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Farming & the land, 1914

1,713 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 86

Dairying. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 4

According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Dairying. Renovalting Paspalum. an Accident and Its Consequenices

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 7

According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…

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To Keep Butter for a Length of Time

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

Melt the butter in well-glazed earthen pans at a heat not exceeding 180 deg. [?]anr., in a water bath, and keep it heated, summing it from time to time until the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Noes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

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…

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Wheat Storage. a New Scheme 13 Proposed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 5

The Minister of Railways (Mr. Hoyle) has mapped out an extensive country tour, on which he hopes to be able to start next week. Mr. Hoyle will consult primary…

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Diseases in Stock. Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia in Cattle. No. Ii

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 11

History.—Pleuro-pneumonia made its first appearance in England in the year 1745 (it had, however, been long known on the continent). This outbreak was most…

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Hawkesbury Agbicultural College. Winter School for Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

Arrangements have been made for tho 1914 Winter School for farmers to commence at tho Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, 24th June,…

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Dairying. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, tho Department's advocacy of tho renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Winter School for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 12
Also in Singleton Argus

Arrangements have been made for the 1914 winter school for farmers to commence at the Hawkesbnry Agricultural College on Tuesday, 24th June and to continue till…

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Dairying. Innovating Paspalum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 12

According to the inspector for the North Coast district, the department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by turning them over with…

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Aids to Agriculture. Advice From Experts. for the Man on the Land. Good Cultivation. North Coast Maize Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 14

Discussing the progress of his work, and the valuable object lessons that are being provided by the farmers' experiment plots in his district, the inspector for the North…

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Dairying. Conservation of Fodder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 14

One practical result of the Department's advice to farmers on the subject of conservation of fodder has been furnished this season by a farmer on the…

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A Farmer's Poultry Plant

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 14

The average farmer has not always time to devote to poultry breeding, but as there are fowls on most farms, and foxes also, a short description of a farmer's yards and…

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Branxton Dairymen. Co-operation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 5

A meeting of the dairymen of Branxton and district, convened by Mr. L. Harrigan with a view to forming a co-operative society, was held in the Branxton School of…

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Shackling the Farmer. a Politician's View

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

Mr. Harry D. Morton, M.L.A. (member for the Hastings and Macleay) speaking at Port Macquarie at the official opening of the Hastings District…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 11th May.— Competition continues sufficiently strong to maintain prices for practically all…

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Wheat Storage. a New Scheme Proposed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 2

The Minister of Railways (Mr. Hoyle) has mapped out an extensive country tour, on which he hopes to be able to start this week. Mr. Hoyle will consult…

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The Sheep-fly and Other Questions. Where Are We?

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 4

The "Advocate" man is not the only one to be somewhat confused. doubtful, perplexed, or whatever it might be termed, as to the actual…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 4

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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