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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Store Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

Amongst the store cattle sales advertised in this issue are the following:—At Glen Innes, on Tuesday next, Mr. Duncan McIntyre will offer 400 locally bred cattle, including…

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Wool Offerings Under Way

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— Wool appraisements are again in full swing on the Sydney mraket. By February 13, practically one half of the…

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Agricultural. Cost in Wheat Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 10

The labour cost on a wheat farm is much more easily ascertained than the horse cost, say the writers of the article referred to last week. The single provision is that when the…

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Wheat Silos. Provision for 11,000,000 Bushels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 10

It is officially intimated that the construction of wheat silos will be commenced in Riverina on Monday. The silos, which are at present intended only for the storage of…

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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 experience of the Department. No. 349. Agricultural Cost in Wheat Production. a Basis of Calculation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

The labor cost on a wheat farm is much more easily ascertained than the horse cost, say the writers of the article refeired to last week. The single…

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Wild Oats. Their Occurrence in American Crops

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

The control or eradication of wild oats from certain wheat lands in the United States is the subject of a bulletin lately issued by the Department of Agriculture…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

Messrs. Elkin and Eales will hold a special cattle sale at their yards, Raymond Terrace, to-morrow (Tuesday), when 600 head of fats, springers, and store cattle, including 300…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 4

mosses, Higgens, Parkinson, and Co. will hold a big cattle sale at Muswellbrook yards on Tuesday, 22nd Instant, whon 800 head will be yarded. At Armidale, on the…

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Important Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

The attention of dairymen and others is drawn to an advertisement in this issue notifying an important sale by Messrs Weaver and Perry, Ltd., at…

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Allies and Argentine. Wheat Crop Purchase. London, Sunday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 5

A Buenos ayres massage states that an important agreement has been completed between the Argentine and the representatives of the British and French Governments,…

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English Farming. Record Wheat Cultivation. 3,000,000 Acres Under Com. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Never within living memory has so much wheat been sown England as during last autumn. The Food Department expects that three million acres in…

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Wheat in Mesopotamia. Victorian Harvesters to Be Despatched

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 3

Since the British occupation large wheat crops have been planted in Mesopotamia under the direction of the Indian Government and the hervesting of this will commence in…

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Genuine Neighbors. Help for Farmer's Widow

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 1

A few days ago, when the wheat crops on Mrs A. Sheridan's farm, about 3 miles from Dunedoo, were ready to strip, two brothers of Mrs Sheridan's late…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 4

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for Patents connected with the…

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Like Cattle to the Slaughter. How the Germans Are Made to Fight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 3

The "Dully News," London, published the following from H. Perry Robinson;— Among the interesting documents recently captured la a diary which gives a curious…

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Serious Farming Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 2

Recently' inspector Hughes of the local municipal council received world from New Zealand that his broker, Mr, Bert Hughes, of the Hicks Bay district had been seriously…

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Cyclone at Bathurst. Houses and Crops Damaged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 4

A cyclonic storm swept through Bathurst on Monday, doing considerable damage to buildings, crops, orchards, and fences, uprooting avenues…

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Our Wheat Crops

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

The recent rains are no doubt beneficial to almost everything, excepting the ripe wheat crops, of which, in the North and North-west,…

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Stored Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Messrs. Carlton and Trenbath will offer at auction at the Shire Yards, Gloucester, on wednesday next, 300 head of mixed store cattle, including well bred cows, cows and calves, steers…

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Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. E. Windeyer will offer [?] at his yards, Raymond Terrace, on Tuesday next, 250 head of cattle, including fats, stores and springers, on account of various…

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