Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4
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. 344…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool for the Army. Appraisements Progressing
The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 3
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—"Some interesting statistics have recently been made public which show how essential good supplies of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riversdale Dairy Herd
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4
Messrs. Fisher and Bluford's Riversdale dairy herd, comprising 80 cows in full milk, 70 springers, 20 dry cows, 80 young heifers, 50 poddies, etc., will be offered for sale by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oswald Dairy Herd
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4
Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction at Oswald, Lochinvar on Saturday, 15th inst., on account of Mr. John Roberts, the whole of his choice dairy herd, comprising 38 Durham,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warning to Farmers. Does It Concern You?
The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 1
If conscription is carried on the 20th, owing to the disfranchisement of thousands and thousands of the migratory population of this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural. Water on the Farm. Varying Composition of Spring Water
The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4
The difference in the composition of the water in springs or wells depends upon the solvent action of the ground. water as was indicated in last week's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Feeding the Calf. Nature's Way Versus Hand Feeding
The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4
The present live stock position makes the rearing of as many calves as possible something of a national necessity. The requirements of the butcher are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bowthorne Butter Factory
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 4
An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., will be held in the Victoria Hall, East Gresford, on Wednesday, 19th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gloucester Cattle Sale
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 4
Mr. R. M. Easton will offer at auction at the Gloucester Yards on Thursday next, 13th instant, 500 head of well-bred store cattle, on account of various owners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tamworth Cattle Sale
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 4
Messrs. Garvin and Cousens, Ltd., will hold a sale of store cattle at Tamworth yards, on Friday next, 14th inst., when 1600 head will be yarded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook Cattle Market
Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 5
Percy Boss reports having yarded 500 head of cattle on 4th December to a fair attendance of buyers. Prices obtained were equal to late rates. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glen Innes Cattle Sale
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 4
Dalgety and Co., Ltd. (Sydney) and Mr. E. A. Small (Glen Innes), in conjunction, will offer at auction, at Glen Inns yards, on Wednesday next, 1600 head of store cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Clir
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 13
The Minister in charge of foodstuffs and commodities (Senator Russell) stated yesterday that payment for the first appraisement of the present season's wool had been made…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Price of Wheat. Statement by Senator Russell
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 6
During the course of an address at Wyche-proof (Vic.) on Friday, Senator Russell said Hint he regretted that a great deal of iris-representation existed in regard to what…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Training Ship John Murray. to Carry Wheat Oversea
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 6
A report has reached the prime Minister's Department that the ship John Murray, purchased by the Commonwealth from the Victorian State Government for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Harvest. Estimated at 12,000,000 Bags
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 5
Mr. Drummond, manager of the New South Wales Wheat Office, made a statement last night concerning the handling of the coming wheat crop which is estimated to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany's Winter Food Cattle and Pig Stocks to Be Killed. the Hague, Sept. 9
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 12
German's new Food Controller, Her[?] Waldow, announces that Germany will] have to kill off a large number of pigs and cattle before the winter because there…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →And Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Coy. Ltd
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 2
A meeting of Directors was held on Friday afternoon Nov. 30th. A representative from a Sydney firm submitted plan of model butter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural. Water on the Farm. Varying Composition, of Spring Water
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 4
The difference in the composition of the water in springs or well dopends upon the solvent action of the groundwater as was indicated in last week's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Feeding the Calf. Nature's Way Versus Hand Feeding
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 4
The present live stock position makes the rearing of as many calves as possible something of a national necessity. The requirements of the butcher are…
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