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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 79

Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 4

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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A Soldier's Letter. Prickly Pear Farms. Prussian Guards "Play the Game:"

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 3

An interesting letter has been received by Mr J. S. Northcote, of the "Argus" reporting staff, from his nephew, Pte. Ernest Ward, of Randwick,…

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Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 4

Mr. R. A. Elkm will offer at auction at his yards, Raymond Terrace, on Wednesday next, 100 head of fat cattle, springers, and store cattle, amongst the lot being a number…

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Prices of Butter. Second-grade Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 2

Owing to the fact that a cons[?] amount of second -grade butter has been sold retall to cons[?]mera a first-grade pr[?] the Minister in charge of food prices,…

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Sheep Buried for 33 and 41 Days

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 5

The snowstorm of unusual violence which set in suddenly on January 7 buried many sheep under snow in the Border district. Some remarkable…

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Wool Sales and Army Needs

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report that this week wool appraisements are being held in Brisbane. Arrangements have been made to hold sales in Sydney during…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

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. 317…

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Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co., Limited. Half-yearly Meeting

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 3

Mr. Archie Campbell, chairman of directors, presided over the twenty-eighth half-yearly meeting of the above company on Wednesday, and at which about 40…

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Queensland Cattle. More Wanted in South Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 8

Although the judgment of the High Court was against the embargo imposed by the Queensland Government on the export from that State of cattle on the hoof, it is…

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Sheep Buried for 33 and 41 Days

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 5

The snowstorm of unusual violonce which set in suddenly on January 7 buried many sheep under snow in the Border district. Some remarkable…

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Wheat Workers' Wages. Industrial Court Award

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 3

Mr. Justice Heydon concluded in the Industrial Court yesterday afternoon the hearing of evidence in the wheat-workers' case The evidence had been brought by the…

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Handling of Wheat. Judge on Men's Demands

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 11

In the industrial Court, the dispute concerning the wages of the men handing wheat in the mice-infected districts was before Mr. Justice Heydon…

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Cattle Sales. Austria-hungary. Government Restriction. London. Thursday night. a Prudent Emperor. Wants Moke Secure Throne. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 6

The Food Controller has ordered dealers to sell cattle to persons under-taking to slaughter thorn within a fortnight. "Cattle" includes rams, ewes, Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says that Emperor Karl, in his speech from the Throne to the Austrian Reichsrath, solemnly asseverated his determination to…

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Dairying Progress of the Industry. Influence of the Art

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 9

The quantity and the quality of the butter manufactured in New South Wales butter factories In the months of October to February (inclusive) are…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 10

The animal meeting of the Durham District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Paterson on Saturday, the 19th instnat…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. There Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Son. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agricultural, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department No. 317. Agricultural. Dry Copper Carbonate. As a Preventive of Bunt

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 4

Reference was made in recent articles in this column to the prospects of success with dry copper carbonate as a preventive of bunt, and one…

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Farms for Soldiers. Mr. Ashford Satisfied

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) returned to Sydney on Saturday, after a tour of the country, extending over three weeks during which time he inspected area purchased…

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Farmers Assist Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 7

PLANTING 200 ACRES WITH WHEAT. Farmers turned up in force at Hughstonia, in the Yass district, on Saturday with ploughs and implements, for cultivating and…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussexs Street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 4

In SUssex-street to-day large surpplles of malzo were forward, white selling at 3/4 per…

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