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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Local News. Singleton Cattle at Homebush

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2

The demand for beef continues very keen at Homebush. Competition was particularly brisk at last Thursday's auctions. Prices ruled very firm at…

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Local and General. Store Cattle Sale

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

Mr. T. Bogan auctioneer, advertises in this issue extra particulars concerning the big sale of store stock he will be holding at Beauty's yards, Gresford, on Friday next, the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 1

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

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The Farmer and Taxation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 2

Speaking at the opening of the Mudgee Show, the other day Mr. Fleming, M.H.R., reminded his hearers that the day of the sheepman…

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Dairymen Please Note!

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 2

Which is the best milking machine? That's the question the dairyman asks himself before he "separates" himself from his money. Which is the milking machine? The…

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Scoured Wool Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1914 · page 4

Twenty-five pence per lb. for scoured wool. That was the price paid on Tuesday in the auction room at the Royal Exchange for 35 bales super combing, branded Nelyambo,…

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Butter v. Margarine

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 3

Recently a very large deputation waited on the Chief Secretary aud asked that the regulations preventing coloring being used in margarine should be…

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Big Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

Mr. J. Enright, the well-known auctioneer, will offer at auction at the Maitland yards on Tuesday next, 1000 head of mixed store cattle from the Hastings and…

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Pastoral. Ringbarking. Methods of Practical Men

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 6

The varying results obtained in the West by ringbarking has led the Stock Inspector at Cobar to make some inquiries in his district lately, and the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 152…

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Williams River Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

Particulars are advertised in this issue by Mr. J. Enright of a highly-improved dairy farm of 989 acres at Williams River, the property of Mr. F. J. Palin, which…

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Pastoral. Ringbarking. Methods of Practical Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 12
Also in The Scone Advocate, Singleton Argus, The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The varying results obtained in the West by ringbarking has led the stock inspector at Cabor to make some inquires in his district lately, and the results are likely to be…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 7

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., offered on Tuesday, 31st March, a catalogue of 1100 bales of wool [?] included a rather ordinary selection…

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Agricultural. Superphosphate for Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 14

Whether or not fertilisers are to he 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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Commercial News. Top Prices for Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 7

Rowland and Dodd report having sold privately on account J. E. Carter, of Rouchel, 800 crossbred wethers, forward condition, at £1 per head, the purchasers…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Those 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. 152…

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