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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 98

AGRICULTURAL. Harrowing Young Wheat. Crushed Surfaces

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

A point of consideiable interest is raised in a note from thr manager of Coonamble experiment farm, in which attention is drawn to the success of…

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State Wheat Harvest. a Record Output

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 14

The work of compiling the returns of the actual results of the wheat harvest for the season 1915-16 is almost complete, and admits of the publication of the following particulars…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

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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Freight Problems. Australian Wheat. London, May 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 12

Mr. Hughes discussed the freight problem with the Australian representatives to-day, and then called on Mr. Balfour at the Admiralty. He also had a lone talk…

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Indian Wheat. Conditions of Export. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 7

Charles Roberts, ex-Under-Secretary for India in the House of Commons, said that the Government of India is permitting the private export of wheat under certain…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 9

Farmers' bulletin. No. 107. just, issued by the Department of Agriculture, brings together in handy form four articles contributed by the plant-breeder to the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Thess 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. 262. Agricultural. Harrowing Young Wheat. Crusted Surfaces

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

A point of considerable interest is raised in a note from the Manager of Coonamble experiment farm, in which attention is drawn to the success of…

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Dairying. Transmission of Desirable Qualities. Some Remarkable Variations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

How widely bulls vary in their capacity to transmit dairy quality is shown by the results obtained from the Jersey herd at the University…

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Dairying. Transmission of Desirable Qua[?]ties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 12

How widely bulls vary in their capacity to transmit dairy is shown by the results obtained from the Jersey herd at the University Missouri, which have lately been…

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Farm Colonies for Wounded. What France Is Doing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 12

The news that the Government is about to undertake the provision of suitable employment for our disabled fighters is most welcome to those of us who have long…

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Dairying Utensils

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 8

As is generally known, we lay ourselves out to supply article required in co[?] from with our great Dairying Industry, nothing is too large, nothing is too small or…

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Dairying. Rearing Calves

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 9

"We prefer to take the cult 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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From Farm to Field. Grazing at Cooper's Creek. a Maitlander's Experiences

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 9

From a struggling fanner on the Hunter six years ago to a prosperous grazier in Western Queensland seems a long step, which it is by the map, but that is just the proud…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 3

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

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Tenterfield Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., and Mr. E. C. Roper (in Conjunction) will offer at auction at Tenterfield on Saturday next, 1000 to 2000 head of store cattle comprising…

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Store Cattle Sale At Seabam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 4

At the Seaham sale to-morrow Mr. W. J. Hogan will have a large yarding of pigs described as being some of the finest baconers and porkers the Williams River is capable of…

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Farming for Women

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 4

The State Department of Labour and Industry has furnished to the Premier a report in regard to farming and agricultural training for women. The Advisory Board…

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Woodville Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Woodville branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held in the Church of England School Hall on Wednesday night next…

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Armidale Store Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Walter J. Hawke and Co. will offer at the municipal yards, Armidale, on Thursday, 25th instant, 1600 head of fat and store cattle, particulars of which are…

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Hard Times. Living on Boiled Wheat

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 1

The way of the pioneer is hard, and although the roinance of settlement today is much less than it was in the early days of colonisation, still, the…

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