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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 97

Agricultural. the Tobacco Crop. Stripping and Bulking

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 4

So much time and labor has been expended by growers before the tobacco leaf is ready for the last stage in its treatment on the farm, that the…

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Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The extra charge made by many "butter factories of ½d a pound for prints was made the subject of inquiry by the Necessary Commodities Commission yesterday…

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Price of Butter. 1/10 Per Lb. Retail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 8

At the meeting of the State Executive Council authority was given for the issue of a proclamation under the Necessary Commodities Act increasing the price of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 8

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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Agricultural. the Wheat Hulletin. Department's New Publication

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 12

"Hardly any feature, of agriculture in New South Wales is more interesting or more surprising than the development of wheat growing that has taken place in the…

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AGRICULTURAL. The Wheat Bulletin Department's New Publication

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 8

Hardly any feature of agriculture in New South Wales is more interesting or more surprising than the development of wheat growing that has taken…

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At the Sydney Sheep Show. the Man From Mudgee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 5

The annual Sydney Sheep show was very poorly attended in comparison with past years, and this was purtly due to the lock of preliminary advertisement…

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Huge Wool Cargo. From Sydney to Frisco

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 14

The steamer Queen Maud, which is now inward bound from New York to Australian ports, has been taken up to load a large cargo at Brisbane and Sydney for San…

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Child Labour on Dairy Farms. Medical Officers's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 11

One of the medical officers of the Education Department recently reported to the Minister that when examining the children of a small school in the Kyogle district he…

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The Price of Butter. Further Increase Sought. Turned Down by Commission. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 6

Mr. Meares applied to the Necessary Commodities Commission for permission to charge an extra halfpenny per lb. be allowed for butter made in prints on the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 220. Agricultural. the Wheat Bulletin. Department's New Publication

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 4

"Hardly any feature of agriculture in New South Wales is more interesting or more surprising than the development of wheat growing that has taken…

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Irrigation Farming. As An Applied Science

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 4

Both as a business and as an art irrigation is in its infancy in Australia, remarks the Inspector organising the Agricultural Bureau in the first of a…

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Dairying. Cream Quality. Grading Cream at Factories

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 4

Setting aside tainta due to food, absorption, etc., which only in very bad cases compel the cream to be classed as second quality, the article by one of…

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Farming in Siberia

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 5

We have inherited from the traditions of the past the idea that Siboria is a country with a not very fruitful soil. Yet in the last few years very…

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Dairying. Cream Quality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 12

Setting aside taints due to feed, absorption etc., which only in very bad cases compel the cream in be classed as second quality the article by one of the Dairy…

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Irrigation Farming. an Applied Science

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 12

Both as a business and as [?] irrigation is in its infancy in Australia remains the Inspector organising the Agricultural Bureau, in the first of a…

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Dairying. Cream Quality. the Necessity for Improvement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 9

"During the summer season Just past the dairying industry on the Hunter and Williams" rivers districts has enjoyed a phenomenaly good time, and there is…

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DAIRYINGS. Cream Quality. Grading Cream at Factories

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 8

Sotting aside taints due to feed, absorption, etc., which only in very bad cases compel the cream to be classed as second quality, the article by one of…

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Tenterfiled Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 4

Messrs. Bruxner and Cotton will hold a big cattle sale at Tenterfield on Saturday next, when 1000 head of well-bred cattle, including 500 choice Durham bullocks will…

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