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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 97

Pastoral. Sudan Grass. Some First Impressions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 6

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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Wheat Supply. Paris, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 5

It is announced that there is sufficient wheat in France to meet requirements until the harvest. The Government is requisitoning stocks…

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Gambling in Wheat. Attorney-general's Proposal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 7

Mr. Hall, the Attorney-General, stated on Saturday that he was much interested in the suggestion made by the Wagga branch of the Farmers and settlers Association at the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Foe the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 3

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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Rotation of Crops. From a Farmer's Point of View

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

The theory of rotation of crops was stated to the Canadian (Gulgong district) branch of the Agricultural Bureau by Mr. F. W. Taylor, in a paper that, written from the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 209. Dairying. Neutralisation and Pasteurisation. As Means of Improving Quality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 6

There is quite a lot of inexperience and untrained opinion concerning the improvement which may be brought about in the butter manufactured from…

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Danish Agriculture. the Increase of Dairying

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

"Dairy farming (in Denmark) has enormously increased the number of live stock, the area of land under tillage, and the value of the harvest since 1882."…

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Dairying. Neutralisation and Pasteurisation

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

There is quite a lot of inexperience and untrained opinion concerning the improvement which may be brought about in the butter manufactured, from second and…

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Just a Note From the Bush. Read Carefully. Dais Flat Farm, Guyra

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

Mr. J. E. Howland,—Dear Sir,—In answer to your memo of the 25th November, requesting me to give you results of treatment of your Bollies pills (Herbes). I wish I had taken them…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Durham District Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 10

The annual meeting of the Durham District Council of the Fanners and Settlers' Association was held at Paterson on April 22. Mr. J. R. Fulton presided…

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DAIRYING. Neutralisation and Pasteurisation. As Means of Improving Quality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 3

There is quite a lot of inexperience and unltrained opinion concerning the improvement which, may be brought about in the butter manufactured from…

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Cattle and Sheep Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 4

At the Raymond Terrace Yards o Wednesday next Mr. R. A. Elkin will offer at auction 50 head of fat bullocks, cows, and heifers; 20 young Durham store cows; and…

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Gresford Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 4

The postponed auction sale of store cattle will be held at Gresford yards, on Thursday next, by Messrs. F. G. Brooker, T. Bogan, and S. A. Brooker…

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The Wool Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 5

As a result of the wool dispute 20,000 bales of wood are held up…

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Germany's Food Economy. Garbage Collected to Feed Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1915 · page 2

M. Dreyfus, the American, Vice-Consul in Berlin, reporting to the American Government, writes: "Daily the problem of food supply grows…

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Wheat Elevators

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 5

Mr. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, in the course of an address at the Premiers' Conference on the handling of bulk wheat, announced that the Government proposed to…

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Wool & Produce Sales. the Wool Buyers' Strike

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 1

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, namely, Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd…

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The Wool Dispute. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 2

Tho dispute between the woolbrokers and buyers still continues. Nearly 200,000 bales are in the warehouses. Tho wool buyers say they want wool and…

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Farm and Grazing Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 4

A rich agricultural farm and grazing land together with stock and plant, the property of Mr. A. T. Dick, will be submitted at auction at Messrs. Grainer and Falkiner's union…

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Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 4

The twenty-fourth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the above company will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Raymond Terrace, a Wednesday, 26th instant, at two…

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