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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 97

Wheat

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

The State Attorney-General staties that the action of the Government, in acquiring all the wheat in the State, is not altogether without precedent, and…

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All Wheat Seized. Official Proclamation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 10

A proclamation has been issued declaring all wheat in the State to be Government property. Only one exception was made, namely, in favour of wheat actually in transit to…

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Wool for Germans. [?] Dec, 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

The Germans at Roubaix round £15,OOO,000 worth of raw wool, and are despatching it to Germany…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

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

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The Wheat Seizure. Powers of the State

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

According to the reported interviews Mr. Hughes has decided to refer some questions regarding the actions of the New South Wales Government respecting the acquiring…

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The Wheat Supply. Export of Flour Bran, and Pollard Stopped

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 6

No one, except persons authorised by the Wheat Acquisition Board the Attorney-General (Mr. Hall) states, is entitled to interfere in any way with any wheat in the State at…

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Government Assistance to Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

Owing to the numerous enquiries which are being made at the various Government Departments for information as to the methods by which the…

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Gathering the Walnut Crop. And Marketing It

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

An orcharist who had several walnut trees that are coming into bearing asked the Department at what stage the nuts should be picked and how they should…

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Dairying. Home-made Rennet Extract. Saving and Curing the Vells

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

In view of the possibility of a shortage of the commercial brands of rennet extract, one of the dairy instructors of the Department provides a method…

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New Implement for Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

Recently, a couple of hundred of our leading agriculturalists and others interested in the land visited tho Hawkesbury Agricultural College at the…

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Farmers' Protests. Seizure May Be Tested in Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 6

Referring to the publication by the Attorney-General (Mr. Hall) of two letters received by the Wheat Acquisition Board, commending the Government on its seizures…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

Messrs. Griflith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…

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The Wheat Seizure. Statement by Board Chairman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. Valder, chairman of the Wheat Acquisition Board, states that country agents had been directed not to reject for milling purposes only wheat that was f.a.q. of the…

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Dairying. Home-made Rennets Extract. Saving and Curing the Vells

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

In view of the possibility of a shortage of the commercial brands of rennet extract, one of the dairy instructions of the department provides a method of preparing the…

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A Crop of Green Maize. and a Silage Pit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

I have got an abundance of grass and feed for my cattle, and also a big lot of maize that I put in for green feed, which is doing very well I should like you to tell me the best…

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Poultry. Deaths Among Chickens. a Poultry Farmer's Troubles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

A poultry filmier not far from Sydney quite lately wrote that for three years nearly nil his chickens died from what seemed to bo a cold in the head. The first year they…

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Gathering the Walnut Crop. and Marketing It

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

An orchardist who had several walnut trees that are coming into bearing asked the Department at what stage the nuts should be picked and how they should be marked…

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Store Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

At the Muswellbrook yards on Friday next, Messrs. Edward Higgens, I Parkinson, and Co., with Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., will offer at auction, 8000 head of store sheep…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

Messrs. H. York and Son, auctioneers, of Singleton, will hold an important auction sale of store stock at the shire yards, Singleton, on Friday, 15th instant, when 2000 head of…

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The Wheat Seizure. Financing the Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. G. Voider, State Director of Agriculture and chairman of the Weat acquisition Board, has denied statements which had been published to the effect that the board had…

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