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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 98

Share Farming Minister for Lands' Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 4

Particulars are at last available of the scheme of Government share farming which the Minister for Lauds has planned for the recently-resumed…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 4

A special cattle sale will be conducted by Messrs. McDougall and Co., at Warwick (Q.) on Saturday next, when 200 Shorthern bullocks, station-bred, will be offered…

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Wheat Lumpers' Strike. Settlement Expected

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 3

There is a prospect of settlement of the wheat lumpers' strike at Williamstown (Vic.). Mr Hagelthorn, the State Minister for Agriculture, on Tuesday…

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The Price of Butter. To Be Reviewed on

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 2

Sydney, Wednesday.—Those interest ed in the butter trade have been circularised by the Necessary Commodities Commission that the price of butter will…

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Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 3

The Necessary Commodities Commission has decided that the present price of butter should not be altered…

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The Wheat Harvest. a Record Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

The returns of the estimated wheat harvest in this State show that 5,165,400 acres have been placed under crop, or nearly 971,000 acres in excess of the area so…

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Syndey Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

Goldsbrough, More and Co., Ltd., report 13th inst:—The holiday recess ends this week, and on Monday, 17th inst., local auctions will be…

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Pastoral. the Dorset Horn Cross. For Fat Lamb Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

A practical test with fat lambs of the Dorset Horn cross was recently made by the Department of Agriculture, when a consignment was forwarded…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

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. 245…

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Farmer and Business Man

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

There is no man in the country who needs to be a good business man more urgently than the farmer, says Mr. P. Houston. He has a…

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Farmer and Business Man. Varied Problems

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

There is no man in the country who needs to be a good business man more urgently than the farmer, nays Mr. D. P. Houston, Secretary to the United…

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Agricultural. Practical Irrigation Farming. Manuring of Orchards

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

In almost every branch of agriculture the application of fertilisers to the soil is essential if the best results are to be obtained. According to the officer who…

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Tamworth Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Landers and Cantrell (Tamworth), in conjunction with Maiden Bros. (Sydney) will offer at auction at the yards, Tamworth, on Friday, February 4, 500…

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Tamworth Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Messrs. Landers and Cantrell advertise in this issue they will offer by auction at Tamworth, on 4th February, in conjunction with Messrs. Maiden Bros., Sydney…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4

A special sale of store cattle will be held at Wingham on Wednesday by Messrs. Furner and Hill. Five hundred head are already booked for the sale, and other sellers…

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