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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 97

Farmers and Settlers' Association. Woodville Branch. Annual General Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 7

The sixth annual general meeting of the above body was held in C.E. School Mall on the evening of 26th April. The president (Mr. Geo. Bishop) was unable to be present…

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Farm for Snakes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 4

James Morrissey has made application for an acre of land near Ballarat, with the view of "establishing a farm for the breeding of Australian and Indian…

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The Wheat Board. a Sarcastic Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

Mr. Hall, the State Attorney-General, who is administrating the Wheat Act, stated recently that he frequently received letters of commendation regarding the action of the…

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The Wheat Returns

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

FURTHER returns go to show that the wheat harvest of the State, scanty as it was, was over-estimated. Instead of having a small surplus to export, the…

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Pastoral. Sudan Grass. Some First Impressions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Probably no plant is attracting more attention in the United States just now than Sudan grass, and for some months a good deal of interest in it has been…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson., Ltd., report:—Members of the Wool Buyers' Association still refuse to bid at the Sydney auctions unless…

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Wheat Supply. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 5

Earl Crewe, Secretary for India, in reply to a question in the House of Lords stated that in India 4,000,000 acres had been sown with wheat in excess of last year, and it was hoped…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ahsford M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture N.S.W. and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 209…

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Rotation of Crops

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4

The theory of rotation of crops was stated to the Canadian (Gulgong district) brunch of the Agricultural Bureau by Mr. P. W. Taylor, in a…

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The Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co., Limited. Factory Report for the Month of April, 1915

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 3

The price of butter was fixed by the Government Commission at 1248 per cwt., which is much below the prices ruling in other States, viz., Brisbane…

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Dairymen at Court. Breaches of the Pure Foods Act

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at Cessnock police court last Tuesday, F. Wirgan, Inspector under the Pure Foods Act, proceeded against John…

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Cessnock Flooded Damage to the Eootpaths and District Crops. Mr. Kelly Predicts More Rain to Follow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 3

Intermittent showers have fallen in Cessnock and district since Tuesday last. On Wednesday night, all day Thursday and Thursday night it…

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Pastoral. Sudan Grass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 12

Probably no plant is attracting more attention in the United States just now than Sudan grass, and for some months a good deal of interest in it has been exhibited in…

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The Wheat Crop. Amended Official Return

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 6

The Government Statistician, Mr. John B. Trivett, has issued a preliminary statement showing the actual results of last wheat harvest, concerning which there is…

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Dairying. the Butter Industry. the Need for Improvement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 9

Dealing recently with the present position, and future prospects of the butter industry, it was indicated in the "Weekly Notes" that an early and substantial…

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Glen Innes Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 4

Messrs. McGregor and Bloxham will offer at auction, at Glen Innes Yards on Friday, 21st instant, 2000 head of store cattle, comprising bullocks, steers, cows, and mixed young…

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Cattle Sale at Scone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 8

Attention is directed to the important sale of 1200 head of station bred store cattle, to take place at Scone yards on Friday, 21st May, on…

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PASTORAL. Sudan Grass. Some First Impressions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 3

Probably no plant is attracting more attention in the United States just now than Sudan grass, and for some months a good deal of interest in it has been…

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