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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 97

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

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. 225…

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Preparation of Small Wool Clips for Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. issue the following recommendation:— In view of the high prices…

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Agricultural. Wheat-breeding. Some of the Methods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 12

To the average man there is a sameness and uniformity about the appearance of a wheat-field, the only thing to break the monotony of a well-grown crop being stray…

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The Wool Clip. Annual Review for Past Season

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 14
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

We have received a copy of Dalgety's Annual Wool Review for Australasia for the past season, which contains the usual exhaustive summary of everything relating to…

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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. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 225. Agricultural. Wheat-breeding. Some of the Methods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 6

To the average man there is a sameness and uniformity about the appearance of a wheat-field, the only thing to break the monotony of a well-grown…

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Agricultural. Maize Improvement. I Farmers, Grow Your Own Seed!

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 9

Many farmers regard any form of plant improvement or plant breeding as the province of purely scientific men, and they fear a intrude because of the technicalities…

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Dairying. Lucerne Hay for Milk Production

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 9

Experiments have been proceeding in connection with the Ohio experiment station, U.S.A., for the purpose of ascertaining with some degree of exactness how far…

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Glen Innes Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1915 · page 4

Messrs. McGregor and Bloxham will hold a dry sale of store cattle at Newton Boyd, Glen Innes, on Wednesday, 15th Sept. Already 1200 head have been booked, and 2000…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1915 · page 2

The seventeenth half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Bowtherne Co-operative Butter, Factory, Limited, was held in the Morpeth School of Arts on Saturday…

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Russia's Enormous Wheat Crop

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 2

The "Daily Mail's" Petrograd correspondent, states the Ministry of Agriculture estimates the wheat crop at 571 million bushels…

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Export of Wool. Relaxing Restrictions. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 5

The British Government is considering a further relaxation of the embargo on the export of wool. The Board of Trade held a conference…

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The Wool Clip. Annual Review for Past Season

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 4

We have received a copy, of Dalgety's Annual Wool Review for Australasia for the past Reason, which contains the usual exhaustive…

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The Price of Butter. Sussex-Street to " Show Cause." (By Telegraph.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 3

Sydney, Monday.—Sussex-street merchants have been summoned before the Necessary Commodities Commission on Wednesday to explain why another…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 4

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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News by Wire. Milk and Butter Reduced. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 5

The Necessary Commodities Commission has reduced the price of milk. Mr. Meares said the distributing companies were prepared to reduce the price to 5d per quart…

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The Consignment of Wool

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 2

The attention of wool growers in this district is directed to the facility offered for transport by the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co., Ltd The…

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Necessary Commodities Butter and Milk. Reduction in Prices

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 2

Sydney, Wednesday.—The NecessaryCommodities Commission to-day decided to recommend a reduction of the wholesale price of butter from 158/8 per cwt…

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Britain's Food. Increasing Wheat Acreage. London, A[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 6

An interim report, issued by Lord Milner's committee in June, recommended guaranteeing the farmers a minimum of 45/ per quarter for wheat, but this was since negatived…

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