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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Seed Wheat. the Government's Need. Million Bushels

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 4

THE Minister for Agriculture announced yesterday that the Government would require for the coming season 1,000,000 bushels of…

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Correspondence. Increasing the Wheat Area. (To the Editor.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

SIR,— At the present time, when this question is so much discussed, it seems to me worth while to ask what has been done or is being done…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 November 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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Store Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 4

Messrs. Edward Higgens, Parkinson, and Co. will hold an important sale of store cattle at the Muswellbrook yards on Tuesday next, when 860 head of bullocks, steers,…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 1

FOR week ending October 24, 1914: Wool.— A new arrangement has been made with regard to wool sale dates. Further auctions will be held…

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Sale of Choice Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 4

Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Co. advertise in this issue particulars of the clearance sale of choice dairy herd at "The Vale," Rouchel Brook, near Aberdeen, on Tuesday, 10th…

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Cattle Droving

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 2

Attention has again to be called to the want of care displayed by those in charge of cattle it the public streets. On Tuesday, afternoon a mob of cows…

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London Wool Sales. London. Nov. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 6

The sixth series of wool sales opened to-day. Helmuth Schwartze and Co., Buxton Ronald,and Co., and williams and Windeler offered 8398 bales, of which 1090 were from…

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Trouble Brewing. Mill Owners and Wheat Agents. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 3

A crisis has arisen in the wheat and flour industry, which threatens to cause a considerable amount of inconvenience before it is settled. The trouble is…

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Dairymen's Opportunity

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 2

Owners of good milking cows are reminded of the continuous milking competitions being held in connection with the N. A. Association's show. The…

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Advantages of Sheep. On the Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 4

As a brief statement of the advantages of running sheep on the farm, the following by an officer of the Live Stock Branch, Ottawa, Canada, would…

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Cattle Sale at Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 4

A special auction sale of store cattle will be held at Goulburn on Thursday 19th instant, by Mr. W. H. Wheatley, who will yard 1000 head of well-bred cattle from Riverina,…

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Maitland Stock Sales Fat Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 8

There was a fairly heavy supply of fat cattle yarded, the bulk of which was made up of medium quality, cow beef being plentiful…

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Wheat and Tares. a New Novel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2

We have received from Ward, Lock, and Co, L td., a copy of "Wheat and Tares," by Paul Trent author of "The Vow," "The Founding," etc. It is a story that shows how unscrupulous…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 November 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. 183…

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London Wool Sales. London, Nov. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2

At the wool sales, which opened to-day, there was good competition, and prices generally were maintained. The following were the vest prices:—Gibb, highest 2/3 average…

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News by Wire. Motor and Mob of Sheep. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 5

While driving a motor car along the Abattoirs-road, Glebe, early this morning, Mr. Hodgson, a well-known barrister, failed in consequence of a dust storm, to see a…

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Dairying for Profit

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

The sentiment contained and expressed in the above heading naturally appeals to all dairymen, because it stands to reason that dairymen…

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Advantages of Sheep. on the Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 2

As a brief statementTof the advantages of running sheep on the farm, the following by an officer of the Live Stock Branch, Ottawa, Canada, would…

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