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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 79

Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 October 1917 · page 2

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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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 4

Mr. R. A. Elkin will offer 400 head of cattle at his yards, Raymond Terrace, on the 9th instant, at 12 o'clock sharp…

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Social Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 4

At the shire yards, Singleton, on the 19th instant, Messrs. Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., will conduct a special cattle sale, when 1050 head will be yarded. Trucks…

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Wheat Crop Prospects. in the North and Northwest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 4

A great change has taken place over the wheat country in the north and north-west. Up to the last rainfall the wheat everywhere was…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 October 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. 335…

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Dairying. a Milker's Protection Against Cows that "Switch."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

A Wisconsin dairy-farmer, who had nearly lost the sight of one eye in consequence of being hit by a cow's tail while milking, has devised a means…

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Store Cattle Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 2

Mr. J. Enright advertises a sale of 2000 store cattle at Maitland yards on 10th instant. Included in the lot are 700 bullocks…

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Gloucester Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 4

On Wednesday next, at 11.30 a.m., at Abbott and Co.'s yards, Gloucester, Messrs. Stanley Jones and Co. will offer 190 bead of mixed cattle…

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Cattle sale at Tenterfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 4

At tenterfield on the 13th instant, at 12 o'clock sharp, a special cattle sale will be held by Messrs. Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., of Singleton, and M. Harold Curry…

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Wheat Crop Prospects. in the North and North-west

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 7

A great change has taken place over the wheat country in the north and north-west. Up to the last rainfall Wie wheat everywhere was short and unpromising…

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The Wool Pool. Payment of Dividend Deferred

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 3

Instructions from the Central Wool Committee in Melbourne have been tamed to the wool soiling brokers to defer, the payment the second, dividend due to growers…

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Dairying. a Milker's Protection Against Cows that "Switch."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 4

A Wisconsin dairy-farmer, who had nearly lost the sight of one eye in consequence of being hit by a cow's tail while milking, has devised a means…

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Roumanian Crops. German Difficulties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 12

Important and encouraging information regarding military and economic conditions in Rumania was brought to England by a traveller who had been in the region of the…

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Dairying. a Milker's Protection

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 11

A Wisconsin dairy-farmer, who had nearly lost the sight of one eye in consequence of being hit by a cow's tall while milking, has devised a means of protecting…

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Soldiers' Settlements. the Poultry Farming Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 5

Although it is not yet six months since operations were commenced at Bankstown, on the land acquired by the. Government for tho establishment of n poultry farming settlement…

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Female Farmers. Chance for Students

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 11

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) stated yesterday that a successful start had been made in the training of women, students at Cowra Experiment Farm…

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Dairying. Nine Good Reasons for Individual Weighing and Testing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 9

According to the Lo[?]siana State University, U.S.A., there are sine convincing reasons for keeping records of dairy cows. These reasons appear in a new circular issued by the…

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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 o Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 335. Agricultural. Varieties of Maize. Some Descriptions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 4

Ability to recognise different varieties of maize is a mattor of some importance to the farmers of this State, and the lack of accurate descriptions of the…

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