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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 98

The Reaper and Binder. on the Wheat Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 11

The off-discussed claims of the reaper and binder as against the combined harvester were before the Little Plain branch of the Agricultural Bureau a month or two…

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AGRICULTURAL. The Reaper and Binder. on the Wheat Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

The oft-discussed claims of the reaper and binder as against the combined harvester were before the Little Plain branch of the Agricultural…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 11

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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

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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British Butter Market. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 6

The butter market is very dull, buyers holding off as much as possible owing to the high prices. Danish butter is rather easier, owing to a…

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Russia's Wheat. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 6

Mr Bathgate, reporting as to the effeet of Roumania's wheat on the market, says it is almost a certainty that Russian wheat will be available in…

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Dairying. Machine Milking. The Problem of Difficult Cows

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

Milking machines have a wide, range of adaptability to unevenly shaped udders, and to [?]eats of different sizes, but in most ordinary herds there are…

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When to Cut Lucerne. Effect on Next Crop

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

The Wisconsin experiment station, U.S.A., has shown, by actual trial, that where lucerne was cut on 2nd September, 1914, the stand on 12th May,…

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Dairying. Machine Milking

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 11

Milking machines have a wide range of adaptability to unevenly shaped udders, and to teats of different sizes, but in most ordinary herds there are a few cows that are…

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Soldiers and Deferred Pay. Question Crops Up in Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 16

The question of deferred pay for soldiers cropped up at the Paddington Police Court, when William James Rodgers, 37, who were the R.S.A. badge, was charged…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

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

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Dairying in Winter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

During the winter season, operations in connection with dairying industry slacken off considerably, and consequently this is the most suitable…

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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. 278. Agricultural: Maize Under Irrigation. On the Murrumbidgee Area

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 4

"Although" maize has been more or less of a minor crop on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area up to the present, there is every reason to…

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Country High Schools. School Farms to Be Established

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 September 1916 · page 2

In, declaring the Mudgee High School officially opened on Saturday last. Mr. Griffth, Minister for Education, said it was the twenty-second High School now in operation in New…

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Erection of Silos. Government Assistance to Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 September 1916 · page 6

The recent drought on the North Coast has resulted in bringing home to farmers the absolute necessity of conserving fodder in order to tide them over such dry spells. The Department of…

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Price of Butter. Sussex-Street Wants Increase. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 3

Sussex-street merehants to-day lodged an application with Mr. Ackermann for permission to advance the price of butter by 1d per Ib…

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Australian Wheat. Another Dividend to Be Paid. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 3

It is expected that the dividend of 6d p[?]bushel on wheat in the pool will be [?] on September 7. Payment will be [?]de by local banks on presentation of…

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Dairy Science School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

The school which was to be held at Dungog on the 11th inst., has been postponed. A school will be held for one week from September…

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