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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 69

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision or the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture. and [?] based mainly on the experience of the Department. Ne. 3[?] Agricultural Varieties of Maize. The Department's Recommendations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 October 1918 · page 4

In the past two weeks, the Department's recommendations to maize growers as to the best varieties for different districts have been mentioned in…

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Ebor Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1918 · page 4

At the Ebor yards (Guy Kawkes), on Wednesday next, 16th inst., Messrs. A. L. Stewart and Co., In conjunction with Mr. Chas. A. Waugh, will offer 900 head of bullocks, cows…

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Sale of Australian Butter. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1918 · page 6

Questioned regarding the rumours in the city that Australian butter had been sold to the British Government. Mr. Hughes said that he had sold the exportable surplus at a…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 4

There will be a big yarding of store cattle at the Municipal Yards, Campbell's Hill, on the 22nd inst., when Mr. J. Enright will offer 1300 head. The cattle are described as one…

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Australian Butter. Sale to Imperial Government

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 6

A cablegram has been received from London confirming the announcement that the Prime Minister has sold the Australian exportable surplus of this season's but…

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No Wool for Germany

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 4

Mr Hughes, in the ocurse of a speech at the Baltic Exchange said:— "Dr. Solf says that Germany wants wool from 50,000,000 sheep. I cannot…

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An Open Letter to Every Dairy Farmer in the District

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 5

Dear Mr Farmer,—Are you rearing your "Poddies" on "Faterine" Cod Oil? If you are, well done. If not, why not? Do you recognise what…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 4

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

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Weavil in Wheat. Method of Destruction Discovered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1918 · page 6

A method has been discovered of destroying weavil in wheat stacks. This announcement was made at a conference in Melbourne at which the Australian Wheat Board, the…

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Sale of Store Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 October 1918 · page 4

On Tuesday next, 22nd instant, at 1 p.m., Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction at Maitland yards 1200 head of store cattle, including 500 matured bullocks. The yarding…

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Growing Grass with Wheat?

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1918 · page 5

Something like the discovery that two telegraph messages at once may be sent over the same wire, which, startled the scientific world a good many years ago, is the announcement…

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Welcome Announcement. Black Diseases in Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 October 1918 · page 6

Dr. Sydney Dodd, pathologist and bacteriologist, of Sydney University, Veterinary Research. Laboratory, who for four years has been engaged in research work on black…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 October 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 [?] mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 390…

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Girvan Dairy Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 October 1918 · page 4

Acting on behalf of Mr. Thurston Hampton, Messrs. Thos. Carlton and J. A. Jones, auctioneers in conjunction, will offer at auction at their office, Stroud, on the 31st inst.,…

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Dairying. the Value of Herd-testing. To Dairy Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1918 · page 4

One direction in which farmers' practice will probably move rapidly forward immediately the war is over is the individual testing of cows. At…

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The Dairying Industry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1918 · page 6
Also in Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser

By common consent which is confirmed by our daily experience, the public associate our name, and connect us with, everything appertaining…

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Pastoral. Merino Sheep. At Nyngan Demonstration Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 October 1918 · page 4

Satisfactory progress is being made by the Department of Agriculture in the breeding of merine sheep undertaken at Nyngan Demonstration Farm…

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Cessnock Cattle and Pig Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1918 · page 4

Messrs. B. S. Kempe and Co., Cessnock, notify that their monthly sale of cattle and pigs will be held at O'Neill's yards, Bellbird, on Thursday next, 24th instant, at two…

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Australian Butter. .Sale to Imperial Government

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1918 · page 7

A cablegram has been received from London confirming the announcement that the . Prime Minister has sold the Australian exportable surplus, of this season's bult…

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