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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Trade and Commerce. Wool Exportation Prohibited. London, Oct. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 5

At the wool miles yesterday Thomas and Company, and Windeler and Company, offered 8043 bales, of which 4433 bales were from New…

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Aids to Agriculture. Agricultural. Grazing Crops for Pigs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 2

ARTICHOKES Oil SWEET POTATOES? A correspondent from the North Coast asked the Department of Agriculture the relative value of artichokes and sweet potatoes…

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Maitland Farmers' Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 4

E. S. Brunker reports:—There was only a fair supply of produce forward at my sale yesterday, and comprised chiefly of hay, potatoes, chaff, and maize, with a fair supply of green…

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State As Farmer. a Big Experiment

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 1

The Government is seriously considering a scheme to extend the wheat area of the State, and at the same time absorb some of the unemployed. The…

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Government Wheat-growing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 4

It appears that the more the Government looks into the question of the resort to wheat growing for the employment of labour unused owing to the war, and in time to help…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 3

The Pastoral Finance Association Ltd. report having received cable advice from their London agents that at the sales opening on Tuesday last, the market was…

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Local and General. Gloucester Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 4

At Gloucester on Wednesday next, the local auctioneers, Messrs. Stanley Jones and Co., and Clift and Trenbath, will yard about 600 head of well-bred store bullocks, and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 179…

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Trade and Commerce. British Wool Export. London, Oct. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 5

The Board or Trade announces that it is procured to grant licenses. to export wools, especialy merinos, provided they can be proved to be bona-fide transactions,…

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Strathmore Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 4

Messrs D. Abbott and Co. will offer at auction at Strathmore, on the Dungog road, two miles from Clarence Town, on Tuesday, 13th instant, 40 cows in full milk; 20 Jersey…

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Pastoral. Small FLOCkS

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 9

Plans for two different, but convenient, sheen dips appear, in the September issue of the "Agricultural Gazette" and owners of small flocks who are contemplating the…

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United Statics Wheat Crop. Record Harvest. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 5

A Government crop report forecasts a "harvest of 892,000,000. bushels of wheat. exceeding the previous maximum production by 128,000,000…

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Wool and War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 4

Comparatively few people in this State realise how much their welfare, and the prosperity of the whole State, depend upon the wool industry. Much of our unemployment and…

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London Wool Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 2

The Pastoral Finance Association report being in receipt of cable advice as under from their London Agents respecting the London Wool Market:—There was a large…

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The Wheat Market. London, Oct. 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 3

Wheat firm and inactive. Sellers occasionally ask 3d more. Visible supply, 96, 124 bushels. On the Chicago market, quotations were:…

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Chicago Wheat Market. Chicago, Oct. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 2

Wheat to-day was quoted as follows:—December, 108 1-8 cents to 109 5-8 cents; May, 114 7-8 cents to 116 cents. The British Ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 2

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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For the Man on the Land. Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Wool Export and Sales. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 2

The Government has prohibited the exportation of wool to European countries other than Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, and Russian, excepting Baltic ports. The wool…

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Wool Reports. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 2

Have received the following calbe from London:—London wool sales opened good merinos 10 per cent, inferior merinos 15 per cent lower than July rates. Fine crossbreds…

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