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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

1,713 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 81 of 86

The Wheat Purchase Bill. Important Amendment

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

HAVING passed the Assembly, the Wheat Purchase Bill was considered in the Council on Tuesday and Wednesday, when, after a warm…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 December 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, N.S.W. and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 188…

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Dairying. Testing Skimmilk And Why

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 4

A useful question was put by a correspondent to the American paper "Wallace's Farmer," when he forwarded a sample of his skimmilk to…

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The Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

"The real position is this The farmer has this season put 350,000 more acres under wheat than last year, an increase of 11 per cent. Yet it is estimated that…

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Dairying. Testing Sktmmilk. And Why

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 4

A useful question was put by a correspondent to the American paper "Wallace's Farmer," when he forwarded a sample of his skimmilk to…

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Dairying Becoming a Science

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

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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Plant Improvement. Wheat Selection for Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 9

"Although farm animals have been carefully bred for centuries, it is only in recent years that definite steps have been taken in the improvement of farm crops…

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AGRICULTURAL. Plant Improvement. Wheat Selection for Farmers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 7

"Although farm animals have been carefully bred for centuries, it is only in recent years that definite steps have been taken in the improvement of farn…

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188 Agricultural. Plant Improvement. a Method for a Wheat Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 6

There are two periods when plants may be selected with a view to the improvement of the wheat crop on the lines suggested in last week's article…

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Rat-proof Wheat Bags

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 6

A correspondent recently asked the Department whether there was any reliable mixture in which to soak bags to prevent them from being torn by rats or…

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Wool Sales. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 7

Jacomb and Buxton offered 9538 bales of wool There. was an excellent attendance of buyers. Except for a few New Zealand slipes and scoureds, for which there was…

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For the Man of the Land. Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 7

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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Sydney Wool Sales, Harrison Jones and Devlin Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 2

We offered at auction on Wednesday, 9th instant, a catalogue of 1465 bales. Although unfavorable news respecting the London market reached us by cable on Wednesday,…

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Summer Fodder Crops. a Farmer's Experience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 9
Also in Singleton Argus

Speaking at one of the branches of the Agricultural Bureau in his district, the Inspector of Agriculture in the West quoted, a case that is some indication of the value of…

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Dairying. Testing Skimmilk. And Why

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 6

A useful question was put by a correspondent to the American paper "Wallace's Farmer," when he forwarded a sample of his skimmilk to…

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The Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 3

The real position is this: The farmer has this season put 350,000 more acres under wheat than last year, an increase of 11 per cent. Yet it is estimated that…

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