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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Infected Stud Farm. London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 5

The case in which Mr. Chas Prior, a brooder of thoroughbred stock, is suing Major Eustace Loder for sending to Ad-stock, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, the…

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Cattle on the Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 4

Between Narrabri and Moree no fences onclose the railway line, and cattle, sheep, and horses canter across, Emus, too, at times, stray on to the line, their sense of…

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Sale of Dairy Cattle. Etc

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

Messrs. John Hogan, Limited, will conduct an important sale of dairy cattle at the Newcastle saleyards on Tuesday morning next on account of Mr. John platt, Went…

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Fishy Flavor in Butter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

Fishy and other undesirable flavors in butter are a constant source of annoyance and loss to creameries and storage men. The presence of these…

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Sael of Store Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

Mr. J. Enright wil be holding a special store cattle sale at Maitland yards on Tuesday, 26th instant. He has over 500 head already booked and those wishing to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 May 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. 158…

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An Appreciation of the Great Dairying Industry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 3

The strides made by the Dairying Industry in this State during the past quarter of a century have been simply wonderful, and no body twenty five years…

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Fences and Fencing. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 74

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

Another of the Department's bulletins has become available, under the title "Fences amd Fencing." It does not pretend to be a complete treatise…

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A Corner in Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 12

John Willer, of Scarboro township, had a good crop of spring wheat one year—almost the only good crop for miles round. He thrashed it out during the winter, and…

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Graded and Ungraded Seed Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 12
Also in Singleton Argus

"We would hear a great deal less about 'run-out' seed if the practice of grading all seed-wheat becomes more general." So said the inspector for the southern…

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Wheat Storage. a New Scheme Proposed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 13

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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

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

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House Farming. Blot on Crowded London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 5

Dr. Christopher Addison, M.P., declares In the "Dally Chronicle" that "tho chief blot on tho housing conditions In the crowded districts of London is undoubtedly the 'tenement…

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Fences and Fencing: Farmers' Bulletin, No; 74

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 6

Another of the Department's bulletins has become available, under the title "Fences and Fencing." It does not pretend to be a complete treatiso…

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Farmers Must Organise

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

English agriculture must organise to meet modern competition; that is the chief moral of a series' of Interviews which the "Morning Post" has published…

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Fences and Fencing. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 74

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 12

Another of the Department bulletins has become available, under the tltle "Fences and Fencing." It does not pretend to be a complete treatise on the subject,…

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The Farmer Outwits the Do[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 6

During a great flood in a country dis[?] farmer's wife was just on the point of [?] entitled to claim the Chancellor's mat[?] gift, and had no competent person to…

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Experiment Farm Refused

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 11

It is not often a Minister, in offering an experiment farm to a district, has it voted out by residents by 47 votes to 32. Yet this was the experience of the Minister of…

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