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Farming & the land, 1914

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Danish Cattle to Germany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle's Copenhagen correspondent states that the export of live cattle to Germany through Jutland is so great that the ordinary route has proved…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 3

The A.M L. and F. Co., Ltd, report under date August 13th:—We regret to state that the position with regard to selling wool is unchanged from last week…

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Special Notice to Wool Growers. the European War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 4

The outbreak of war in Europe, involving almost all the great nations, and certainly Australia's best wool customers, has completely…

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Scone Co-operative Dairy Company

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above was held at the School of Arts on Thursday last, when Mr. F. E. Ashford (in the absence of Mr. G…

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Queensland Cattle Country

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 1

The Queensland Government Intelligence Bureau advsies that the Minister for Lands (Mr Tolme) has decided to resume a large area of cattle…

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Farmer Shot. Son Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 6

Henry Einsporn, a well-known farmer, who resided at Strath[?] North (Vic.), was shot [?] his home on Tuesday morning. It is said that, owing to a family quarrel, his…

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Rent Hop Crop. London, Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 5

The Board or Agriculture estimates [?] the hop crop in Kent will be well above the average…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 August 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 Is King

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 5
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

"New Zealand's greatest industry is wool-growing, since this staple constitutes more than a third of the Dominion's export, almost equalling in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

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. 172…

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Dairying. High Butter Fat Yields

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 9

In order to stimulate an improvement in the breeding, feeding, and testing of dairy cattle, the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W. G. Ashford) has decided to offer a special…

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Wheat Steamers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 4

London, Thursday.—Five steamers are reported to have arrived at Barry (Wales), with wheat aggregating 30,000 tons. The wheat was originally…

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Danish Cattle to Germany

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 2

The "Dally Chronicle's" Copenhagen correspondent, states that the export of live cattle to Germany through Jutland is so great that the ordinary route has proved…

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Wool Is King

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 3

"New Zealand's greatest industry is wool-growing, since this staple constitutes more than a third of the Dominion's export, almost equalling in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 6
Also in Singleton Argus

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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Farm Boy Who Made Fortune Left Half a Million. £150,000 for Poor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 5

A will suit opened in the London Probate Court revealed the career of an entirely self-made man, whose life from the day when he was a poor Irish farm boy to the hour when…

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Farmer Shot. Son Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 7

Henry Einsporn, a well-known farmer, who resided at Strathbogie North (Vic), was shot at his home, on Tuesday morning. It is said that, owing to a family quarrel his…

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