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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 69

Wool Shipmmnts Expected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: With the cessation of hostilities, much shippings engaged during the war on military and naval work, will be…

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Sheep Ticks and Lice. Stock Inspectors' Powers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 4

During tne past year a good deal of interest has been taken in some districts in tne increase or sheep tick and sheep house, and the suggestion has actually…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued avery wools, under the personal supervision or the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 396. Pastoral. Sheep [?] DESTRUCTION. No Royal Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 4

Commenting on the last year's work at the Sheep Blow-Fly Experiment Station at [?], near Moree, the Minister for Agriculture remarks that…

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Dairying. Silage for Milking Cows. Winter Feeding at Glen Innes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 4

The value of silage as a rough winter fodder for dairy cattle has rarely been better illustrated in New South Wales than by a short report from the Manager…

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Agricultural. the Farmers' Experiment Plots. The Progress of the Policy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 4

It was in 1909 that the policy was initiated by the Department of Agriculture of demonstrating on farmers' own proportion the value of the methods…

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Seven Farms for Soldiers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 8

Mr. Ashford. Minister for Lands, has recorded his appreciation of the contribution to repatriation made by Mr. Hunter White, of Huvilah, in form of a free gift of an…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 1

Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd, report under date 4th December:-Our appraisement of the 22nd ult., was completed on…

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An Open letter to Every Dairy Farmer in the District

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 4

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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Guessing Weight of Sheep

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 December 1918 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

The dressed weight of the sheep at the showground, in connection with the War Chest gathering on Saturday lest, was 34 1/2 lbs. The winner of the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 December 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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Huge Bush Fires Terrible Havoc at Hay. Crops, Buildings, and Stock Lost. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 December 1918 · page 2

A message from Hay reports a huge bush fire at Darlington Point last week was the biggest ever known in those parts. Hundreds of thousands of trees…

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Pastoral Sheep-yard Equipment. Shearing Shed, Drafting Yards and Dip Combined

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

The Alarming rigidity with which sheep-lice have continued to spread throughout practically the whole of the whole of the Stale, led led the…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 3

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report 11th December: Appraisements have been continued, full catalogues being submitted…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

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

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grabame, M.J.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are [?]ed mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 397…

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Mysterious Tragedy. Farmer Found Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 7

A sensation has been caused in the Hamilton district, southern Tasmania, by the death under suspicious circumstances of John Duncombe a farmer living near…

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"Better Than She Looks." "Camouflage in the Dairy

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

The caption was attached to a grade Hoisters cow that figured at a Minnesota State Fair within the last couple of months. She was of anything but…

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Dairying. When Flies Worry Cows. Decrease in the Milk Flow

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

"Decrease in milk production, loss of live weight, discontent and unrest, are promoted among herds during the summer months as a consequence of the…

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Dairy Utensils

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

The wide range of Dairy Utensils handled by us is not equalled in the State. Our stocks arc most comprehensive, and in spite of the War, and…

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