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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Just a Note from the Bush. Read Carefully! Daisy Flat Farm, Guvra

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 1

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…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 4

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following…

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Farm Produce Returns

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 3

Recently the Necessary Commodities Commission decided to endeavor to ascertain what quantities of maize, oats, hay, and chaff were held in the…

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Cattle Sale at Scone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 2

Messrs. A. Simpson and Co. will hold a special cattle sale at Scone yards on Friday, June 4, when 850 Hereford and Durham bullocks, 200…

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Indian Wheat. Government Scheme. Simla, May 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 3

Following are the details of the Indian Government's wheat export scheme. Indian wheat for export on Government account is being purchased by firms appointed to act as…

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London Wool Sales. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 2

Having received the following cable from London:—Compared March sales closed best merino wools 5 'per cent higher. Medium merinos par to 5 per cent higher. Interior…

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Cessnock Butter Factory. District Dairymen's Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 5

It is underground that dairymen operating in the Wollombi district, which includes Laguna, Millfield, Ellalong, Dairy Arm, and other places, have decided to withdraw cream…

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India's Surplus Wheat Crop. Government Purchase. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 5

"The "Pall Mall Gazette" states that the Government is commandeering the surplus of India's wheat crop. No export by private merchants will be permitted. The…

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Butter and Cream. Commodities Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 3

Mr. Justice Edmunda, President of the Necessary Commodities Commission informed representatives of the wholesale butter trade in Sydney in connection with their…

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Alleged Horse and Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court [?] morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, Police Magistrate, Alfred Fritz Yackels (21), a German, was proceeded against on two…

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No Butter. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 2

The wholesale markets this morning were without butter, a state of affairs which has not existed in the trade for ever a quarter of a century…

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Fixed Prices for Butter. Dairymen Suffering

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 9

Objection is taken, by dairymen throughout New South Wales to the Action of the Government in fixing the price of butter so low, One of…

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Bluestoning Wheat. a Practical Question

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 6
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

"Suppose I start "bluestoning" wheat with 3 lb bluestone to 20 gallons water; and have ten bags to treat, how many bags could I steep before it would get…

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A New Guernsey Champion. Butter Fat, 1098Lb

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 9

"Hoard's Dairyman" announces the appearance of a new champion dairy cow in America, a Guernsey, named Murne Cowan, that in…

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Sowing Wheat in Spring. An Experiment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The idea that wheat might grow in New South Wales if sown in the spring and harvested in autumn has been discussed on many occasions, and a trial…

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No Butter on Sale. First Time for Years

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 8

The wholesale markets in Sussex-street on Wednesday morning were without butter, a state of affairs which has not existed in the trade…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 6
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

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. 212…

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