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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 69

Sheep. Coarse-woolled

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

Southdown ram, A. C. Picton, 1 ram four-tooth and under, A. C. picton 1, Ram lamb, Chas, Picton, 1. Ewe, any age, A. C. Picton, 1. Ewe four-tooth and under, A…

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[?] Cattle and Pig Sale

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

At Miller's Hotel saleyards, Cessnock on Friday next Messrs G. D. Bond and Co, will offer at auction 100 head of fat and store cattle 30 good quality porkers…

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Local and General News. Dangong Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1918 · page 4

The cattle sale advertised in Dungog for to-morrow (Friday) by Messrs. T. Carlton and J. A. Jones, has been postponed till friday, 20th inst., owing to the cattle having…

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Singleton Show. Large Entries. Fine Exhibits of Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1918 · page 2

The Northern Agricultural Association's 19th show opened yesterday in perfect weather, the day being bright and warm. the total entry was greatly in excess of that of…

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Singleton Show Opens in Beautiful Weather Numerous and Excellent Exhibits Grand Display of Hosses, Cattle and Poultry Pavilion Better Thah Ever

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 September 1918 · page 2

The forty-ninth show of the Northern Agricultural Association was opened yesterday. Ideal weather prevailed, the sun shining from a cloudless sky,…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 September 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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Pine for Butter Boxes

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 3

At the quarterly meeting of the executive of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney last week the factories' sectional committee recommended that…

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Maitland Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 4

On Tuesday next, at the Maitland yards, Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction 1000 head of store cattle, particulars of which are advertised in this issue…

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Singleton Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 4

Messrs. H. York and Son will offer at auction at the Shire Yards, Singleton, on Wednesday next, 250 head of good quality stores, including 125 bullocks…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report 11th September: The 1918-19 wool season will open in Sydney on Tuesday…

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Wheat Position. Gloomy Tonnage Outlook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 6

In the West Australian Legislative Assembly the premier replied to a complaint that the Government had not informed farmers that English advices last January were…

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Butter and Cheese Pool. Producers to Control

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 6

The Federal Government's proposals for the formation of a butter and cheese pool to take control of the output of the five States (excluding…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Eon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, ana are cased mainly on the experience of the Department FOR use in last issue of week ending 14th SEPTEMBER, 1918…

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South Africa Wool Clip. Capetown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 5

A message from Durban states that a congress of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of South Africa unanimously resolved to ask the Union Geovernment to reopen [?]…

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Dairying. Herd-testing in Practice. And Startling Results

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 4

The use that one number of the Bangalow Herd-testing Association made of the information he obtained by individual testing of his cows affords one…

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Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co., Limited. Factory Report for Month of August, 1918

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 3

Butter, cheese and milk prices are unaltered. Supplies are now increasing rapidly, and there is every prospect of the season opening favourably…

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Sheep

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 September 1918 · page 6

Coarse-woollod.—Southdowns.— Ram, any age, A. C. Picton, 1. Four-tooth and under, A. C. Picton, 1. Lamb, Chas. Picton, 1. Ewe, any age, A. C…

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Cattle. Durhams

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 September 1918 · page 6

Bull, 3 years and over, E. Lloyd Jones, 1; Trustees. J. C Hooke, 2; Edward Bowman, 3. One year and under 2, Trustees 'J. C. Hooke, 1 ami 2;…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 September 1918 · page 4

At Abbott's yards, Gloucester, on the 18th instant, at 1.30 p.m., Messrs. Stanley Jones and Co. and Turner and Hill, auctioneers in conjunction, will hold a special…

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Butter Fighting. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 September 1918 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters, telegraphing today, states that in yesterday's operations an Havrinecourt we penetrated both the front and support…

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