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Farming & the land, 1913

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Press Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 125. AGRICULTURAL…

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A Spring Fodder Crop. Cow Peas

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

"Would you advise the sowing of rape or similar crops for sheep feed on follow ground next month?" So wrote a South-western farmer to…

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Dairying. Hawkesbury College Herd. the Milk and Butter Yields

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 13

A little over a year age 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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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Board Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 10

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, took place at the factory on the 17th instant…

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Butter Yield at Yanco. Expected Increases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 12
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

An interesting settler on the Murramblegee irrigation Area, having noticed the dairy expert's statement that the standard which dairymen there should aim at was…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 1

We offered a catalogue of 4061 bales woo yesterday The selection included a number of well-grown wools from the Western and North Western districts. Many of the clips…

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A Spring Fodder Crop. Cow Peas

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

"Would you advise the sowing of rape or similar crops for sheep feed on fallow ground next month?" So wrote a South-western farmer to…

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AERONAUTICS. M. Farman Injured. Paris, Sept. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 3

Henri Farman and his wife, white aeroplaning at Etampes, were severely injured by a fall. M. Chanteloup, in a biplane at Doual…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. [?] [?] are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the [?] [?] [?] Minister [?] [?] and are [?] mainly [?] [?] of the Department. No. 125. Agricultural. Hints for Maize-growers. Sowing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 6

During the last few weeks large numbers of enquiries have been received by the Department on the subject of sowing maize and of the varieties…

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Farmers' Produce Sales. Sussex-street Markets. To-day's Quotations. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 4

Maizo was unaltered in Sussex-street to-day. The majority of buyers are still prepared to give 4/3 for prime dry yellow grain, but many agents are not too anxious to sell, as they…

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Butter Yield at Yanco. Expected Increases

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 4

An intending settler on the Murrumbidgeo Irrigation Area, having noticed the dairy expert's statement that the standard which dairymen there should…

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Wool Clip. £32,000,000 for Australasia. 2,407,000 BALES

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 4

It Is stated by Dalgety and Company, Ltd., that, after obtaining as much information as possible from their Australian and New Zealand…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. Irrigation. Washing Soil Away. Water Should be Clear

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 4

One of the commonest mistakes of beginners in irrigation is the use of large volumes of water in one place, and hurrying it over the ground too rapidly…

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A Spring Fodder Crop. Cow Peas

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 4

"Would yon advise the sowing of rape or similar crops for sheep feed on fallow ground next mouth?" So wrote a South-western farmer to…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 3

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

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Sale of Margarine. Conference of Butter Trade. London, Sept. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 5

Captain Collins, official secretary to the commonwealth, has invited Mr. Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand), the Agents-General for the Australian…

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