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Farming & the land, 1914

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and M. Agency report (by wire):— At our sale yesterday, we offered only a small catalogue. Competition was strong, and prices equal to…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 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 11 February 1914 · page 1

FOR week ending February 7, 1911: Wool—No auction sales have been held during the past week, but so far as is disclosed by private treaty…

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The Government Cow. Minister Starts a Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 6

Mr. Estell, the Minister of Labour and industry, announced on Tuesday afternoon that he had decided to establish a State dairy farm for the supply of milk to…

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Demand for Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 4

It is rare to see such an excited demand for wool as was displayed in the sale room at the Royal Exchange yesterday. Strenuous competition for wool at auction is the rule, especially…

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Vintage and Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 4

The Work in connection with the vintage in the Cessnock district is just about over. Despite the recent dry Whether the vintage is described as good, the yield and…

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The Milk Supply. Government Starts a Dairy

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. Estell, the Minister for Labor and Industry, announced on Tuesday afternoon that he had decided to establish a State dairy farm for the supply of milk…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Coy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

The seventeenth half-yearly general meeting of shareholders will be held in Victoria Hall, on Saturday night next, at 8 p.m., when the…

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A New Zealand Sheep Auction

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 3
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Last on the list at the Matawhere sheep auction recently was an aged ewe, whose shrunken sides and generally emaciated condition augured that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. There Notes are issued every week, under the person supervision of the Hon. J. L. Press, Mini[?] of Agriculture, and are issued mainly on the experiment of the Department. No. 145. Dairying. Mixed Dairy Farms. a Scale of Points

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 5

The following scale of points which has been prepared by the Chief Inspector and the Dairy Expert will probably be found useful in judging…

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Butter Fraud. Third Conviction. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 5

A tradesman at Rotherhithe has been fined £25 for selling margrine as butcher, the present being the third conviction…

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Who Bought Wool. Interesting Statistics

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

The Sydney weekly 1913-14 wool auctions close this week. And though final figures are not yet available, it is interesting to note…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 4

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trett, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 145. DAIRYING…

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Ready-made Farms. Benefits for Immigrants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 7

The British immigration League is establishing a company to buy estates and turn them into ready-made farms for British tennant-farmers who immigrate to this…

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Big Gas Well on a Farm. Tapped at a Depth of 350 Ft.— 5,000,000 Ft. Daily

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 5

A well on the farm of George Hornby, of Evansville, Ind., four miles north of this city, is producing 5,000,000 feet of gas a day and experts say this…

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Big Gas Well on a Farm. Tapped at a Depth of 350 Ft.—5,000,000 Ft. Daily

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 3

A well on the farm of George Hornby, of Evansville, Ind., four miles north of this city, is producing 5,000,000 feet of gas a day and experts say this…

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Pastoral. the Mating Season

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 14

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

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A New Zealand Sheep Auction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 3

Last on the list at the Matawhere sheep auction recently was an aged owe, whose shrunken sides and generally emaciated condition augured that…

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Grainless Wheat. Phenomenon in Riverina

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 11

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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