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Farming & the land, 1919

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Australian Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 11

A frank admission of the reason why America does not want Australian wheat at present is made in the semi-monthly letter of the Guaranty Trust Co., of New York…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 2

Tuesday, March 18, Ed. Higgens, Parkinson & Co., will offer 1000 head. Tuesday, March 25—Tindale & Co…

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Wool. Outlook for Burry Lines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Offerings at the Sydney wool appraisements still include some mostattractive lines. Our catalogue for…

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Shipment of Wheat. Shortage of Tonnage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 16

Senator Russell. Acting Minister for the Navy has been informed through the British Wheat Commission of the Food Controller's recent announcement regarding the…

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Agricultural. Better Farming and Better Business. The Effect of Farm Crop Competitions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

The influence of good methods and the measure in which healthy competition will contribute in forcing them under the notice of farmers, are testified…

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Alternate Cropping. Not So Common

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

The Duke of Bedford and Mr. S. M. Pickering have been enquiring into the tendency of fruit trees to crop in alternate years. The research was…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Gresford branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held in the School of Arts, Gresford, on Wednesday, 19th instant, at 8…

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Agricultural. Better Farming and Better Business

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 10

The influence of good methods and the measure in which healthy competition will contribute in forcing them under the notice of farmers are testified by a reference in the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the LASMfD. These Noted are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agrlculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 410. the Orchard. Grading Apples and Pears. The Possible Effect of Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

The practice common among growers in New South Which is to market fruit in one average quality grade. That is, a pack of a certain variety from an…

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Seed Wheat for Needy Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 4

The Minister of Agriculture desires it to be notified that all applications by necessi[?]ons farmers for advances of seed wheat must be in the hands of the Departments not later than the 31st…

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Raymond Terrace Cattle [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 4

R. A. Elkin reports: There were [?]ably more cattle yarded than advertise my yards on Tuesday last. to an [?] attendance of buyers. Newly-calved…

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Agricultural. Better Farming and Better Business

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 3

The influence of good methods and the measure in which healthy competition wi[?] contribute in forcing them under the notice…

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Share Farming and Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 4

The West Maitland Repatriation committee is in 'receipt of a communication from the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch, Department of (Lands, asking it to obtain…

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Farmers' Produce Marke[?] Sydney Momb[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 4

In Sussex street to-day maize sold [?] 8/2 per bush[?] Onions [?] to [?] potatoes, [?]12 to [?]14 per to[?]…

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Sale of Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 4

Brooker and Linderman report having a very successful clearing-out sale of herd, on account of Mr. J. Pari[?]h of [?] burn, on Friday, 14th [?] Cows…

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Wool Shipments

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 2

Winchcombe, Corson Ltd. write: —It is satisfactory to note that good shipments of wool are now being made. The port of Sydney is…

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Butter and Maize Supplies. Considerable Improvement. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 2

There is considerable improvement in the quantities of butter arriving from the North and South Coasts. The riyer maize is growing more plen…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 3

The following applications for patents connected with the Farming and Pastoral Industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Handling Wheat. A.w.u. Claims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 6

In the High Court, sitting in Melbourne, before Mr. Justice Isaacs, Mr. Justice Higgins, and Mr. Justice Duffy, tho order nisi for prohibition against further proceedings…

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Local and General News Applications by Necessitous Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 2

The Minister of Agriculture desires it to be notified that all applications by necessitous farmers for advances of need wheat must be in the hands of the…

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