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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and M. Agency Co. Ltd., report (by wire) yesterday.—Competition at to-day's sale showed increased…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Mans on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

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. 189…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

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. 189…

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The Price of Wheat. Mr Ashford Explains

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

Mr W. G. ASHFORD, Minister for Agriculture, delivered an address on Wednesday evening, at Gunnedah…

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Seizing Wheat. Action by the Government. Proclamation Issued Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 5

The Minister of Justice this afternoon caused a proclamation to be issued seizing all the wheat in the counties of Urana, Mitchell Denison, Hume, and Goulburn, which…

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Hungarian Millet. As a Catch Crop

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

Would Hungarian millet serve as a forage crop in a district where there will be a shortage of fodder for ploughing!…

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The Unrepresented Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

It is part of the necessary equipment of the politician to say all sorts of flattering and complimentary things concerning…

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The Orchard. Friendly Insects. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 34

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

A second edition of the bulletin, entitled "Friendly Insects," written several years ago by the Entomologist, but now revised, and brought up to…

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A Good Dairy Herd

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 6

Mr D. H. Kunkler, who owns a daily farm, on the river bank just below Casino, milks sixty cows. For the month of October…

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Store Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 4

On Monday next, at the Shire yards, Singleton, Messrs. H. York and Son, will hold a special sale of store cattle when 2500 head will be offered. The cattle are described as…

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Government Wheat Purchase

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 3

"The contention of hon. members is that the rise in price is not due to the war, but this legislation, by which it is intended to protect the people, is due…

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Agricultural. Wheat Plant Improvement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 11

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. The first is when the…

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Local News. Seed Wheat

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 4

Wheatgrewers who wish to apply to Government for seed wheat may get the necessary forms at this office…

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Seizure of Wheat. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 4

The Attorney-General this afternoon caused a proclamation to be issued seizing all wheat in the counties of Urana, Mitchel, Denison, Hume, and…

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The Wheat Question. Prohibition of Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 7

Referring to the report that New South Wales intended to prohibit the export of wheat to Victoria, the Minister of Trade and Customs (Mr. Tudor) said that it was not a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 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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Wheat Vessels in Terned. a Significant Move. Amsterdam

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 2

The authorities at Lansweerd detained fifteen grain laden vessels sent by the Germans from Antwerp. It is believed that, the Germans were…

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Export of Merino Wool. Board of Trade Regulations. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 2

Sir T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has elicited the information that the Board of Trade allows the exportation of merino wool to the United States if the…

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