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Farming & the land, 1913

1,524 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 77

Gloucester Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 2

Stanley Jones and Co., report: At our sale on Friday last we yarded a fair number of store and dairy cattle. Buyers were in good…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 2

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance. Co., Ltd., has received the following cablegram from London: "Prices for greasy wool are on a…

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Gresford Butter Factory. Opening Ceremony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 2

About twelve-months ago the Rowthorne Co-operative Company suffered the misfortune of the Joss of their Gre[?]ford branch factory, which was completely destroyed by…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

These Notes are issued every week, under the persona supervision of the Hon. J. L. Treffic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 126. AGRICULTURAL…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 4

The opening of a new and thoroughly modern butter factory at Gresford calls public attention to the resources and possibilities of a prosperious district, and to the…

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Pastoral New England Pastures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 12

Not long ago we were able to give in these "Notes" the experience of the manager of Glen Innes experiment farm with various grasses, and his suggestions as to…

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Doctor's Bread and Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 5

Professor Harvey Cushing, of Harvard University, one of the world's greatest surgeons, recently gave a general address in the Albert Hall on surgery. He said…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Seeding Wheat. the Quantities to Use

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 2

One of the interesting features of the recent tour of western districts was the different ideas which we found among farmers as to the right amount of seed…

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Butter Yield at Yanco. Expected Increases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 13

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

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Breeding of Merino Sheep. Change Types Slowly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 12

"Before launching out on a definite line of breeding, every breeder, should first know the type he is handling, and should endeavour as far as possible to keep it pure. Only teh…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 3

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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Aids to Agriculture. Advice From Experts. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Seeding Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 12

One of the interesting features of the recent tour of western districts was the different ideas which we found among farmers as to the right amount of seed to sow per…

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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. Trefie, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 126. Agricultural. Seeding Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 6

One of the interesting features of the recent tour of western districts was the different ideas which we found among farmers as to the right amount of seed…

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Dairying. Rusty Cans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 12

The United States Dairy Division has been investigating the effect the presence of a small amount of iron or copper may have on the flavour of butter. The report…

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Maintaining Soil Fertility. a Farmers's Advice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 12

Speaking on the above subject before the Leech's Gully branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. J. Ditzell, of that district, urged farmers there to avoid the use of…

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Mad Surgeon's Victim. American Farmer Bled to Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 12

Dr. William Dabney, a prominent eye, car, and throat specialist, of Marietta. Ohio. was committed to a lunatic asylum in that city (says the "Telegraph's" New York…

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A Spring Fodder Crop. Cow Peas

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 13

"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 the…

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Maintaining Soil Fertility. a Farmer's Advice

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 2

Speaking on the above subject before the Leech's Gully branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr J. Ditzell of that district, urged farmers there to avoid…

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DAIRYING. Busty Cans. How They Affect Flavour

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 2

The United States Dairy Division has been investigating the effect that the presence of a small amount of iron or copper may have on the flavour of…

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