Farmer Mistook Jones. So They Had a Parting Cup In Consequence
A meeting of the Presbytery was to be held in the town, and Jones, who was on the staff of a local newspaper, was sent down to report the proceedings. I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1919
1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 80
Dairying. Ten-year-old Silage. a Profitable Venture
A sample of silage that had been made from green maize in April, 1909—nearly ten years ago—was recently forwarded to the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural. Temora Demonstration Farm. a Suggested Rotation
Where a farmer is catering for the grain and the hay markets, it is possible to adopt a rotation that will give two crops every three years. That, indeed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastal Farmers Society and Election of Lucerne Councillor. (To the Editor)
Sir,—It seems a pity that before the ballot papers were issued for the above, or even before nominations were sent in, that a meeting of the shareholders of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Necessitous Farmers. Mr. Ashford's Scheme
The scheme of Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, for assisting farmers who are suffering from the effects of drought and bush [?]ires,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Tops Industry
The statements made by Mr. F. W. Hughes, the chairman of the Colonial Combing and Spinning and Weaving Company, Ltd, of Sydney, regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.I.F. Black Sheep. London
William Moody was sentenced to three years penal servitude, and Allen Joseph Clarke, to 18 months with hard labour, at the Old Bailey for passing forged Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →75,000 Bags of Wheat Burnt
By a fire in a wheat stack at Mirrool siding, on the Temora-Barellan line, on Friday, 75,000 bags of 1916-17 wheat, it is estimated, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Case. Ten Men Committed For. Trial
The police court proceedings in Sydney in connection with "the wheat case" -which had occupied the- attention of Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., a little over seven days, have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Agricultural. "Take-all." The Wheat-Growers' Worst Enemy
For some years the Plant Breeder of the Department of Agriculture has observed the prevalence of "take-all" in the wheat breeding plots at Cowra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping the Farmers
Mr. Ashford (Minister for Lands) has drawn up a scheme to assist farmers who are suffering from the effects of drought and bush fires. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Orchard. to Maintain Soil Fertility. Green Manuring Crops
The maintenance of fertility, notwithstanding the loss of plant food that results from constant cropping, is one of the problems that confront every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wire Netting Scarcity. Farmers Meet the Minister
The scarcity of wire netting and the high prices was the subject of an appeal made to the Minister for Lands, Mr. W. G. Ashford, by a deputation introduced by Mr.P…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dearer Butter
From Monday the wholesale rate of first-grade butter is 186s 8d per cwt., and the retail price is 1s 10½d per lb., an upward movement of l½d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Appraisements
The Sydney Wool Sellign Brokers' Association report:— The present wool appraisement season has been a most successful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory
The twenty-seventh half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above was held in the Centennial Hall on Saturday morning last, Mr. R. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Primary Producers' Union. the Price of Butter
THE annual meeting of the District Council of the Hunter River branch of the Primary Producers' Union was held in Singleton on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children and Dairying. "Slandering" the North Coast
A controversy is taking place in the Sydney press between Mr. Briner, M.L.A., and Mr. John Coyle, Upper Lansdowne, Manning River (N.S.W.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming Inventions
The following applications for patents connected with the Farming and Pastoral industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orange Potato Crop
The whole of the potato crop in the Orange district this year will be a failure. It is understood the loss to the district represents £200,000…
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