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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 79

Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

Messrs Griffith and Haesel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Caetlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 4

Messrs. Edward Higgins, Parkinson and Co. will offer at auction at Muswellbrook on Tuesday, 20th inst., 600 head of cattle, comprising store bullocks and steers, dairy heifers, cows…

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British Wool Shortage. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 5

Sir A. Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, informed a wool trade deputation that less wool would be imported owing to the scarcity of tonnage, With restricted…

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N.Z. Farmers' Enterprise. To Found New Steamship Line. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 2

"Liòyds List" gives prominence to a proposal by the New Zealand Farmers' Union to establish a line of steamships with a capital of five millions…

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Sheep-fly Pest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 1

"Goovillie" writes:—If the increase of the blowfly, pest is due to poisoning rabbits, it is a very remarkable fact that in a year like the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report—Wool appraisement sales were ensumed in Sydney last Monday and will be continued until 22nd inst…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grabame, M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department No. 300…

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Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Higgens, Parkinson & Co., advertise a. sale of 700 head of store cattle, to take place at the local sale yards on Tuesday next, 20th instant…

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Wheat Guarantee. Payment for 1916-17 Crop

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 3

An announcement was made some days ago that the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) had made a proposal to an interstate conference in Melbourne that, with a…

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Horse and Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 4

Messrs. Walter J. Hawke and Co. will conduct a sale of horses at Armidale on the 29th Inst. at noon, when 200 horses, chielly from the breeder, will be yarded. The same firm…

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Canada's Wheat Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 3

It is stated that the price at which the British Government has purchased the surplus of Canada's 1917 wheat crop is 7/ per bushel. The area to be sown is likely to…

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Shocking Waste. Wheat Rendered Useless

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 1

A visit to the many railway stations and aidinga. througliout New South Wales reveals the fact that a large ijuantity of wheat—the product of the…

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South Australia's Wheat. Government Forecast Exceeded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 7

Evidence of the magnitude of this season's wheat drop is afforded by returns complied by the South Australian Whent Harvest Board. The Government forecast issued in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the mm on the Land. Those Notea are issued erery week, under the personal supervision of the Hun. W C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 306. Agricultural. Choosing Seed Wheat. Its Importance to the Crop

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 6

Among the preparations for the sowing of wheat there is hardly any to which greater importance should be attached man the choice of the seed Itsel. Not…

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Money for Australia. Early Payment for Wheat. London, Thursday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer), in introducing the supplementary vote for credit for £64,000,000 said that it included the payment of £18,000,000 to the…

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Sale of Superior Dairy Herd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 2

On the 21st Inst, at 11 a.m. Messrs Tindale and Cy., in conjunction with Messrs Weaver and Perry., Ltd., will offer for sale at "Riverview" farm,…

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Dairying. Care of Cream

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 9

Farmers who live close to the butter factories do not suffer as a rule by having their cream reduced in quality while it is on the road, but it is a very common occurence for…

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Indian Tea Crop. Acquired by Great Britain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 9

The British Government has taken over the unsold portion of the present season's Indian tea crop. The news reached Sydney by cable late yesterday afternoon, too into to affect…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sale. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 4

Maize prime yellow, 3/ per busher[?] nominal, 9/3, Tasmanian potatoes [?] arrived, but prices expected to be [?] let firm and unaltered…

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