Wheat Loading. Shortage of Labour in South Australia
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 3
Mr. Blundoll, minister for industry, south Australia stated that the wheat Harvest Board was experiencing considentble difficulty at wallaroo in handling garin from the…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 2
On Mr. R. Aitken's farm on the Gunnible Sub-division, 12 acres of land under potatoes yielded 50 tons, for which a ready market…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4
Mr. J.A. Thompson hold a very successful sale at Millfield on behalf of Mr. Matthew sternbook on saturday last, when his milking cows averaged £13 6s 6d, and heifers (2 years) £9 14s, and a…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4
At the Scone yards on Tuesday, 27th instant, Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Co., will offer at auction 1500 head of store cattle, including 450 Hereford bullocks…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 2
The 23rd half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above was held at Dungong on Saturday last. The directors report stated that during the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
Messrs. W. J. Hawke and Co. in conjunction with Messrs. Fenwick and Gill, of Waleha, will offer at Armidale on March 2, 2500 head of New England bred cattle, including 900…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
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. 302…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Inferior Quality Cream. Chiefly Result of Want of Cleanliness on Farms
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
In the plainest language and with a great deal of force, the Dairy Expert in the "Agricultural Gazette" tells dairy farmers that three-quarters…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
A week or two ago fours were entertained of the failure of the grape crop, in the Cessnock district, owing to continued wet weather, but the fears have been dispelled by the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
Messrs. Tindale and Co., with Messrs. Weaver and Perry, Ltd., on account of Mr. H. R. Flanders, will offer at auction at his dairy farm, Riverview, Muswellbrook, on Wednesday, March…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
Particulars are advertised in this issue of the safe on Saturday, March 31, of a number of farms in the Eales' Estate, including Duckenfield House, ground, and farms on…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
Messrs. E. W. Sparke and James Delmege, in conjunction, will offer at auction at camphell's Hill, early next month, the well known Knocklin Estate, situate close to…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4
The dispersal sale at Mr. Peter Murphy's farm, Glenalbyn, will be conducted at noon to-morrow by Mr. J. Enright and Messrs. Brooker and Lindeman, in conjunction…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 4
Particulars may be obtained in our advertising columns of the following cattle sales.—Messrs, Lowcock and King and W. M. P. Barnes, at Tamworth yards, on the 23rd…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 4
Messrs Weaver and Perry, Ltd., will hold a special cattle sale at Muswellbrook on Tuesday next, when 1200 head of stores will be yarded, including 400 Durham bullocks,…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 9
For some time past, by direction of Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, officers of the department have been making experiments in connection with the destruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Wheat Ships London
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 14
The "Lokal Anzieger" predicts attacks on the Australian wheat ships, on which the Allies' supplies are now largely dependent. Every 100,000 gross register tons destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Wheat Pool. This Year's Harvest
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 7
Returns supplied yesterday by the Australian Wheat Board show that up till Monday 12,750,000 bags of wheat from the 1916-17 harvest had been put into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural. Varieties of Wheat. Changes in Departmental Recommendations
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 12
The recommendations of the Department of Agriculture as to the varieties of wheat and other cereals to be used in New South Wales during the causing season appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian Wool Clip. British Action. London, Thursday night
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 5
In the House of Commons to-day, replying to Mr. Sherwell (Liberal), Mr. Forster Financial Secretary to the War Office, said the Australian wool clip had not been…
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