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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 98

Monday, May 1. Maliciously Killing Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 2

Daniel John Davis was indicted with having on February 6, at Yango, maliciously killed two cows, the property of Edward Richard Redding. Mr. R. Cowan,…

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Pastoral. Lambing Time. Points for Small Flock Owners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 8

In view of the approach of the lambing season a few suggestion may be of use to the owners of Small flock especially those whose experience of flock management is not great…

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The Wheat Harvest. Question Ok Export

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 16

Addressing a meeting of farmers at Wednesday derburn, Victoria, Mr. Hagelthorn, Minister for Agriculture for that State, said that of the 3,500,000 tons of exportable wheat…

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State Wheat Harvest. a Record Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 3

The work of compiling the returns of the actual results of the wheat harvest for the season [?] is almost complete and admit of the publication of the following particulars…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 2

These notes are issued every week a rider the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…

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The Butter Industry. Queensland Allowed to Export. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 6

The Queensland Government has decided to allow butter factorics to export all their second and third grade butter and a portion of first grade,…

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Dairying. the Value of Fodder Crops. In Present Circumstances?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 4

"The increased cost of production and manufacture, together with increased taxation, leave some very serious problems that dairv farmers will…

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DAIRYING. The Value of Fodder Crops. in Present Circumstances

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 2

The, increased cost of production and manufacture, together with increased-taxation, leave some very serious problems that daily farmers will…

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Wheat Breeding in N.s.w. a New Bulletin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 8

F[?] NO. 107 issued by th Department of Agriculture bring [?] in handy form four articles contributed by the plant-breeder to the Agricultural Gazette" during last year…

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Live Stock. [?]Eeding Farm Animals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 8

In the preceding articles an attempt has been match to indicate the animals feeding upon them. The relation of the different…

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Dairying. Rearing Calves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 8

"We prefer to take the calf from the mother as soon as dropped never allowing it to nurse even once. By this method the cow soon forgets the calf, and…

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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. 261. Agricultural. Observations on Weeds. Prevention and Eradication

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 4

The means by which weeds are distributed were referred to in last week's "Notes" in the hope that their consideration would be of some use in…

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S[?] Sheep and Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4

A special sale of sheep and cattle will be held at the S[?] yards by Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Co. on Friday next, when 1500 cattle and 300 sheep will be offered at auction. Particulars are…

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Wollombi Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. R. J. Dougherty will offer at auction at Wollombi yards on Saturday next, 100 heart of forward store cattle, including 40 young bullocks…

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Local and General News. Dairy Cows and Springers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4

Messrs Edward Higgens, Parkinson and Co. will offer at auction at Muswellbrook yards, on Friday next, 40 very choice dairy cows In full milk and 12 forward springers…

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Dungog Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 4

A special sale of Durham cattle will be held at Dungog yards on Saturday next by Mr. Thos, Carlton, who will offer at auction over 500 head, comprising bullocks,…

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Monster Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Wm. Inglis and Son, in conjunction with Messrs. Inglis and Stewart, will offer at the yards. Tamworth, on Friday next, 1600 head of store cattle,…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 6th May, 1916:— Wool.—News regarding wool values continues satisfactory. There is a…

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Indian Wheat. Conditions of Export. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 5

Charles Roberts, ex-Under-Sccretary [?] in the House of Commons, said that the Government of India is permitting the private export of wheat certain…

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Monster Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Wm. Inglis and Son, in conjunction with Messrs. Inglis and Stewart, will offer at the yards, Tamworth, on Friday next 1800 head of store cattle, including 1000 Durham bullocks,…

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