

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