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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,572 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 79

Feeding Farm Horses

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 4

Experiments have been carried out in Victoria with the object of ascertaining the relative value of various rations for farm work horses…

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Dairying on the North Coast. Byron Bay's [?]

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 7

The North Coast Co-operative Company’s Limited, Byron Bay, turnover for last 12 months is a record, amounting to £1,23[?],000 sterling. During the…

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Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Higgens, Parkinson & Co., will offer at their Denman yards this day, Saturday, 22nd instant, 150 store cattle and 50 head fat cattle…

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This Season's Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 2

The Namoi "Independant" says:The local mills are now receiving this season's wheat In considerable quantity, despite the fact that the…

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Butter Imports. London, Wednesday night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 2

It is officially reported that the general license for the importing of butter has been revoked, but consignments en route before December 13 may be imported without…

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Wheat Silos. Tenders Accepted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 14

A special Cabinet meeting was convened immediately after Mr. Holman, the Premier, returned from Victoria to Sydney, on Saturday. Finality was reached regarding…

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Butter Fob Straits. a New Law

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 5

From May 1 next the importation into Singapore, Georgetown, and Penang (Straits Settlements) of butter containing any preservative other than…

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New Year Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., advise that the Central Wool Committee has arranged to start the first Sydney wool appraisements of the new year…

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The Wheat Pool. Big Advances Made

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 11

A detailed statement issued by the Australian Wheat Board shows that on account of the 1915-16 wheat pool advances totalling £31,915,000 were made to the States, and…

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Germany's Winter Food. Cattle and Pig Stocks to Be Killed. the Hague, Sept. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 15

Germany's new Food Controller, Herr Waldow, announces that Germany will have to kill off a large number of pigs and cattle before the winter because there…

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Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 2

Somehow the operations of this company appear to hang fire. At the meeting of Directors, held on the 14th instant a proposal from Bell & Co.,…

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Modern Dairying

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 8

The benefits of labour saving machinery in the dairy are probably more appreciated than in most industries. The Dairying Industry ranks…

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Wharfage Dues on Farm Produce. Protest to Minister. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 8

The Hon. Walter Bennett, member for D[?]rham, on behalf of himself and Lieut.-Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A. for Maitland, waited on Mr. J. C. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Treasurer,…

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Dairying. Pepsin Whey Its Effect on Calves

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 9

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 factory having…

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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 of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the expcricnce of the Department. No. 3-16. Poultry. Coccidiosis. The Course of the Disease

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 4

As stated in these notes last week, coccidiosis is somewhat negligible as a disease of adult birds, though infection may be carried by them. It is among…

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Wool for Germany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 December 1917 · page 5

In the English Print Court recently Sir S. Evans condemned 1,500 billon of wool seized in three Swedish vessels and consigned to the Swedish Army Administration…

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Heat Damages Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 December 1917 · page 4

The sudden rise in the temperature, associated with the hot winds, has had a damaging effect upect upon the fruit crops. Especially is this so with regard to the grape crop…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1917 · page 4

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 347…

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Local and General Farmers and Settlers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1917 · page 2

Mr Cambridge, organiser in connection with the above is in the district primarily with the aim of securing evidence with which to combit…

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Ewu Plains Prison Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1917 · page 5

One of the most interesting developments of Prison Administration in this State is the establishment of agricultural industries for the dual purpose of…

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