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Farming & the land, 1914

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Farming in the East. Iii

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

Like the Athenians of old, the Japs are very religious. They have tried about everything that came along. Every nation has struggled for the…

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Pastoral. Ringbarking

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 14

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

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Agricultural. Superphosphate for Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 12

Whether or not fertilisers are to be used with the ensuing wheat crop will have to be determined by farmers within the next few weeks, and it is,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 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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AGRICULTURAL. Superphosphate for Wheat. Where to Use It

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 7

Whether or not fertilisers are to be used with the ensuing wheat crop will have to be determined by farmers within the next few weeks, and it is,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. the Orchard. Bud Selection. Its Relation to Bearing Capacity

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 7

Within the past few years valuable work has been done in the citrus groves of California in following up bud variations, in order to ascertain what are the…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 14

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

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Farming in the East. Iii

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 6

Like the Athenians of old, the Japs are very religious. They have tried about everything that came along. Every nation has struggled for the…

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Rural Workers and Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 2

The threatened labor trouble at next harvest, together with the difficuity of gtcting suitablc hands to do the work at a price which will enable…

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North Coast Fodder Crops. Hay of Green Stuff— Which?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 12

Farmers in coastal districts who contemplate sowing wheat or oats for winter and spring fodder should in some measure be guided by the purpose of the crop in…

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Starting a Poultry Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 12

A correspondent who intends to start poultry-farming, and who wishes to avoid making any initial has submitted a number of question which touch so many of the…

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Farmer Marooned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 5

Owing to heavy rain ut Gllgandra on Tuesday night, the river rose six feet six inches, and many creeks overflowed. At Mayglen 4 inches fell, and Mr. K. Townsend…

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Farm Labourers and Sentiment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 10

It is a fact that the labour question is a serious one is agriculture, but there are villages in the country where labourers are contented and have no wish to leave the…

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A Farmer's Question. Wetting Hay Before Chaffing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 14

A Riverina farmer, having read the articles from the manager of Coonamble experiment farm on the growing and chaffing of wheaten hay, wrote to that officer asking…

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Modern Dairying

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 2

The drudgery which at one time was associated with dairying is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Just as machinery in many other instances has…

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Educational Bequest. for Sons of Farmers. London, Sunday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 5

Mr. Wm. Gibson, Chairman of the Goldsmiths' Company, has bequeathed £250,000 for the benefit of sons of farmers of counties Down and Antrim, Ireland, to provide…

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Farmers and Labour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 5

Addressing a meeting of Blayney farmers, Mr. E. S. Carr, M.H.R., said several farmers had told him that they could no sustain the extra cost of production. He…

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Special Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 4

A big yarding of fat cattle at Campbell's Hill yards generally takes all the space available to hold them on any Monday. A big number of store cattle are advised Maitland…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 30th March.—Anticipations as to a strong market at Brisbane last week were fully realised,…

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