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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,923 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 97

For the Wheat Crop. Work at Port Kembla

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 2

Sydney, Wednesday.—The Government intends to erect a depot at Port Kembla for the storage and shipping of wheat. The new railway to the port…

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Violet Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

Why do we prefer our butter to be of a yellow colour instead of the milky hue it has when it is freshly churned? Nobody can give any reason for the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 8

The A.M.L. and P. Co., Ltd., report under date 20th October :—Sales were held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, of last week,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 October 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. 233…

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Our Sydney Letter. "Much Cry and Little Wool."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 3

God [?]orbit that either pressmen or politicians should ever be allowed to determine questions of military strategy!" So says…

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"Sunnyside" Dairy Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 4

Messrs. D. A. Abbott and Co. and Alison and Jones, in conjunction, will offer at auction at the Courthouse Hotel, Dungog, on Friday, November 19, the property known…

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Dairy Industry Bill

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 3

In the committee stages of this measure when it was before the House, Mr. W. Brown, M.L.A., in dealing with the proposed registration of factories…

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Of Interest to Dairymen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 2

The attention of dairymen is drawn to an advertisement by the Dungog Dairymen's and Farmers' Milk & Ice Co., in which they…

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Agricultural. Practical Irrigation Farming. Varieties of Grapes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 6

Of the States of the Commonwealth only one—South Australia—is free from phylloxera to-day. In the other States it would be folly to plant a…

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Thinning the Crop

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 6

Wherever heavy crops have been set by trees, it is advisable to reduce stone and pome fruits by thinning. A natural drop of fruit accurst when the…

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Poultry. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 104. Seventh Annual Conference of Poultry Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 6

The issue of the above bulletin puts before the poultry farmers of the State a report of the conference held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College on…

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Poultry. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 104. Seventh Annual Conference of Poultry-Farmers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 4

The issue of the above bulletin puts before the poultry farmers of the State a report of the conference held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College on…

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Violet Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 4

Why do we prefer our butter to be of a yellow colour instead of the milky line it has when it is freshly churned? Nobody can give any reason for the…

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Pastoral. Fodder Trees. an Offer by the Government

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 9

Consideration has lately been given by the Honourables the Ministers of Lands and agriculture to a scheme for encouraging farmers and pastoralists to establish…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 3

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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Price of Bread. Loss on Imported Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 2

The members and employees of the Wheat Acquisition Board, which is shortly to suspend operations, were entertained by Mr. Hall, Attorney-General, at a harbour trip…

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American Wheat Market a Sharp Advance. Chicago

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 13

A sharp advance, in the price of wheat is due to reports that the British and French, intended to leave the Dardanelles and operate elsewhere, leaving Russian wheat still…

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Agriculture. Practical Irrigation Farming. [?]Ble Fruit Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 9

Fruit-growing with irrigation on a large scale was begun in Australia through the enterprise of California n irrigationists, and the Industry has developed more or less on…

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