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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

1,524 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 77

The Missing Farmer. Remains in a Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 5

The inquest into the death of William James Mullins was continued on Wednesday at Mathinna, Tasmania. The evidence of the previous day had established the fact…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. [?] Motes are [?] svery weel, ander the pe[?] suparvision of teh H[?] J.L. [?] [?] [?] [?] and are [?] malaly an [?] [?] of the de[?] No.118. Live Stock. the Breeding of Horses. Prospects of the Industry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

"The steady extension of wheatglowing and of cultivation throughout our semi-arid western areas, the general expansion of mixed farming, as well as…

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Wheat Shipping. a General Shut Down. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 5

A general shut-down of operations connected with the wheat shipping industry at Darling Island occurred this morning, when, the railway hands, gantry boys, and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. Pastoral. Sheep Classing. for Small Flockowners

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

As a means Of uplifting the average standard of a flock, the regular selection every year of the best ewes in the flock, and the rejection of the…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 3

E.[?]d F. Co., Ltd., re[?]ed with good shearing [?] clip is now arrivg [?]tities, and should…

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Tub Wheat Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 5

The situation with respect to tho wheat strike was unchanged at Darling Island this morning. Nearly four hundred trucks of wheat are held up…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, namely, Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd John Bridge' end Co., Ltd.,…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory Ltd. Ha[?]yearly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

The sixteenth half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above company was hold in the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday night last…

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General Cable News. Whitish Crops. London, Aug. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

The "Times'" estimate of the British crops on August 1 is as follows:—Wheat, 91.4 per cent; barley, 85.76; oats, 65…

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The Mathinna Mystery Murder of a Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

The inquest touching the death of William James Mullins, the farmer who mysteriously disappeared on June 20th, was continued at Mathinna, Tasmanian, on…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 3

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the followiiig applications for patents connected with the…

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The Wheat Block

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 5

The position with, regard to the wheat strike is unchanged. Meanwhile the railway, yards are becoming jammed with trucks of wheat,, and a big wheat block is…

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Wheat in Bulk. Scheme to Cost a Million

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 2

As a result of investigations and information obtained during my travels throughout the wheat centres of New South Wales, I have come to handle wheat that an elevator…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 4

The thirteenth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Howthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, will be held in the School of Arts. Morpeth, on Saturday,…

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The Wheat Block

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 5

The Chief Railway Commissioner has agreed to allow casuals to resume work at Darling Island, pending a decision upon the point raised. The wharf labourers are considering…

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Wheat Deadlock. Prosecution of Mr. Johnson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 8

"On the recommendation of the Industrial Commissioner, who has made n thorough investigation of the circumstances of the existing dislocation of the wheat…

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The Wheat Strike. Trucks Piling Up

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 3

The strike of wharf laborors at Darling Island continued on Tuesday, and there was a generally deserted air along the wheat wharves and in the sheds. A…

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Handling of Wheat. Bulk System Urged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 2

The State Government has received the American expert's report on the question of bulk handling of wheat. The report is a severe one…

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Farmers and Settlers in Politics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 5

Mr.. Wade declared the present Government's policy em[?] hanging on to Office and hushing up all things. They had caused the Opposition to endure humiliation by the…

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Australian Butter Export

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 4

The following report lias been submitted to the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) by the officer in charge of the export department:—…

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