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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 79

Moving Australian Wheat. Mr. Holman's Efforts. London, Sunday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 6

The corn traders, on the advice of Mr. Holman, Premier of New South Wales, have adopted a resolution urging the british government to provide tonnage sufficient to…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 4

In Sussex-street to-day maize sold at 3/11 to 4/[?] per bushel. Potatoes, local £5 to £7 per ton. Milled, nominally, £35 to £43 per ton…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 1

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for Patents have been filed at the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister o Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 330…

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Dairying. the Spineless Cactus. As Food for Stock

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

Recent American files contain a statement supplied to certain newspapers by Professor Woll, of the University of California, on the subject of feeding…

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Rotation of Crops. And the Effect on Fertility

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

Of figures that show the importance of rotation there are plenty, in the view of some farmers, perhaps, but the latest are certainly remarkable. They…

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Hold Back Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 5

Wool selling houses have been instructed by the State Wool Committee to notify their clients that until further advice has been given that overseas shipments has resumed…

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The Northern Territory Pastoral and Mineral Development

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 3

In a memorandum dealing with the Northern Territory, tables in the House of Representatives, Mr. Glynn, Minister for Home Affairs and Territories, points out that the…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 11

The twenty-first half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., was held in the company's board room, Morpeth, on Saturday…

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"Price of Butter. Reports to Commission

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 6

Further consideration was given on Thursday by the Necessary Commodities Control Commission to matters arising from the present supply of butter,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 7

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

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Moving Australian Wheat. Mr. Holman's Efforts. London, Sunday Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 2

The corn traders, on the advice of Mr. Holman, Premier of New South Walers, have adopted a resolution urging the British Government to provide tonnage sufficient to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. 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. 330. Agricultural. the Changes Effected by Fallowing. a Farmer's Statement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

A paper on the soil and the changes cflocioa by laliowing was read by Mr. James Serwood at a meeting of the Springside branch of the Agricultural…

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Dairying. the Spineless Cactus. As Food for Stock

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

Recent American flies contain a statement supplied to certain newspapers by Professor Won, or the university or California, on the subject or [?]…

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Botation of Crops. And the Effect on Fertility

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

Of figures that show the importance of rotation there are plenty, in the view of some farmers, perhaps, but the latest are certainly remarkable. They…

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Root Crops in Pig Feeding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

Many of the ailments among pigs, a Western correspondent to the Melbourne Leader writes, are brought about in the first place by indigestion; often the result…

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Warwick Farm Races. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 5

Inability ,to obtain special trains again prevented the Warwick Farm Club from racing this afternoon, and the meeting scheduled for to-day was not held. If possible…

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Dairying. the Spinless Cactus. Food for Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 9

Recent American files contain a statement supplied to certain newspapers by Prof. Well, of the University of California, on the subject of feeding spineless anctus to milking…

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The Northern Rivers. Progress of Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 16

Mr. P. G. Hampshire, Dairy Inspector, writing in the "Agricultural Gazette," says: "During the past twelve months a very marked advancement in the production both…

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Dairying. the Utility of Starters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 9

Classifying the uses of "starters," the Dairy Expert, in the paper referred to in last week's notes, considers them as used (1) in factories that receive cream daily, and…

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