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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,960 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 79 of 98

Australian Wheat. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Mr. Anderson asked whether Australian wheat would be shipped at freights similar to those fixed by the Sugar Commission, Mr. Pretyman replied…

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Pastoral. Trials of Grasses Under Drought Conditions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

The year ended 31st December, 1915, was the driest recorded at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, the fall in that year, being 16.725 inches, as compared…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the son. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on to experience of the Department. No. 286…

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Vegetables on the Farm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 4

Success with vegetables is very largely a matter of the proper preparation of the ground, not only for the first crop, but for every…

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Farmers Need Not Fear

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 3

The Prime Minister on Tuesday referred to the frantic efforts of the anti-conscriptionists to persuade the farmer that the effect of voting "Yes," would…

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Referendum and the Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

Mr G. H. Crowshurst, of Tomingley, gives a hot, strong, straight gospel-truth presentation of the conscription issue as one man on the…

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Action about Share Farming Transactions. SCARR V. TEBAY

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 9

A case of interest to sharefarmers has been decided after a sitting of three days and two nights of the District Court at Taree, before his…

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Dairying. Effect of Heavy Feeding. Upon Growth and Dairy Qualiltes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 4

An invalidation conducted at the experiment station connected with Missouri University U.S.A., resulted in some interesting information being…

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Dairying. Effect of Heavy Feeding. Upon Growth and Dairy Qualiites

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 4

An investigation conducted at the experiment Station connected with Missouri University, U.S.A., resulted in some interesting information being…

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Sheep and Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 4

Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Co. will conduct a special sheep and cattle sale at the Scone yards, on Friday, November 3, when about 800 head of cattle and 1000 sheep will be…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus, The Muswellbrook Chronicle

At Moonan Flat, near Scone, on Saturday. November 4, Messrs. R. and N. Lockhead, in conjunction with Mr. James McEwan, will offer 500 head of well-bred cattle, in excellent…

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Pastoral. Trials of Grasses Under Drought Conditions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 6

The year ended 31st December, 1915, was the driest recorded at Huwkesbury Agricultural College, the fall in, that year being 16.725 inches, as compared…

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Pastoral. Trials of Grasses. Under Drought Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 11

The year ended 31st December, 1915, was the driest recorded at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, the fall in that year being 16,725 inches, as compared with an average…

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COMMERCIAL. Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 7

The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd report:—We submitted it very representative and attractive catalogue of Borne 5260 bales at our sale on Thursday, comprising…

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Export of Butter. Price for Local Consumption

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 3

Senator Russell the Minister in charge of price regulation on Friday announced that finality had at last been reached between the Federal Government and the butter producers…

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Storage of Wheat. Enfield's Stacking Facilities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 14

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) states that he has had his attention drawn to several paragraphs which have recently appeared in the press regarding…

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