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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

1,524 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 77

Mr Trifle's Homestead Farm. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 3

Sir,—The Minister for Lands is a cute cunning politician who belives that a large portion of the people are easily fooled; and since he has become…

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Turnips for Sheep. Experience at Glen Innes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 6

One of the features of the work at Glen Innes experiment farm has been the increasing favour in which turnips are regarded as sheep feed. For two…

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The Growing Wheat. When to Harrow

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 6

A farmer on the south-western slopes recently asked the manager of the Cowra experiment farm whether he was doing right or wrong in harrowing his…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 121. AGRICULTURAL…

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Agricultural. Sheep on the Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 11

"The man who gets sheep into the right perspective on the farm is the one who is going to succeed in making money-spinners of them in every direction where the sheep…

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Turnips for Sheep

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2

EXPERIENCE AT GLEN INNES. One of the features of the work at Glen Innes experiment farm has been the incraasing favor in which turnips…

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Pastoral. Rhodes Grass.—a Comparison with Paspalum

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 11

Testimony to the value of Rhodes grass, which was given by Mr. J. H. Morrison, a member of the Nimbin branch of the Agricultural Bureau, is all the more interesting…

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Politics, a Bread-and-butter Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 6

Sir,—"Politics is purely a bread-and-butter question," declares Mr. Wade, who makes a practice of asking at all his meeting whether anybody is better off as a result of…

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COMMERCIAL. Brisbane Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, are in receipt of the following wire from their Brisbance office:—Brisbane August wool sales opened on Tuesday. Competition fairly…

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Turnips Fob Sheep. Experience at Glen Innes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 10

One of the features of the work at Glen Innes experiment farm has been the increasing favour in which turnips are regarded as sheep feed. For two or three years they were…

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Turnips for Sheep. Experience at Glen Innes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 6

One of the features of the work at Glen Innes experiment farm has been the increasing favour in which turnips are regarded as sheep feed. For two…

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The Growing Wheat. When to Harrow

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury, The Muswellbrook Chronicle

A farmer on the south-western slopes recently asked the manager of the Cowra experiment farm whether he was doing right Or wrong in harrowing his…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 6

Thr[?]e Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hes. J.L. Trads Minister of Agricultural, and are based salary on the experiments of the Department. No. 121. AGRICULTURAL…

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United States Tariff. Wool Schedule. Washington, Aug. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2

The fight din connection with the wool schedule of the Tariff Bill has now begun in earnest in the Senate. The Republicans strenuously objected to…

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Wool Market Report John Bridge and Co., Ltd, Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2

Our Brisbane office reports having cleared practically the whole of their catalogue offered on the 26th instant. Prices for super greasy and scoured show a decline of from…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. a Western Fanner on Fallowing. Likes and Practises It

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2

"Yes, I like fallowing, just because it conserves moisture.'' In those words Mr J. C. Wren, manager of "Towri" estate, in the…

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Denamn Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2

It is notified in our business columns that the half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the abovenamed Company will be held in the School of…

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Farm Perils. Bitten to Death by Donkey

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 5

A donkey, if stubborn, is supposed to be the mildest of draught animals. Yet a donkey has been known to use its teeth with fatal effect. At Great Eastern, Essex, a little boy was lying in a hammock when a donkey,…

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