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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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The King's Farm Labourers. Wages and Conditions. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 5

King George has arranged for his labourers at Sandringham and at his other estates to receive a Saturday half-holiday, continuity of employment, rain or shine, and a minimum…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 1

Messrs. Griffith and patent attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents, connected with…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 1

FOR week ending January 31, 1914:—Wool.—A very strong market for wool has ruled during the past week, and for the bulk of the offerings prices…

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Wool Market Report. Harrison Jones and Devlin Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 1

We submitted at auction on Wednesday a catalogue of 2550 bales. Every lot met with spirited competition from a large attendance of buyers, and prices were as good as…

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Carbide Kills cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 10

A couple of young cattle succumbed at Esk (Queensland) the other day under unusual circumstances. It appears that the two animals had…

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The World's Butter Production

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

We read in the papers that the world's butter production is increasing by leaps and bounds; that through the higher standard of living more butter is consumed now…

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America as a Butter Market

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

The reduction in the duty on butter in the American tariff has turned the eyes of butter exporting countries in that direction, and amongst…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J.L. Trold Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 144. AGRICULTURAL…

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Royal Dairy Show. Catering for the Dominions. London, Feb. 5

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

The council of the British Dairy Farmers' Association has decided to provide at the next dairy show separate classes for Australian and New Zealand butters…

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The Weather and the Crops. District Seriously Affected

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

The continued absence of a rain, coupled with the great heat, is having a very serious effect on the district, which is languishing for want of moisture. It is something like…

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Pastoral. the Mating Season

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 9

The seasons in different districts generally determine the time of the year when the rams should be put with the owes. Allowing 147 days as the approximate period of…

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The World's Butter Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 2

We read in the papers that the world's butter production is increasing by leaps and bounds: that through the higher standard of living…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Limited have received the following telegram their Brisbane office:—Brisbane February wool sales opened on Tuesday. Very keen…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Varieties of Wheat. the Department's Recommendations for the Ensuing Season

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 7

The annual conference of officers of the Department of Agriculture was held in Syuney in the middle of January the principal business being the revision of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Treffle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 144. AGRICULTURAL…

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Dairying. Had Flavours in Milk

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 13

Seven rules for the prevention of bad flavours in milk and cream are given in a newly issued book by Mr. G. Sutherland Thomsen, who was at one time dairy…

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"Farmers' Calendar." the Third Edition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 13

The exhaustion of the first 4000 copies of the Farmers' Calendar has led the Department to issue a third edition, and this is now available for circulation. It is…

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Grainless Wheat. Phenomenon in Riverina

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 5

The experts of the Department of Agriculture are investigating the cases reported of the absence of grain from some of the wheat grown this season in Eastern…

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Advance in Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

The dry spell which for some time past has dairying districts of the State has caused a marked shrink age in the butter output. For some weeks…

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