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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 79

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 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 o Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 337…

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Wine or Wheat. an Australian Interest. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Major Hunt asked whether licenses for the importation of Australian wine were being withheld whilst wines of foreign countries were freely…

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Local and General News. Sale Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 4

Messrs. D. Abbott and Co. will offer auction at Hatfield Park, Fosterton, four miles from Dungog, on Wednesday next, 50 Jersey cows in full milk, 30 Jersey springing cows,…

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Edinburgh's Potato Crops. Crop of [?]300 Tons Expected

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 4

Thanks to the energies of the Parks Committee, the total number of allotments provided hy the Corporation up to date is 1716, representing an area of…

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Dairying. the Breeding Heed And Its Improvement

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 4

Professor C. H. Eckles, of the University of Missouri, U.S.A., recently made a plea for better breeding operations, declaring to a gathering of…

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Edinburgh's Potato Crops. Crop of 1300 Tons Expected

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 4

Thanks to the energies of the Parks Committee, the total number of allotments provided by the Corporation up to date is 1716, representing an area of…

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Dairying. the Breeding Herd And Its Improvement

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 4

Professor C. H. Eckles, of the University of Missouri, U.S.A., recently made a plea for better breeding operations, declaring to a gathering of…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 4

Messrs. Deneghue and Stevenson (Tenter-field) and Dalgety and Co.Ltd. (Sydney), auctioneers in conjpunction, announce a special cattle sale at Tenterfield on Friday next,…

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The Pastoral Finance Association Ltd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 6

Following the announcement last week of the cancellation of the payment of the 5 per cent dividend on wool proceeds, which was to have…

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The Wheat Pool a Broker's Claim. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 4

In the Banco Court to-day, before Mr Justice Harvey, Henry Joseph, a mercantile and wheat broker, claimed £3000 from the Government as compensation…

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Edinburgh's Potato Crops. Crop of 1800 Tons Expected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 4

Thanks to the energies of the Parks Committee, the total number of allotments provided by the Corporation up to date is 1716 representing an area of…

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Dairying. the Breeding Herd And Its Improvement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 4

Professor C. H. Eckles, of the University of Missouri, U.S.A., recently made a plea for better breeding operations, declaring to a gathering of…

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Dairying. the Breeding Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 11

Professor C. H. Eckles, of the University of Missouri. U. S. A., recently mande a plea for better breeding operations, declaring to a gathering of Wisconsin _ farmers whom he…

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British Food Supply. Appeal to Farmers. London, Thursday Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 13

Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister, in receiving agricultural representatives, appealed to farmers to increase enormously food supplies, not because he was afraid of…

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Agricultural. Cropping Systems

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

The effect of continuous cropping, for a wheat was once more proved by a series of experiments conducted by the University of U.S.A. in district that is usually…

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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. 337. Agricultural. Offal Manure and Dried Blood. Their Economical and Profitable Use

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 4

The offal manure from the abattoirs is the residue that has been steamed in the digestors to remove the grease and then steam-dried (with constant…

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Prime Fat Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 4

Amongst Messrs. Carr Bros' consignment of fat cattle yarded at Campbell's Hill to-day were three trucks of bullocks and steers consigned by Mr. C. J. Withyoombe, of Walgett. These…

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Country Interests. Dubbo Farmers' Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 2

At a meeting of the Dubho branen of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the following resolutions were adopted:—(1) That this meeting of country business men…

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Inferior Pea Crop. Verdict for £150 Damages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 7

An interesting case to pea-growers was before the Parramatta District Court, when George William Case, a Kurrajong orchardist, claimed £150 damages from W. H. Pulsford, of Windsor,…

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