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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 50 of 69

Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 7

Quotations In Sussex-street yesterday were as follow:—Broom Millet:—Prime long hurl, to £90 a ton…

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Dairying. Take Care of the Cans. a War-time Economy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 4

The high price of tinned goods of all kinds is a subject in which the dairy farmer has a real interest, and an American professor suggests that many…

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The Economical Cow. Compared with Other Farm Animals

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 4

The dairy cow not only produces more human food from a given amount of feed than any other animal, but she consumes a larger amount of material that…

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The Future of the Dairying Industry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 2

In the Sydney newspapers of Tuesday, 18th Jane, 1918, the following interesting cable from London was published: "An English bred Friesian cew which yielded…

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Banks will help Farmers

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

The Central War Loan Committee point out that in some cases it may not be convenient for farmers and others owning property to pay in cash a 10 per cent…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 10

The twenty-third half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Co-Operative Butter Factory Limited was held at the office Morpeth On friday afternoon. The chairman of directors,…

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Uralla Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 4

A special sale of cattle, will be conducted at the Uralia show ground yards on the 18th instant by Mr. Robert Evans, in conjunction with Messrs. Vickers, and Co., when 500 head…

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324,000 Bales Wool Before Xmas

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. advise: Arrangements have been made by the State Wool Committee to offer 324, 000 bales wool for appraisement in…

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Banks Will Help Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 2

The Central War Loan Committee point out that in some cases it may not be convenient for farmers and others owning property to pay in…

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The Economical Cow. Compared with Other Farm Animals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 4

The dairy cow not only produces more human food from a given amount of feed than any other animal, but she consumes a larger amount of material that…

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Dairying. Take Care of the Cans. a War-time Economy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 4

The high price of tinned goods of all kinds is a subject in which the dairy farmer has a real interest, and an American professor suggests that many…

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The Future of Tte Dairying Industry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 3

In the Sydney newspapers of Tuesday, i8th June 1818, the following interesting cable from London was published: "An English-bred Friesian cow…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 3

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

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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. 383. Agricultural. Keep the Plough Going. And Increase the Fallowed Area

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 4

The month of September is the last in which many farmers will be able to comply with the conditions covering the Government's offer of an advance…

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Maitland Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1918 · page 4

Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction, at the Maitland yards on Tuesday next, 17th instant, 1000 had of store cattle, comprising statio[?]bred bullocks, streets, cows, heifers, and weaners…

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The Wheat Situation

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1918 · page 1

The announcement that the Government may not now be able to obtain the 4s 9d per bushel for the accumulated wheat awaiting shipment…

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Payments of Cheese to Be Based on Butter Prices

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1918 · page 6

At a recent meeting of the cheese sectional committee of the Primary Producers' Union recently, it wan recommended that the price for next…

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Banks Will Help Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1918 · page 2

The Central War Loan Committee point out that in some cases it may not be convenient for farmers aud others owning property to pay in…

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Fat Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1918 · page 4

Durham ox, Mrs. H. M. Balley Ox, any breed H. M. Balley, Durham cow, E. R. Moore, 1' Miss Mabel Waddell, 2…

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Eat Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1918 · page 4

Fine-woolled wethers, three, chas york, 1 and 2. Crossbred wethers A. C. picton 1, W. G. Balley, 2. Ewes chas york 1; W. G. Balley 2. Southdown wethers chas,…

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