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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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High Prices for Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 3

Messrs. R. and N. Lochhead in conjunction with Weaver and Petry, Ltd., report having conducted a highly successful clearing-out sale on account A. J…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 1

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 16th March:—Although the rising tendency in prices recorded at the early sales…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department No. 150…

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Commercial News. Local Sales. to Day's Big Sale Sheep in Demand High Prices Realised

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 3

To-day, Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Company yarded about 12.000 mixed sheep on account of different owners, in the local yards…

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A Farmer's Question. Wetting Hay Before Chaffing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

A Riverina farmer, having read the articles from the Manager of Coonamble experiment farm on the growing and chaffing of wheaton hay, wrote…

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Farming in the East. Ii

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

When the rice crop in Japan fails, suicides greatly increase. By the way, some time ago, one of the great daily papers of Japan, alarmed at the moral…

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Pastoral. Ringbarking

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 12

What value can be attached by the pastoralist to "rung" county as against "unrung" ? That there is decided advantage in ringing is too well known for discussion but what…

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Store and Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 4

An important sale of store and dairy, cattle will be conducted at the Gresford yards by Messrs, T. Bogan, and F.G. and S.A. Brooker (in conjunction) on Thursday next…

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High Prices for Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 1

Messrs R. and N. Lochhead, in conjunction with Weaver and Perry, Ltd., Sydney, conducted a highly successful clearing sale on account of Mr A. J. Burcher, at Kaiora…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land Agricultural. Pickling Seed Wheat. Recommendationa for the Season

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 2

Bunt, or stinking smut, is the commonest trouble that the wheat fanner has to contend against, and the adoption of some method of prevention or…

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PASTORAL. Ringbarking. Its-relation to Carrying Capacity

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 2

What value can be attached by the. pastoralist to "rung" country as against "unrung"? That there is decided advantage in ringing is too well…

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Cruelty to Cattle. Three Days Without Food

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 10

During last week two trains loaded with cows and heifers, about 500 in number, were despatched from Armidale in this State to Wodonga, on account of the Melbourne, and…

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For the Man on the Land. Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market Edward Higgens, Parkinson And. Co, Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 2

Having yarded about 1500 on the 17th instant to a good attendance of buyers, and though the market was hardly up to expectations, steady competition ruled throughout…

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No. 150. Agricultural. Pickling Seed Wheat. Recommendations for the Season

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 6

Bunt, or stirking smut, is the commonest trouble that the wheat farmer has to contend against, and the adoption of some method of prevention or…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 12

Bunt, or slinking smut, is the commonest trouble that' the wheat farmer has to contend against, and the adoption of some method of prevention or control is one of the most…

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Poultry Farming for Women If Fowls Catch Cold. Wheeziness and Rattling in Throat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 4

With changeable weather ailments are apt to appear in one's poultry yard, and a watchful eye should be kept upon the stock, so that timely remedies may be applied…

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A Farmer's Question. Wetting Hay Before Chaffing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 6

A Riverina farmer, having read the articles from the Manager of Coonamble experiment farm on the growing and chaffing of wheaten hay, wrote…

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Farming in the East. Ii

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 6

When the rice crop in Japan fails, suicides greatly increase. By the way, some time ago, one of the great daily papers of Japan, alarmed at the moral…

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A Farmers Questions. Wetting Hay Before Chaffing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 12

A Riverina farmer, having read the articles from the manager of [?] experiment form on the growing and [?] of wheater has wrote in that officer asking…

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