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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 97

Bowthorne Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 8

The report of the directors for the sis months ended June 30, indicates that after providing for all, known expenses and depreciation…

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Monster Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 4

Messrs, Grainier and Falkiner, Ltd., will hold a monster cattle sale at the Shire yards, Singleton, on Friday, 17th instant, when 15000 head of well-bred stores including…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 1

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd, report under date September 1st:— Transactions in lthe local market have been of very small dimensions…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 September 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. 226…

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Correspondence. Child Labour on Dairy Farms. (To the Editor)

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

Sir.—The correspondence of "Jimmy Pannican" and others in the Sydney press on child labour if accompanied by cinematographical illustrations would no…

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Irrigation Farming. Laying Out the Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

A suitable piece of land having been chosen for irrigation farming in accordance with the suggestions of the Organising Inspector for the Agricultural…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 14

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

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Export of Butter. the Government Deal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 6

The State Attorney-General, in his effort to keep local market supplied, imported large quantities of American butter, which he now finds unsa[?]eable owing to the return…

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Wool Shipments to Italy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 7

Wool business with Italy has latterly shown considerable expansion. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., commenting on the sub ject, state that prior to the outbreak of…

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Export of Wool. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 2

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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Agricultural. Wheat-breeding. Some of the Methods

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 9

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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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. 226. Agricultural. Wheat Breeding. The Nature of Variations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 4

Some indication was given last week of the importance to New South Wales of the subject of wheat breeding and of the methods that are available for…

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Irrigation Farming. Laying Out the Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 4

A suitable piece of laud having been chosen for irrigation farming in accordance with the suggestions of the Organising Inspector for the Agricultural…

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Store Cattle Sale at Gresford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 September 1915 · page 4

Messrs. Brooker and Lindeman will hold a big auction sale of store stock at Beutty's yards, Gresford, on Thursday next, when over 500 head will be yarded, comprising…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 September 1915 · page 4

Maize, prime yellow, 5/3 per bushel: best white 5/ to 5/2: Java 4/6 to 4/9; South African 4/11 to 5/1. Millet, prime long 40 per ton; inferior 38. Potatoes, redskins…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 September 1915 · page 4

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

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Cattle Sale at Wollombi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 September 1915 · page 4

Messrs. R. J. Dougherty and J. A. Thompson will offer at auction at Wollombi yards on Saturday next 250 store cattle and 35 fats…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 4

Messrs. Graingor and Falkinor, Ltd., will offer at auction, at Shire Yards, Singleton, on Friday, 17th inst., 2000 hand of well-bred store cattle in good condition, including a large…

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