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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Necro Farmer Follows Nature's Laws and Obtains Extraordinary Results

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

A negro farmer in Alabama has become famous, not only in his native state, but through all the Southern States, for his big crops of cotton and…

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Pastoral. the Sheep Maggot Fly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 12

A report furnished by the Government Entomologist, as supervisor of the experiment station which has been established at Brewarrina for the purpose of investigating…

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Pastoral. the Sheep Maggot Ply. And its Parasite

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 7

A report furnished by the Government Entomologist, as supervisor of the experiment station which has been established at Brewarinna for the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Varieties of Wheat. Farmers' Experement Plots, 1913

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 2

The results of the farmers' experiment plots for the past season are now available for purposes of comparison, and some useful information awaits the…

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Dairying. a Foot Disease. Cases Among Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 2

Correspondence has lately reached the stock branch from several coastal districts, chiefly on the North Coast, indictating that cattle have been attacked…

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Wool Market Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson Limited have received the following cable from London:—London March wool sales opened with large attendance of both Home and Foreign…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 12

The fourteenth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Saturday…

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World's Wheat Average. Heavy Decline

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 3

Statistics for 1012 just issued show that the rapid expansion of the world's wheat average in 1910-11 received a severe check in 1912…

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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 Hen. W. C. Ashferd, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 148. Dairying. a Foot Disease. Cases Among Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 7

Correspondence has lately reached the stock branch from several coastal districts, chiefly on the North Coast, indicating that cattle have been attacked…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 12

The results of the farmers' experiment plots for the past season are now available for purposes of comparison, and some useful information awaits the former who will…

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Dairying. a Foot Disease

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 12

Correspondence has lately reached the stock brunch from several coastal districts, chiefly on the North Coast, indicating that the chiefly have been attacked by a foot…

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Besieging a Murderer. Farmer at Bay. New York, Jan. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 9

In Mayvill, New York State, Edward Beardsley, who shot an overseer of the poor, is being besieged by the Sheriff and a small army of assistants. Beardsley has…

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Winter Fodder Crops. for Coastal Districts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 14

The sowing of winter fodder crops should [?]gage thoughts and time of farmers on the coast within the next few weeks. Better results, and more certain ones, are obtainable…

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Sheep and Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 4

Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Co, will hold their next special sheep and cattle sale at the Scone yards on Friday, 20th instant, when 6000 head of sheep and 800 head of…

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Glouccuter Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 4

Six hundred head of store cattle are to be offered at auction by Messrs. Stanley Jones and Co. at the showground yards, Glousscester, on Friday next. The lot includes 400…

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The Cattle King. Owns a Quarter of a Million Head

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. Sidney Kidman, who is at present on a visit to Brisbane, said to an interviewer: "I have never sold a Swifts and perhaps I never will, but I am very…

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The Farmer's Lottery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 4

At the end of the summer, farmers of the Tamworth district have on several occasions harvested phenomenal quantities of seed from comparatively small areas of…

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Special Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

Mr. S. A. Brooker advertises particulars in this issue of his special sale of store stock to be held at Beatty's' yards, Gresford, on Thursday, l9th instant, when about 600…

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Dairy and Farm Property

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

Missrs. A. B. Moore and Co., auctioneers. of Branxton advertise in this issue particulars of a nice little dairy and farm property. known as Woodbine Grove Grove together with all…

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Victorian Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

During the past month a number of farmers have left the Tatura district, Victoria to take up land in New South Wales, The reason given is that the irrigation charges in…

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