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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Chicago Wheat Record. Chicago

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 5

Wild excitement characterised the operations on the Chicago Wheat Pit yesterday. Values again advanced with rapidity and at the close of the day the ruling price for…

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The Butter Output. Winter Shortage Feared

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 2

The butter prospect for the coming winter is causing some uneasiness among the Sussex-street merchants. Mr Morrison, manager of the butter…

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Heavy Butter Returns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

A dairy farmer on the Lower ManManning claims to have put up. a record in regard to Teturns from the butter factory during December and…

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Low Winter Wheat Crot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 5

In face of a threatened world food shortage the American winter wheat crop shows the lowest condition for 30 years. Agricultural conditions otherwise are good…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 1

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

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Heavy Butter Returns

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 7

'A dairy farmer on the Lower Manning claims to have put up a record in regard to returns from the butter factory during the December and January (says the…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 5

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report 9 th May.—The appraising of our 7th catalogue submitted under the present scheme was completed…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister ef Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Annual Wool Review. a Unique Year

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 8

Prom Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., we have. received an advance proof of their annual review of the wool trade. As usual, it…

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Wheat Gamble. Another World's Record. Values Reach 12/11[?]. CHICAGO

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

The boom in wheat in the Chicago pit continues. Winnipeg grain, May option had big business to-day, any many exciting scenes were…

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Queensland Sugar Crop. Record Yield Anticipated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2

The negotiations between the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), and the Queensland Government, with regard to taking over the sugar crop are still proceeding…

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Singleton Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

Messrs. H. York and Son and W. Bailey and Sons will offer at action at the Tarm of Mr. Walt Wood, Broke, near Singleton, on Saturday, 19th instant, the whole of his…

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Dairy Cows and Heifers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction at Campbell's Hill on Monday next, 30 choice cows and heifrs with young calves at foot and on the point of calving, and 25 heifers,…

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Perfecting the Dairy Cow

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

Can we bring out any finer points in the cow of to-morrow? The question is asked by ah American writer in an article in which he…

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Plant Breeding on Farms. Save Promising Plants

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

The Plant Breeder of the Agricultural Department is anxious to get into touch with farmers or sons of farmers who have sufficient interest in…

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Wheat Prices. Ottawa

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 14

The announcement was made in the Canadian House of Commons by Sir Thos. White, Finance Minister, that plans are in progress for joint action by Canada and the United…

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Chicago Wheat Record. Chicago

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 13

Wild excitement characterised the operations on the Chicago Wheat Pit yesterday. Values again advanced with rapidity and at the close of the day the ruling price for…

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Something About Wheat (By Sir Joseph Carruthers, M.l.c.) Ii

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 2

The system of judging at our shows does not help the farmer in hip seed selection. The prize winners in the open classes would keep a farmer poor if he…

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Of Interest to Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 8

On Monday afternoon, at Mr. J. H. Beale's dairy, Blairmore Estate, Aberdeen, Mr. F. Wigan, Governmeut Dairy Inspector, gave an interesting…

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Plant Breeding on Farms. Save Promising Plants

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

The Plant Breeder of the Agricultural Department is anxious to get into touch with farmers or sons of farmers who have sufficient interest in…

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