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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

1,524 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 77

A Queer "Poultry" Farm. Alligators for Profit

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 14

To have converted a scourge into a national asset is a distinction that has seldom, if ever, been claimed for any the individual, but the Scottish enterprise and…

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Indian Cane. a Farmer's Method

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 14

A member of the Lower Portland branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. W. C. Gambrill, put in a few words on the value of Indian cane as a fodder crop, which will…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. [?] [?] are [?] every week, under the personal s[?] of the [?]. J. L. Tredd, Minister of Agri[?], and are [?] [?] on the experiments of the Department. No. 123. Agricultural. Killing Black Oats. a Contrast

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 8

The attitude is perhaps a novel one, but there are at least one or two farmers in the West who are inclined to argue that the black oat is not…

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Guessing Weight of Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1913 · page 4

The sheep guessing competition, which was held in connection with the Northern Agricultural Association's spring show and sports on Saturday, resulted in the prize…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1913 · page 3

[?] and Co., Ltd.m report. [?]ber:—-No auction saids [?] been held in Sydney [?] will the active…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land, Dairying. Herd Testing. What It Reveals

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 September 1913 · page 4

Evidences of the value of herd testing are beginning to accumulate in this State, and it may be hoped that in a few years we will be able to note a…

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The Homestead Farm Again. Which Is the Better? Reply to Mr. Trefle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1913 · page 2

Each member of the Labour Ministry has his own personal shibboleth with which he hopes to dupe the people at the next election. The…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 September 1913 · page 4

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent At.torneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…

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Demonstration Dairy Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 4

A demonstration dairy farm has been set going on the Yanco irrigation area by Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, the State's chief dairy expert, who has received the special…

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Farm Land near Aberdeen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 4

Messrs. Badgery Bros., of Sydney and Newcastle, in conjunction with Higgens, Parkinson, and Co., of Muswellbrook, acting under instructions from the proprietors of the…

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The Yanco Farms. Financial Disaster Predicted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 1

In a speech at Moama, Mr. Robert Gibson, Liberal candidate for the Murray division of the New South Wales State Parliament, said the Yance scheme…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., are iu receipt of the following wire from their Brisbane office :—Brisbane wool sales opened on Tuesday. The market is in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 4
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These Notice are issued [?] under the [?] of the [?] Minister of Agricultures, and are [?] of the [?] No. 124. LIVE STOCK…

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The Mayor As a Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 6

The Mayor of Muswellbrook (Mr. H. R. Flanders) is a successful farmer, and by intense cultivation has made tillage a profitable undertaking, close to the northern…

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Good Wheat Crop

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 2

Mr. C. Baxter left at this office this week a bundle of wheat cut from his [?]p. The stalks are fully five feet long and the heads show that if the…

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Dairying. Hawkesbury College Herd. the Milk and Butter Yields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 12

A little over a year ago we gave the results of the individual testing of the dairy herd at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, and in the current "Gazette," will be found…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Limited are in receipt of the following wire from their Brisbane office:—Brisbane wool sales opened yesterday…

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Aids to Agriculture. Advice From Experts. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Lucerne As a Grazing Crop. a Farmer's Experience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 11

"Lucerne is one of the finest things a man can introduce on to a farm." So said Mr. J. C. Wren, manager of "Town" estate, near Wellington. It has…

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Demonstration Dairy Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 4

A demonstration dairy farm has been set going on the Yanco irrigation area by Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, the State's chief dairy expert, who has received the special…

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