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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Milk Contract Considered. Offer Turned Down

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1914 · page 3

A largely-attended meeting of shareholders in the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., was held at the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon for…

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Our Pastoral Production. Breeds of Sheep. Remarks of Mr., Ashford and Sir F. SUTTOR

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 4

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Agricul­ture, in proposing the "Sheepbreeders' Association of New South Wales," at their dinner on Friday, expressed…

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Stud Sheep Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

At the stud sheep sales yesterday top price was secured by Mr. Hunter White for a well-grown rain, 3 years and 9 months old, which had been used in the famous Havilah stud…

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The Wheat Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 2

The flutter of uncertainty which usually besets the wheat-grower-or the wheat-holder-at this time of the. year is again strongly in…

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...e Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 3

Schute, Bell, and Co , Ltd., report, 6th July,—The 1913-14 wool season has closed with values at very satisfactory levels, especially as regard lines for which…

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Stud Sheep Fob the Northern District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 6

Mr. J. Hagan, stock auetloueer, of Newcastle, and Quir[?] informs as that us the result of his late visit to his native country (New Zealand), where he in company with Mr. T…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 July 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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Wool Destinations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 2

Marked increases in the purchased were made by Germany and France, and the largest proportional increase by America. First in the decrease is the United Kingdom,…

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Last Year's Wool Clip. Worth Over 11 MILLIONS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 2

Particulars in connection with the wool season for 1913-4, which closed on the 30th June are published. During the twelve months, 770,293 bales…

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Dairying Becoming a Science

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 4

We noticed in a recent American Newspaper a statement that dairying was rapidly becoming a science and that it was being studied more…

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Foot Rot in Cattle

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

Cases of "foot rot" in dairy cattle have been reported from several of the southern districts during the past few weeks, and at least one branch…

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Live Stock. the Variegated Thistle Dangerous to Cattle

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

For some yours past it has been noted from time to time that when mobs of hungry cattle have fed on variegated thistle deaths occurred in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W.G. Attford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 166…

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Sheep in Transit. Railway Troubles. Annual Loss Estimated at [?]129,213

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 7

Some definite idea of the heavy loss to pastoralists caused by slow and unsatisfactory conditions of stock transport on the Slate railways was conveyed at a meeting of the New…

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Farm at Nelson's Plains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

A rich and highly-improved farm of 44 acres, at Nelson's Plains, will be submitted to auction at Raymond Terrace on Wednesday next by Mr. J. Enright. All the land…

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Local and General. Sale of Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction at the Campbell's Hill yards on Monday next, 28 choice dairy cattle, including Jersey bull, springers, and newly-calved cows…

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The Orchard. Farmyard Manure. Its Application to the Soil

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

The quantity of farmyard manure that should be supplied to orchard lands will vary widely according to the character of the soil and the amount…

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Dairying Becoming a Science

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 3

We noticed in a recent American newspaper a statement that dairying was rapidly becoming a science, and that it was being studied more…

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London Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., have received the following cable from London:—July wool sales opened. Large attendance both Home and Foreign buyers. No merinos on…

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Stud Sheep for the Northern District

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 10

Mr. J. Hogan, stock auctioneer, of Newcastle and Quirindi, informs us that as the result of his late visit to his native country (New Zealand), where he in company with…

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