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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 69

Special Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 4

Messrs. Elkin and Eales will offer at auction at the Maitland yards on Friday next, 500 head of store cattle, comprising bullocks, steers, cows helfers, and weaners, also a…

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Last Season's Wool. £6,000,000 Divided

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 7

The Agting Prime Minister Mr. Watt, has announced that the Control Wool Committee had reported the average appraised price of wool for the season 1917-18 as equal to…

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Australian Wheat. Hughes on Speculators. London, Tuesday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 6

Mr. Reghes office the statement made at the Farmer's Conference in Sydney to the effect that he had sold the Australian wheat, and that specaulation in wheat had…

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New Zealand Butter Prices Minister's Severe Criticism. Unfriendly Act Against England. (By Cable.) Wellington (N.Z.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture severely criticised the recent visit of a delegation of New Zealand dairymen to Australia. That delegation met the…

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Hawkesbury College. Visited By. Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 7

Seventy members of the Farmers and Sottler's Association, led by honorary organiser, Mr. Charles Coghlan, joined in a pienci to Hawkesbury College. They…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 1

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

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Farmers' Conference Land for Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 4

A motion was adopted at the Farenes' Conference which, if given effect to would have a most beneficial result in regard to the settlement of soldiers on…

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Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

Butter prices in New South Wales have been altered by a prices order issued Wednesday, to the following rates:—Metropolitan area, first…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

Mr. J. Enright will yard 800 head of store cattle at the Maitland yards on Tuesday next for auction sale in lots to suit purchasers. This is a first-class yarding direct from…

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Spread Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

Messrs. Eikin and Eales will hold a special sale of store cattle at the Campbell's Hill yards, West Maitland, on Friday, August 2, when 500 head will be yarded, consisting of…

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Dividend on Wool Clip

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., advise:—The Central Wool Committee has decided to pay the ten percent. retention money on the past…

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Lung Worm in Sheep. Successful Experiments

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Upper Hunter P.B. Board, an Interesting paper, prepared by Mr. H. L. White, dealing with experiments…

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Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction and Control. Election and Maintenance of Fences

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

In erecting a rabbit-proof fence, a line should be cleared for a distance of a chain or so of all timber lying about, and of all standing trees that might fall…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are ed mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 376…

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First Prize Paper Read at Factory Managers Conference. a Practical Treatise on Dairy Farming. Dealing with the Fundamental Principles and their Application

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 3

In dealing with this subject there will of necessity be a lot of old ground covered, but good solid facts relating to-any industry will always…

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The Farmers and the National Party

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

The relation to the National party of the Farmers and Settlers' Association —commonly called the "Progressives" —naturally attracted much…

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The Dairying Industry &the Alfa-Laval Separator

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 6

When a person meditates over the rise and development of the Dairying Industry throughout Australia, he will be greatly interested in the…

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Shortage of Dairy Utensils

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 3

There is an acute shortage of dairy utensils throughout Australia, due to the stoppage of supplies from abroad and the difficulty in obtaining supplies of raw…

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Last Season's Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 7

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt announced on Wednesday night that tlxe Central" Wool Committee had reported the average Appraised price…

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3,000 Guineas—record Price for Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 2

At the recent Stud Sheep Sale in Sydney, Hill Clark & Co., Ltd., of Sydney, in conjunction with Elder Smith & Co., of Adelaide, established…

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