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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 76 of 79

Raymond Terrace, Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 5

Messrs. Elkin and Eales will offer at auction at their yards, Raymond Terrace, on Tuesday next, 20 head of cattle, comprising fats, springers and stores, including 50…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

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. 345…

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Butter and Cheese. Increased Price on a Scientific Basis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 7

In connection with the sale to the British Government of 30,000 tons of butter and this year's exportable surplus of cheese, the Prime…

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Wool to be Carried. in Limited Quantities

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 2

"The Railway Commissioners have now decided to accept wool for to Sydney in limited quantities, at their discretion. We understand that the…

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Choice Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 4

Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction at the farm of Mr. John Roberts, Oswald, Lochinvar, to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, at two o'clock, the whole of his milking herd,…

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Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co., Limited

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 3

The twenty-ninth half-yearly meeting, of the above company, adjourned from 30th November, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday. There was only a small attendance of…

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Dairying. Pepsin Whey. Its Effect on Calves

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Dairy Branch of the Department lately received an inquiry from Tenterfield as to the effect of pepsin whey on calves, one of the suppliers at the local…

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Big Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 6

The attention of buyers is directed to Messrs W. J. Hawke and Co.'s Special Store Cattle Sale to be held in Armidale on Tuesday next (as per advertisement…

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Handling the Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 3

Under the energetic and careful management of Mr. R. S. Drummond, the managee of the N.S.W. Wheat Office, there is some ground for…

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Butter Imports London, Wednesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 2

It is officially reported that the general Heense for the importing of butter has been revoked, but consignments on route before December 13 may be imported without…

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Cattle Sales. (To the Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 8

Sir,—In your last issue I noticed a comment re the advisability of having a regular sale day for stock to fall in line with other districts, it…

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Resumption of Wool Carriage

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

The position in regard to congestion in Sydney Wool Stores having improved to some extent. it has been arranged by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers that the carriage of…

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Australian Wool for America

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd., write "American journals to hand complain of the delay in sending promised wool from Great Britain to the…

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Training Ship John Murray. to Carry Wheat Oversea

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 15

A report has reached the Prime Minister's Department that the ship John Hurray, purchased by the Commonwealth from the Victorian State Government for…

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Dairying. Pepsin Whey. Its Effect on Calves

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

The Dairy Branch of the Department lately received an inquiry from Tenterfield as to the effect of pepsin whey on calves, one of the suppliers at the local…

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Agricultural. Water on the Farm. Varying Composition of Spring Water

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 9

The difference in the composition of the water in springs or wells dependes upon the solvent action of the ground-water, as was indicated in last week's article. This solvent…

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