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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 230…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man Oh the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 4

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. 230…

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German Crops. Only a Fair Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 3

Information of great significance is conveynod to me by a neutral whose business requires him to keep in intimate touch with European crop conditions (writes Frederick…

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Battle Baby. Rescue at Shelled Farm. Paris, Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 4

The future of a beautiful girl-baby, whose story is one of the most romantic and most mysterious of the war, has just been satisfactorily assured in Paris. It is unlikely…

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Dairy Bill

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 3

Mr. W. Brown, speaking on the second reading of the above Bill, said:— I want to assure the Minister that I realise he is thoroughly sincere in his…

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Pastoral. Crossbreeding for Lambs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 11

Advocating crossbreeding for sheep for lamb and mutton production before one of the branches of the Agricultural Bureau, the Sheep and Wool. Expert said the…

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Depth to Sow Wheat. Discussion by Practical Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 4

The failure of wheat to germinate well in a number of cases in the Temora district led the members of the local branch of the Agricultural Bureau to…

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Agriculture. Depth to Sow Wheat. Discussion by Practical Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 11

The failure of wheat to germinate well in number of cases in the Temora district led the members of the local branch of the Agricultural Bureau to discuss lately the…

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Pastoral. Crossbreeding for Lambs. Value of the Second Cross

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 4

Advocating crossbreeding for sheep for lamb and mutton production before one of the branches of the Agricultural. Bureau, the Sheep and Wool Expert…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the pergonal superesion of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 230. Agricultural. Wheat Breeding. Natural Crossing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 4

Previous articles on this subject have referred to wheat as a self-fertilised crop, but the Plant Breeder shows that cross-fertilisation is possible, and that…

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Shot While in Bed. a Farmer's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 6

Thomas Perry, a farmer of Ramarama 25 miles south of Auckland, was shot dead while in bed with his wife at three o'clock on Saturday morning…

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Dairying. Transformed Sunshine. Products That Do Not Deplete the Soil

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 9

"To soil butter fat or sugar means, from the standpoint of fertility, to sell transformed sunshine, air, and water." So says Bulletin No. 204 of Kansas State…

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Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 8

At his yards, Raymond Terrace, on Wednesday, commencing at 12 o'clock sharp, Mr. R. A. Elkin will conduct a special sale of 500 head of Durham mixed cattle. Cars…

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Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 4

At the Dungog yards on Friday next, 8th instant, Messrs. D. Abbott ana Co. will offer 400 Durham bullocks and steers, choice Jersey heifers and mixed cattle…

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German in Wheat Crop. Schneider Captured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 3

Emeil Schneider, a German prisoner of war, escaped from Holdsworthy Concentration Camp on Sepetember 1. The police in the various centres were…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 3

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd. report under date 2nd October:—The market reopened last week with market buoyancy, as regards good…

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Bacon and Butter. Prices Likely to Remain High

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 2

Mr Arthur Knox, director of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company, who has just returned from a trip through the northern rivers, said…

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Sheep Dog V.C. Appeal to Help Mate

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 3

A striking case of the intelligence of a dog came under notice at Circular Quay on Saturday afternoon. The principal actors in what might be…

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Cattle Dealer's Trick. Good Drink for His Beasts Before Sale. Paris, Aug. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 4

A dishonest but amusing trick by a French cattle dealer in the sale of his stock to the Government has been discovered. The dealer had a contract to provide the army with a…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 1

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, report that the following applieations for patents connected with the…

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