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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 79

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 4

These Notes are issued ovary week, under the personal supervision of the Ion. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister o Agriculture, and are based mainly on [?] experience of the Department. No. 338…

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Progressive Dairymen an Ingenious Contrivance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 2

Last week our representative had an opportunity of visiting an up-to-date dairy farm at Lennoxton, on the banks of the Paterson River, near…

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Poultry. a Novel Competition. The Best Poultry Farm in the Shire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Miranda branch of the Agricultural Bureau has arranged for a competition for poultry armors in that district which is certain to arouse interest in many parts…

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Pastoral. Sheep-maggot Flies. Dipping as a Preventive

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Many sheepowners are now dipping their sheep, not only to destroy lice and ticks, but to afford, also, some protection from blow-flies. For this purpose the…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday next, 30th instant, Messrs, Beynon, Waugh, and Doolin will conduct a special sale of fat and store cattle, when over 1000 head will be yarded. The sale will…

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Toowoomba Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 4

Messrs. M'Phie and Co. will conduct a big sale of store cattle at the Toowoomba (Q.) yards on Tuesday next, when 1800 head of store cattle will be offered at auction. On…

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Record Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 1

J. Enright reports yarding upwards of 2500 Store Cattle at Maitland yards on Tuesday, October 16th. The quality and the condition of the…

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Big Arrivals of Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report that shearing operations are proceding apace in the country. Arrivals at Darling Harbor last week totalled…

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Mallinson's Sheep Dip. Another "Bridge" Agency

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 6

John Bridge and Co. intimate that their Queensland office has accepted the agency for Mallinson's Oil Sheep Dip, and that producers in New South…

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Verdict in Wheat Pool Case

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 6

In the action in which Henry Joseph, broker, sued the Colonial Treasurer, as nominal defendant for the Government of New South Wales, to recover £3000…

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Mallinson's Oil Sheep Dip. "John Bridge" Accept Agency

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 7

Woolgrowers and others will be interested to learn that John Bridge & Co's Queensland house has accepted the agency for the popular…

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English Butter Shortage. Retailers Without Stock. London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 4

The arrival of a New Zealand cargo will only slightly relieve the butter market which is practically bare and likely to be so for fully a month. Many…

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Wine or Wheat. an Australian Interest. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 13

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

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Poultry. a Novel Competition. The Best Poultry Farm in the Shire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

The Miranda branch of the Agricultural Bureau has arranged for a competition for poultry farmers in that district which is certain to arouse interest in many parts…

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Results at the Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 4

Passing over such a noteworthy tribute to selection as a method of improving farm crops, we remark that those sorghums are grown principally for the…

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The Sugar Crop. Record Yields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 7

The General Superintendent of Sugar Experiment Stations has returned to Brisbane from an extended visit ton the northern sugar districts. Mr. Easterby states that earlier…

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Country Interests. Dubbo Farmers' Views

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 10

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

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