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Farming & the land, 1916

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This Orchard. to Maintain Soil, Fertility.californian Cover Crop Experiment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 9

Attention was directed in these "Notes" last Week to the importance of cover crops in orchards as u means of maintaining the fertility of the soil, and reference was…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 1

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

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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. 250. Agricultural Fodder Plants. Facts and Expectations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

We have had something to say in these columns in the last woek or two about the value of rotation on the wheat farm, anil the interest with…

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Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. R. A. Elkin will held a big cattle sale at his yards, Raymond Terrace, to-morrow (Tuesday), when 300 head of cattle will be yarded for auction, at 11 a.m. sharp…

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Tamworth Farmers. Union Formed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 7

There was a large gathering of farmers at Tamworth, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee a appointed to draft a constitution for the Farmers' Union…

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Special Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. Walter J. Hawke will offer at auction at the Armidale yards on Saturday next, 1100 head of well-bred store cattle, all in good condition, comprising bullocks,…

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Wheat and Hay. Grand Harvest. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 2

Over a millon bags of wheat are slacked between Forbes and Orange awaiting trucks. At Goologong 5000 acres of wheat…

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New Wheat Standard. 611b to the Bushel. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 2

The sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commorce met this afternoon and decided to make the F.A.Q. standard of N. S. Wales wheat…

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Essnock Co-operative Dairy Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 3

[?] seventeenth half-yearly meeting of [?]olders in the Cessnock Co-operative [?] Company was held on Saturday last, which the chairman of directors, Mr. W…

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Mr. George Prince's Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. George Prince's well-known farm at Dunmore, comprising 82 acres of rich agricultural and grazing land, will be offered for sale by public auction by Mr. E. W…

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Military Service. Cash of Farm Labourers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 5

During the sitting of the tribunals under the Compulsory Military Service Act at Kirkby Stephen (a market town of Westmoreland) many farmers threatened to sell…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 1

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

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Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

The fair average quality standard of wheat in N.S. Wales has been fixed at 61lbs to the bushel for this season…

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Wheat Scheme. £44,519,390 Probable Value of Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 4

A conference of the Minster for Agriculture of the various wheat-producting States to consider the operation of the wheat scheme was began in Melbourne yesterday…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports. John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 4

Wool.—Market continues firm and unchanged. Out of 3100 bales of greasy wool catalogued by us last Monday 2003 bales were sold at prices ranging from 12d to…

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Farm Labourers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

During the sitting of the tribunals under the Compulsory Military Service Act at Kirkby Stephen (a market town of Westmoreland) many farmers…

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The Wheat Conference. Advance to Farmers. The Price of Bread. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 2

The Wheat Conference at Melbourne to-day decided to advance to farmers a further 6d per bushel in April also to fix the price of wheat for internal…

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Wool Trade

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 8

We have been requested by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to give publicity to the following statement:— WOOL GROWERS !…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd. report:— A good selection of Southern and Northern wools was included in our sale this week, when…

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Upper Hunter Wool. and Wool-growers in Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

It has been the practice for some years of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., to put on a catalogue practically made up of…

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