Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 69

Pasteurisation of Cream. Fever Traced to Butter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 14

Two epidemics of typhoid fever in small towns in Iowa (U.S.A.) were traced to butter, in one case quite certainly, in the other with every reasonable probability…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Sheep Maggot Flies. Work for the Year

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 10

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. W. C. Grahame), in reviewing yesterday the work of his department for the season 1917-18 in combating the sheep maggot fly pest,…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

The World's Wheat. Shortage Predicted. Professor Lefroy's Views

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 6

At the Agricultural Hall on the Sydney Show Ground on Saturday night Professor Maxwell Lefroy made some important statements on the value of wheatgrowing. Sir…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Agricultural Add Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 301. Agricultural Water on the Farm. The Requirements of Live Stock

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

Tho question of the suitability of water for stock differs from the previous question of its suitability for irrigation in several particulars. Whilst it is…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Viticultural a Good Crop of Grapes. To Turn it into Wine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

By way of reply to a correspondent who desired to know how he might turn a good crop of grapes into wine, a general description of the process of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Prisoners. on the Farm. Increasing Demand for Their Labour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 9

The Agricultural correspondent of the London "Times" writes:— Whatever opposition was raised at one time to the employment of prisoners of war on…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Viticultural. a Good Crop of Grapes. to Turn It Into Wine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 11

By way of reply to a correspondent who desired to know how he might turn a good crop of grapes into wine, a general description of the process of vinification was…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Agricultural. Water on the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 11

The question of the suitability of water stook differs from the previous question [?] suitability for irrigation in several particulars. Whilst it is desirable that the…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Louth Park Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 6

On Monday next at Campbell's Hill, Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction a rich agricultural farm of 22 acres, fronting the main road from Louth Park Homestead to the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Farmers and Settlers' Association. Woodville Branch

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Woodville branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Monday evening, 25th inst. Mr. P. McDonnell presided over a very fair…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Shortage of Wheat. Statement by Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 2

Anxiety is being shown by the [?] farmers as to the control, cost of storage and general working of the [?] now [?]ing, erected at country stations [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Saving the Wheat. Miles of Protected Stacks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 3

Picture in the mind's eye a stack of bags of wheat nearly 20ft high, several t[?]rues that in width, and so long that an express train is a good minute and a half dashing…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Maitland Show. Fine All Round Exhibition. Grand Horses and Dairy Cattle. Attractive Pavilions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 2

Maitland's chief annual carnival, the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association's exhibition, which is yearly looked forward to with keen interest, was entered…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Assistance for Producers. Wheat and Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 2

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Cabinet yesterday, Mr. Bolman, the Premier, made a statement, in the course of which he said:…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Assistance for Producers. Wheat and Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 2

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Cabinet yesterday, Mr. Holman, the Premier, made a statement, in the course of which he said:…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Local Butter Successes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 2

In a recent issue we mentioned that Singleton Central Co-Operative Dairy Co. Ltd., had won first prize at Sydney show for unsalted butter, and camme…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Setting Fire to Crops. Unnaturalised Germans Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 7

At the sittings of the Bundaberg (Q.) Circuit Court, Max Falgerno and Arthur Danzz, two unn[?]turalised German, pleaded guilty to charges of wilfully setting fire to sanding crops…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Setting Fire to Crops. Unnaturalised Germans Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 7

At the sittings of the Bundaberg (Q.) Circuit Court, Max Faigerno and Arthur Danzz, two unnaturalised Germans, pleaded guilty to charges of wilfully settings fire to standing crops…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report April 10:—Appraisements will be resumed in Sydney on Monday next…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

British Wool Cup Bought

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The British Government has purchased the whole of the wool grown in the British Isles this…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →