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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 79

Payment for Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that the Prime Minister has officially announced that payment for wool will be mado 14 days after the completion of the appraisement of the…

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Price of Butter. Increase Asked For

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 10

Representatives of the butter industry interviewed Senator Russell, the Minister in charge of food stuffs and commodities yesterday, and urged that the price in…

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Storm Warnings for Herders of Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 6

During the past spring the Weather Bureau established a special storm-warning service for the sheep ranges in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, to enable the owners of some 2,000,000…

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Advance on Wheat. Minister in Explanation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 7

The State Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford), who was one of the New South Wales delegates to the Premiers' Conference, on Tuesday replied to the statements made by…

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Wool-trade Economy. Endorsement of "John Bridge" Policy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 8

Nearly twelve months-ago, the firm of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., inaugurated, in the interests of Woolgrowers, their campaign of…

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The Singleton Argus Saturday, January 20th. Local News. Cattle Sale at Armidale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

Messrs Walter J. Hawke and Co., auctioneers, draw attention to a monster cattle sale at Arinidale on Thursday next, January 25. Particulars are…

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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. Grnhame, M.L.A., Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 298. Agricultural. Wagga Growing Crop Competition. The Judge's Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

No little interest annually attaches to the growing-crop competition conducted by the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, Wagga,…

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From a Simmer's Dairy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 6

LIFE—all the time more to carry on, all the time less to carry it on with. Having good news for a woman this morning, I wrote. Had it been bad I'd have…

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Poultry. Goose Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 9

Goose eggs take 28 to 32 days to hatch, and occasionally 34 days. The eggs can be hatched under ordinary hens, giving them three to five eggs each according to the size…

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Dairying. the Yellow Colour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 9

Experiments conducted at the Missouri station, U.S.A., have shown that the colour of cream and butter, due to carotin, a yellow colouring matter that is present in all feeds…

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Agricultural. the Potato Crop

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 9

Provided the land is kept well cultivated during the next two or three months, the very serviceable rains that have fallen in practically all districts where winter supplies…

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Gloucester Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

At Gloucester yards on Thursday, February 8. Messrs. Stanley Jones and Co. will offer at auction 1000 head of store stock, and in conjunction with Messrs. Abbolt and…

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Inferior Butter. Minister to Inquire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Senator Russell, Minister in Charge of Foodstuffs, said on Saturday that he would look into the complaint that inferior butter was being placed on the…

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America's Wool Needs. Large Purchases. London, Sunday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 6

At a meeting of the British Association of Wool Buyers it was stated that the Textile Alliance of New York had come to an agreement with the Imperial Government whereby…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 1

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

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[?] Cattle and Sheep Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4

A monster cattle sale will be held at Quirlandi yards on Tuesday, January 30, when 1000 head of Cattle and 2000 sheep will be yarded by Messrs, Moore Bros., for auction sale,…

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Inferior Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

Senator Russell, Minister in Charge of Foodstuffs, said that he would look into the complaint that inferior butter was being…

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A Wheat [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. Grabame, Minister for Agriculture, draws attention to the fact that a scholarship is being offered for competition amongst. Jods wishing to enter the Hawkesbury Agricultural College with…

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Export of Wool. Newcastle's Claims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 3

Under the instructions of the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J. H. Nancarrow, the secretary of the cham-ber, has addressed a further letter to Mr. j…

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Flood at Glen Innes. Biggest Eyer Known. Great Damage to Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 3

The biggest flood ever known in Glen Junes occurred yesterday. Rain fell at night without intermission. At noon it came down in torrents, and in a short time the water…

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