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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 98

Crop Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 4

The recent beneficial rains have wrought a wonderful improvement in the district and will have the effect of placing a considerable sum of money in the pockets of the…

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The Wheat Pool

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 3

Great interest attaches to the meeting of the Federal Wheat Pool, which takes place to-day. It was commonly supposed that the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1916 · 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. 259…

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Non-delivery of Butter. High Court Action. Won by Sydney Firm. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 2

Mr. Justice Isaacs, in the High Court at Darlinghurst this morning gave his reserved judgment in the action brought by Fred. Charlick, trading as…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 4

The indication given last week of the ingredients of plants that go to make up feeding value will have probably stimulated interest in the question…

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Winter School for Farmers. Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the annual winter school for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 20th June to 15th July next…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 4

These Notes are issued every wook, 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. 259…

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Feeding Farm Animals

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 4

"The question of the economic feeding of farm animals depends as much on scientific principles as does the economic feeding of farm crops"…

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Live Stock Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 4

The indication given last week of the ingredients of plants that go to make up feeding value will have probably stimulated interest in the question…

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Winter School for Farmers. Hawkesbury Agricultural College

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the annual winter school for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultrual College from 20th June to 15th July next…

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Railway Muddle. Sheep Go Astray

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 7

Mr W. G. Bowling, stock inspector for Forbes, told a meeting of directors of his board of a railway bungle:—"Mr H. Garnham, a well-known Forbes…

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Dairyings Capacity for Producing Butter Fat. Is It Transmitted by Dam or Sire?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 12

The assertion, sometimes heard from dairy, farmers that hotter from infe[?] are as good as those from good ones was recently subjected to a test in the State of…

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Bulk Wheat Handling. Grain Elevator in Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 10

The Minister for Agricultures (Air. W. C. Graharme) accompanied by two members of the Governmental bulk handling committe (Messrs. R. Kendall,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued ever 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. 259. Dairying. Capacity for Producing Butter Fat. Is it Transmitted by Dam or Sire?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 4

The assertion, sometimes heard from dairy farmers, that heifers from inferior cows are as good as those from good ones was recently subjected to a…

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Winter School for Farmers. Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the annual winter school for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 20th June to 15th July next…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 4

The indication given last week of the ingredients of plants that go to make up feeding value will have probably stimulated, interest in the question…

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Winter School for Farmers at Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 12

Arrangements have been made for the annual winter school for formers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 20th June to 15 july next. The sylla[?]…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 12

The indication given last week of the [?] of plants that go to make up feeding value will have probably s[?] interest in the question—what are the…

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The One-crop System. Why It Is Unsafe

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 9

A one-crop system of farming is unsafe for seven reason: (1) Because it not only depends upon a satisfactory crop return, but also upon a…

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Live Stock. Feioding Farm Animals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 9

That the feeding of farm animals is not a matter of rule of thumb, but really depends upon certain scientitic principles, was indicated in an article of a somewhat general…

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