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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

1,524 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 77

Our Dairy Milk. [?]llawarra Evidence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

Giving evidence recently before the Royal Commission of Inquiry into food supplies and prices sitting at Kiama, Mr. Thomas James, dairy…

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Selecting Dairy Machinery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

How many farmers are in the unhappy position of having hastily acquired a faulty piece of macinhery whether separator, oil engine, or…

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Turtle Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 7

The snapping land turtle is regularly hunted in America. though not scientifically [?], Philadelphia appearing to be the principal market to which this reptile is sent. It is…

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Further Fall in Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

Butter has declined 4s per cwt. Selected brands' are now 94s…

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The Kaiser and a Farmer. Amusing Sequel to a Speech. Berlin, March 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 2

The Kaiser declared in a recent speech that, he had "thrown out" a tenant farmer on. his estate at Cadinen because he was "no good." The farmer, Here…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 6

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefld, Minister Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 101. AGRICULTURAL…

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United States Wool Duties. What They Mean to Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 6

Now that the Democratic party in the United States of America have captured in turn the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Presidency they will be able…

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Selecting Dairy Machinery. Hints for the Prospective Buyer

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

How many farmers are in the unhappy position of having hastily acquired a faulty piece of machinery, whether separator, oil engine…

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Pastoral. Lambs' Skins

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 12

"What part does the skin play in the total value of the export lamb?" To this question the sheep and wool expert addresses himself in the report…

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Like Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

A man stops in the busy street to see some trifling object or incident. Another stops to see what he is looking at, and finally a considerable group has gathered,…

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The Sheep-finder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 12

Hill sheep—the sort that are [?] in exposed and snowy regions—are a singularly hardy stock. A writer in "Chambers's Journal" says that a flock of one hundred was…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land Agricultural. Wheat Growing. Questions and Their Answers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

The inspector for the southern district was "up against it" at a meeting of the Coreen-Burraja branch of the Agricultural Bureau. He was addressing a…

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Dutch Butter. the Quality Discussed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

In an article dealing with the quality of Dutch butter French experts state, while the average quality is medium, there, is in spite of careful…

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Agricultural. Wheat Growing. Question and Their Answers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 9

The inspector for the [?] was "up against it" at a meeting of the Coreen-Burraja branch of the Agricultural Bureau. He was addressing a gathering of…

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Moonan Flat Cattle Sale. J. A. Simspon and Co. REPORT

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

On Saturday last we held a cattle sale at Moogan Flat, when we yarded nearly 500 head of cattle and sold 181 head. We had a good attendance of district buyers, and the…

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The American Tariff. Free Raw Wool. Washington, April 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

After a series of conferences with the President, Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the Ways and Means Committee has decided on the removal of the entire tariff from raw wool. The…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Treffic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 101. Agricultural Wheat Growing. Questions and their Answers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 6

The inspector for the southern district was "up against it" at a meeting of the Coreen-Burraja branch of the Agricultural Bureau. He was…

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The Dairy. Drink for Cows. Impure Water an Evil

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

There is an immediate and important relation between the water supply on the farm and the purity of the milk produced. Nothing is more likely to…

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Dairying. Growing Heifers. They Require Special Pastures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 9

The dairy expert warns dairy farmers against the mistake of keeping their growing heifers of 12 months to 21/2 years, [?] the part of the farm where the [?] cows…

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DAIRYING. Growing Heifers. They Require Special Pasture

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

The dairy expert warns dairy farmers against. the mistake of keeping their growing heifers of 12 months to 2½ years, on the part of the farm where…

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