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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 98

Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Tho twenty-first, half yearly meeting of the above was held in the Centennial Hall, on Saturday last. Mr R. W. Alison (chairman…

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State Wheat Scheme. Appointment of Inspectors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) states that arrangements have been made between the state Wheat Office and the Railway Department for an officer from…

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Local and General News. Special Sale of Store Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

At Beatty's yards, Gresford, on Tuesday, 29th instant, Mr. T. Bogan will yard 500 head of locally bred cattle for auction sale. The lots include good quality steers and…

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Women Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 5

The N.S.W. Department, of Agriculture is making opportunities for the training of women in agriculture. At Dural a…

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Co-operative Dairy Co

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

The 16th annual meeting of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co. was to have been held at the office on Saturday. The quorum necessary…

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Wheat Compensation Claims

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

The following circular is issued by the Farmers and Settlers' Association for the guidance of farmers in making claims for compensation in…

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Local and General News. Muswellbrook Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 4

A special cattle sale will be held at Wellbrook on Tuesday, March 7, by Messrs. Edward Higgons, Parkinson, and Co. Owners desirous of offering are asked to advise…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 1

Wool.—Another week of excellent selling conditions has to be recorded, prices rulingat the best paint of the season. Although an embargo has been placed on the shipment…

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Wheat Handling. Over 100 Elevators in the State. £2,000,000 Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture announces that the plans of the proposed terminal grain elevators at Sydney and Newcastle will be ready…

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Farms for Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 5

It is proposed to set apart 1000 farms on the Murrumbidgoo irrigation area during the next few years for returned soldiers. In other directions there will be…

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Butter Reduced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 4

The increase in the production of butter in the State has caused the Necessary Commodities Control Commission to recommend at reduction in the price by one penny per…

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Increasing Wheat Production. How Financiers Assisted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 6

Last year an appeal was made to the farmers of Victoria to sow us large an area as possible with wheat in anticipation of good prices. The capacity of many wheat…

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Roumania. British Wheat Deal. Bucharest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 5

The Government has refused Germany's offer to outbid the British syndicate's contract for wheat…

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Wheat Ships Delayed. Strike of Gantry Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 6

Owing to the recurrence of the strike of gantry men at Darling Harbour, ten wheat ships are held up, all the wheat loading work having stopped…

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Farmer's War Claims. Prison for Exaggerating Losses. Paris, Jan. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 6

A decision which will rank as a precedent in French jurisdiction on questions of fraudulent claim for war damages has been arrived at by a court-martial sitting at Bar-le-Due…

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Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. R. A. Elkin will hold at big cattle sale at his yards, Raymond Terrace, on Tuesday next, when 300 head of cattle will be yarded for auction, at 11 a.m. sharp…

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Wheat Held Up. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 8

As the result of the gantry men's strike at Darling Harbor ten wheat ships are held up and all wheat loading work has stopped…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · 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 Agricultural and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 250…

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The Wheat Harvest. in the Molong District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

Intense activy is in evidence in the Molong district in carting this season's record harvest to the rail. Already there are giant stacks in the railway yard, containing over 130,000 bags,…

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