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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 69

Special Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 4

Messrs. Elkin and Eales will hold a special sale of store cattle at Camphell's Hill yards, west Maitland, on Friday, 21st instant, when 500 head will be yarded. Full particulars…

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Local and General News. Wheat Guarantee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Holman) announced yesterday that the Government wend not recede from its guarantee to pay 4/ a bushel for wheat to farmers at the country railway…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1918 · page 4

Mr. H. M. Easton will hold a special cattle sale at Gloucester yards on Wednesday, 19th inst., when 21 Shorthorn bulls, yearling Devon bulls, 12 stud and herd…

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Control of Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1918 · page 5

Lord Desborough, presiding at the British Imperial Council of Commerce, dwelt on the value of occasion which enabled the exchange of ideas between business men from…

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Horses Die From Eating Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1918 · page 4

A few days back five beautiful dran[?] horses, each of the value of about £30,000 at e Retreat," near Boggabri, from [?]ing largely of wheat (says the Guarded…

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Marketing of Wheat. Labour Conference Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1918 · page 3

An important wheat scheme was adopted at last night's meeting of the Labour Conference, and will be submitted to the interstate Conference at Perth…

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Australia's Wool. Britain to Buy Clips

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 7

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt, last evening in the House of Representatives announced the completion of [?] with Imperial Government for the…

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The Wool Clip. Pastoralists Pleased. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 5

News of the purchase of, the Australian wool clip by the Imperial Government was received by pastoralists and everybody connected with the wool industry with great…

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Branxton Dairy Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 4

A general meeting of members of the Branxton Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., will be hold in the School of Arts, Branxton, on Thursday, July 11, to elect directors…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 1

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

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Special Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

Messrs. Elkin and Eales will hold a special sale of store cattle at Campbell's Hill yards, West Maitland, on Friday next, when 600 herd will be yarded. Trucks will be…

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Raymond Terrace Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

Messrs. Elkin and Eales will offer at auction at their yards, Raymond Terrace, on Tuesday next, 100 head of fat and store cattle, springers, etc., the springers being…

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Cattle Shortage. Scheme for Saving Calves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 5

The project of saving calves, with the object of increasing the herds of dairy and beef stock, has been so satisfactorily received by those concerned that the Minister for…

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July Sheep Sales. Invitation From "John Bridge."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

Producers from this district, who intend visiting Sydney for the forthcoming sheep sales, are cordially invited by John Bridge and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1918 · 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. 371…

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Australia's Wool. Britain to Buy Clips. Official Announcement. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 2

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt, announced in the House of Representatives to-night the completion of negotiations with the…

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Dairying. Accidental Abortion in the Herd. Some U[?]pected Causes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

How easily contagious abortion can be communicated in a herd and from one [?] to another and with what suspicion any possible case should be regarded…

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War Sensations Come Croppers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 5

Special war sensations have not been very much prospered in the periodicals. For reasons unknown and not readily surmised, the World's Work has withdrawn the series of…

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Butter in Go Seconds

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 3

A number of Sydney gentlemen were interested at a demonstration on Wednesday last of the ARF-A-MO Churn, at the Office of H. Carson…

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Control of Wool

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 3

Lord Desborough, presiding at the British Imperial Council of Commerce, dwelt the value of occasions which enabled the exchange of ideas between business men from…

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