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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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The Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Company, Ltd

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 3

The chairman of directors (Mr. A. Campbell) presided over a very good gathering of shareholders at the half-yearly meeting on Wednesday…

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British Crop Acreage. Bread Supply Assured. London, Tues. Evening

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 3

The Press Bureau has issued the following announcement:—The April census shows that the total acreage of wheat in England…

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Dairying. Inferior Cream. And Some More Reasons For It

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 4

How to prevent cream from being graded as inferior, was the subject of a paper read before the Kyogle branch of the Agricultural Bureau by Mr…

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Elephant Grass. Yields Heavy Crops of Palatable Fodder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 4

Introduced into New South Wales [?] three or four years ago, Elephant or Napier's Fodder grass haa already given such promising yields of edible…

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State's Grain Production Next Season's Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1918 · page 3

For the 1917-18 season the production of grain in New South Wales amounted to 13,020,000 bags, which is equivalent to 37,813,930 bushels, of 11,71 bushels per acre. The…

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Trouble in Ukraine. Peasants Burn Crops. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1918 · page 5

Official advices of the revolution in the Ukraine states that armed peasants are burning woods and ruining their crops rather than let the Germans garner them. The…

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Encouraging Wheat Growing. Government Assists Farmers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 2

Mr Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, announces that the Government has decided to make an advance of 5/ per acre on land fallowed this…

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Encouraging Wheat Growing. Government Assists Farmers 5S Per Acre for Fallowing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 1

For some time past said Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture. my Department has been conducting experiment plots throughout the…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat. New South Wales Leads the Way

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 1

Although owing to Federal intervention in the matter of bulk handling all States started from scratch, New South Wales has completely…

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Ukraine Peasants Revolt Destroying the Crops. Germans Use Artillery. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Washington, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 3

The State Department has advices from Petrograd through the News Association stating that the Ukrainain peasants have revolted and are firing…

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Butter Pool Representative

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the committee of the Primary Produces' Union, Mr. A. S. Pankhurst presiding, the matter of setting aside an amount from the per cent from…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 6

The, A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report 5th June:— The second series of May appraisements was concluded last week, when all wool received…

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Some Facts about Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The importance of ample supplies of wool in the world has never been more strongly emphasis—-…

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Dairying on the Upper Manning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 3

Our Wingham correspondent writes:—Good progress is being made with the establishment of a brunch factory at Bobin to be worked in conjunction with the Wi[?]ham…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 4

At the Campbell's Hill yards on the 31st Messrs.. Elkin and Eales will offer 500 head of store cattle. The full number is guaranteed, and they wil be offered without…

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Wheat Price. Guarantee of 4/4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 6

The Minister, Mr. Watt, conferred with the Minister of Agriculture of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australian and Western Australia, regarding the…

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Dairying. the Age for Freshening. a Timely Question

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 4

An American dairy-farmer lately put to "Hoard's Dairyman" the timely question: "Under the present world's shortage of food, and especially of dairy…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Note are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahaxne, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 370. Agricultural. Seed Maize for Next Year. More Desirable Characters

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 4

Dealing further with the subject of choosing ears of maize desirable for seed purposes, Farmers' Bulletin, No. 116, states that cars should not have a…

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Farmers' Produce Markets Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1918 · page 4

[?] to-day, Potatoes, Ta[?] manians, sold at £5 to £7 per ton. Maize 4/7 to 4/8 per bushel. Millet, [?] to [?] per ton…

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Butter In 20 Seconds

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 3

A number of Sydney gentleman were Interested at a demoustration on Wednesday last of the "Art-a-Mo" churn, at the office of H…

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