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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 97

Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

The output of butter at the Morpeth butter factory for the month of December reached record proportions, the total being 123 tons, compared with 59 tons for the corresponding month…

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Glen Innes Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

Messrs. McGregor and Bloxham will offer at auction at Glen lnnes municipal sale-yards on Friday, 29th Instant, 1850 head of store cattle, comprising bullocks, cows…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

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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Prison Reform. Vegetable Farms for New South Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

The Now South Wales Attorney-General-(Mr. Hall) inspected the afforestation and prison labour schemes of the New Zealand Government on Monday. "Perhaps the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 1

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

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Why Wisconsin Leads in Dairying. Quite Simple

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

Within the past few years the Sttte of Wisconsin has assumed a very prominent place in the dairying industry in the United States, and…

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AGRICULTURAL. The Potato Crop. Keep Cultivating Implements Going

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

"Provided the land is well cultivated during the summer, the very serviceable rains that have fallen in various parts of the Tablelands should ensure payable…

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DAIRYING. Milk Fever. Its Nature and Oure

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

The peculiar feature of milk fever is that it invariably attacks the very best cows, and those that are in the best of condition and prime of life The…

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The Wheat Question. New Zealand Shipment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 6

The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) states that a clearance will not be given to the shipment of wheat from New South Wales to New Zealand unless the owners of…

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Wool Sales. Improved Prices. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 5

There were catalogued 9717 bales for the wool sales, including an excellent selection of merinoes and 462 bales of crossbred. There was a splendid attendance of buyers…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports. For week ending January 16, 1914

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 1

Wool.—Auction sales will be resumed in the Sydney market on Monday next, and the wook'n catalogue will ombrace 25,000 bales, including…

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Local News. Seed Wheat

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 2

Wheatgrowers who wish to apply to the Government for seed wheat may get the necessary forms at this office…

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Wheat Problem. Commonwealth Case Opened

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 3

The application by the Federal Government for an order to prohibit the New South Wales Government and the Inspector-General of Police of New…

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The Wheat Question. Minister Replies to Complaints

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 3

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Ashford) has replied to complaints made with regard to the Wheat Acquisition Act. It is not only what the Wheat Acquisition…

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1000 Tons Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

The North Coast Co-operative Dairy Company's turnover for December was £119,800 which is by many thousand pounds a record pay, the previous highest…

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Stud Sheep Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

Messrs. Weaver and Parry, Limited, advertise particulars in this issue of an important sale of stud sheep, to be held at Harben Vale, Blandford, on Thursday, 28th…

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Cattle Sale at Krambach

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

Messrs. M.'Donell and Wisdom, auctioneers of Taree and Winghum, will hold, a sale of cattle at Krambuch on Thursday next, when 300 head will be yarded…

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The Wheat Supply. London, Jan. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

The visible supply of wheat afloat is 110,610,000 bushels. The Police at Coorparoo, a suburb of Brisbane, were informed by Samuel James…

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Dairy Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

At the Campbell's Hill yards, on Monday next, Mr. H. G. Wolfe will offer at auction, 11 milch cows, the property of Mr. A. Cooper of Oswald, who is relinquishing the dairying…

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