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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 97

New Wheat Crop. Statement by Attorney-general

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 2

Mr. Hall, the Attorney-General, stated on Saturday that if the anticipations a bumper wheat crop were realised it was not the intention of the Government to…

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American Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 5

The steamer Ventura, from Frisco, brought 11,200 boxes of American butter, of which 1000 boxes were consigned to the state Government the balance being for commercial…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 23rd July: Though competition at last week's Sydney wool auctions lacked the spirit…

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Damaged Wool Consignments. Railway Commissioners' Attitude

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 4

We have been requested by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to publish the subjoined correspondence:— Sydney, June 10, 1915…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Muswellbrook, Monday. Death of a Pioneer Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 7

Mr. John McHugh, one of the first farmers to settle at Wybong, where he hud dwelt for 46 years, died suddenly on Saturday evening at his residence, Just outside the…

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Damaged Wool Consignments. Railway Commissioner's Attitude

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 1

We have been requested by John Bridge & Co., Ltd., to publish the [?]nbjoined correspondence. SYDNEY, 10th June, 1915…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports. FOR week ending July 24, 1915

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 1

Wool.—Catalogues were of a clearing up character during the past week and while there was a small sprinkling of good wools the bulk of the…

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News by Wire. Adulterated Butter Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 5

A restaurant keeper named Ellen Mason was fined £5 for selling butter adulterated with margarine. The amount of butter in the mixture did not exceed one-fourth…

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Bale of Wool Brings £7000. For Australia Day

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 2

At a social evening given by the woolbuyors of Sydney at the Wentworth Hotel, a bale of scoured wool was sold by progressive auction. The first…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 2

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 Bottles of…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 1

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

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Butter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 8

The first shipment of butter from America imported by the Government gave little or no relief to the market. The quantity was small…

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The Wool Market. Sales Close

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 7

The closing wool auctions for the season were held on the Sydney market this week and nearly the whole of the unsold balance of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

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. 221…

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Bale of Wool Brings £7000. for Australia Day

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 8

At a social evening given by the woolbuyers of Sydney at the Went worth Hotel, a bale of scoured wool was sold by progressive…

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Dairying in Winter

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 3

The winter mouths are the quiet period that the Dairying Industry, and it is during this quiet period that the working plant and utensils of the dairy should be…

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Irrigation Farming. The Choice of Site and Soil

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 4

Indicating the considerations that should govern the choice of site and soil for irrigation farming, the Inspector organising the Agricultural Bureau…

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Agricultural. the Tobacco Crop. Stripping and Bulking

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 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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Irrigation Farming

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 4

The Choice of Site and Soil. Indicating the considerations that should govern the choice of site and soil for irrigation farming, the Inspector…

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