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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 79

Holding Back the Wool. Why?

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 2

We have been asked by John Bridge and Co. to give publicity to the subjoined statement:— In the "Sydney Daily Telegraph" of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 7

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…

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A Wheat Transaction. Appeal to High Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 9

Judgment wan delivered in the High Court at Darlinghurst, in the case Gelling v. Crispin and another. At the trial plaintiff recovered a formal verdict for £3328, but the Supreme…

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Wool for Sydney. Government Prepared To Carry It

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 7

John Bridge & Co. Ltd. send us the following for publication:— In the "Sydney Daliy Telegraph" of the 1st inst there appeared an…

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Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Co Ltd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 2

The first general meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held at the School of Arts, on Friday 7th September. The Hon. J. C. White…

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Dairying. Lime Washing Cow Byres. a Novel Brush Handle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

One of the first essentials to the production of clean milk is a clean and sanitary milking shed, and to that end the use of a lime wash is one means…

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A Strayed Dairy Cow. And Her Milk Yield

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 4

It is quite natural for a cow that rears her calf in the wild, or which loses it there, to go dry quickly, says Mr. F. E. Place, Veterinary Lecturer in South…

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Lucerne Farmers. Defence Association Formed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 3

A meeting of lucerne farmers of the Lower Hunter was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering their position with regard to…

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Muswellbrook Letter. the Co-operative Dairy Company. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 7

The Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, recently established here, promises to become a very strong district organisation. The shares applied for and allotted…

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Record Dairy Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 4

Mr, J. Enright had a most successful clearing-out sale at Mr. John Heuston's farm at Rosebrook yesterday, all the more so on account of the dry weather. The attendance of…

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Agricultural. Potato Breeding for Farmers. a Profitable Practice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 9
Also in Singleton Argus

The potato crop has been brought into prominence or late years as a source of food that is cheaply and easily produced, but little has yet been…

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Dairy Cows Poisoned. Dastardly Outrage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 15

As the result of a dastardly outrage at Dalebank, near Mr. O'Barker, Mr. L[?] Cowan, who owns one of the best Jersey studs in South Australia lost two pedigree…

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Police Court. Thursday, September 13. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Dirty Dairy Utensils

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 7

Robert Daniel Cuneen was charged with having, en August 31, at Caswell, while engaged in the preparation of cream, failed to keep utensils free from…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Those 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. 332. the Orchard. the Spraying Season. Labor and Time-Saving Methods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 4

If lime-sulphur is made as directed in the recent article it can stand in the form of the concentrated solution for a short time before being used. The grower…

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Increased Butter Prices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 September 1917 · page 4

The Federal Price-Fixing Board has decided to advance the price of butter, bulk, choicest, and first-grade to 158s 8d, and second quality to 149b 4d. This increase…

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Farmer Produce Marxists. Sussex Street Sales Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 September 1917 · page 4

In Sussex street to-day maize sold at 4/6 per bussel Oats 3/2 to 3/10 per bushel Onions £6/10/ per ton lucerne £4/10/ to £6/10 per ton Millet £40 to £48 per ton…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 September 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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Letters to the Editor. the Lucerne Farmers and the F.s.a

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 September 1917 · page 6

Sir,—In all fairness to the Farmers and Settlers Association, which again held out the hand of good-fellowship to the lucerne growers of the Hunter at their meeting on Friday…

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