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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 98

Export of Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 5

All sections of the wool trade were represented at the Government conference to consider the export of wool. The department controlling war trade was given…

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The Wheat Pool. Big Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 8

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn) states that at a meeting of the Australian Wheat Board, held on Saturday morning, it was…

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Dairy Industry Act. Brands on Butter-boxes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture has issued a notification to managers of butter factories and other concerned that 70 per cent. of the brands received so far for registration under…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 4

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

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 4

At the Muswellbrook yards on Tuesday next Messrs. Edwardd Higgens, Parkinson, and Co. will offer at auction. 600 head of store cattle, comprising well-bred Durham…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 1

John Bridge and Co. Ltd. report under date 20th May, 1916:— Wool.—The wool market remains first and unchanged. It is expected that the…

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Polled Black Angus Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 4

We have received from the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society a copy of an illustrated pamphelt recording the merits and successes of the Aberdeon-Angus cattle as meat…

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Commercial. Farmers' Produce Markets. To-day's Quotations. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 7

Maize, yellow, 5/ per bushel; white, 4/10. Millet, prime long, £40 to £43 per ton; inferior and discoloured, £30. Potatoes, unchanged…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

Messrss D. Abbott and Co. will offer at auction at Booral on Wednesday next 300 mixed cattle, including 50 jersey helfers…

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Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

On Tuesday next, at his yards, Raymond Terrace, Mr. R.A. Elkin will offer at auction 200 head of fat an store cattle and springers on account of various owners…

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Brands on Butter Boxes. Warnings to Factory Managers

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture desires to inform managers of butter factories aud others concerned that 70 per cent. of the brands received so far for registration…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

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. 264…

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Farmyard Manure

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

Here and there in this State are to be found farmers who have realised the value of farmyard manure, and who apply it regularly to the land…

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Dairying. an Analysis of Records. The Only Way

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

A striking illustration of the fact that the test and scales is the only method of knowing the best cows is shown in some figures recently…

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Farmyard Manure. Preservation of its Value

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

More and there in this State are to be found farmers who have realised the value of farmyard manure, and who apply it regularly to the land before…

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Dairying Utensils

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 8

The supplying of the dairy utensils which are required in connection with the dairying industry is a very important branch of our business,…

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Butter Business

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. Stanford Dann intimates elsewhere that he will personally resume and continue his rounds and supply of butter, commencing from Monday next, 29th instant, and…

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