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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 98

Harrowing Growing Crops. Good Practice

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

One of the chief objections urged by farmers against the practice of harrowing young wheat crops is that it destroys, so many plants, but that it has…

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Local and General News. Moree Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 4

The cattle sale announced to be held at Moree on Wednesday, 30th Instant, has been postponed until Tuesday, September 5, when 1000 Queensland store cows will be offered…

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AGRICULTURAL. Wheat-Bins. Estimates of Cost

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

An estimate of the cost of constructing wheat bins on the farm was put before the Tallawang branch of the Agricultural Bureau at the Juno meeting,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral, Notes for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 3

These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the…

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Wheat Dear. (Australian Cable Association.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 7

The latest report from the wheat market is that the market is firm and prices dearer…

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The Wheat Harvest. Australia's Opportunity. London, Wednesday night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 13

There is a partial wheat corner in London. Agents are holding back shipments and compelling the millers to purchase at the dearest prices…

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London's Milk Supply. Margarine Versus Butter. What Australia Has to Compete With

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 10

The milk problem, as it affects London, is dealt with interestingly by Private L. J. Harrigan, of B. Coy, 34th Battalion, now in camp in England, and a former resident of…

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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 or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 277. Dairying. Machine Milking. The Problem of Difficult Cows

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 4

Extraction is not the whole business of milking. There are those who seem to think that it is so, but that is perhaps one reason why such men rarely…

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Harrowing Growing Crops. Good Practice

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

One of the chief objections urged by farmers against the practice of harrowing young wheat crops is that it destroys so many plants, but that it has…

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DAIRYING. Machine Milking. the Problem of Difficult Cows

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 3

Extraction is not the whole business of milking. There are those who seem to think that it is so, but that is perhaps one reason why such men rarely…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 3

The nineteenth half-yearly meeting of Shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited was held in the Morpeth School of Arts on Saturday…

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Butter Shortage

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 2

The shortage of butter in Sydney ,is daily becoming more acute. During the week-end many householders were able to secure only one-half their normal…

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Canada's Wheat Crop. . Heavy Decline. (Australian Cable Association.) New York, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 2

The wheat acreage of Canada showe a decrease of 20 per cent. It is expected that the Canadian crop will show a decline of 27 per cent…

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Butter Shortage

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 2

The shortage of butter in Sydney is daily becoming more acute During the weak, end many householders were able to secure only one-half their normal requirements…

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Wheat Elevator Burned San Francisco

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 6

The wheat elevator of the Sperry Flour Company has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 2,000,000 dollars…

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COMMERCIAL. Sydney Wool and Produce Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 1

John Bridge and Co. Ltd, report under date 2th August, 1910:— Wool.—No pronouncement has as yet been made in respect to possible…

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Wheat Market Affected. New York, Monday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 3

Roumania's entry to the war smashed Chicago wheat. The opening losses were 4½de and there was a general rush to sell. The cause of the slump is obvious! The…

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