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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Local and General News Share-farming and Repatriation Conference

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

At the meeting of the Primary Producers' Union on Saturday it was decided to ask if the Union could have a local delegate at the conference on…

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The Imperial Butter Purchase

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 1

Mr J. Searl, manager of the Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., informs us that the Co-operative Committee reports that the Imperial Government…

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Australian Wool Government Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 4

The question of an extensions of the of the government control of Au[?] wool has for some time been the su[?] non-official communication between…

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Coastal Farmers' Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 4

The Coastal Farmer' Co-operative Society, Limited, will hold its thirty-seventh halfyearly meeting of shareholders in the Town Hall. West Maitland, on Wednesday, 22nd…

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Pastoral. Sheep-maggot Flies. The Trap as a Control

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

The destruction of sheep-maggot flies by trapping them before they have time to deposit their eggs upon the sheep has been advocated by the Department of…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 7th January: The pastoral situation is still most disquieting. Some sprinkling showers have…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1919 · 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 based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 400…

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Sale of Butter to American Government. Price-fixing Minister's Explanation Fails to Please. Mr. McRAE to Investigate

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 1

At a meeting of the Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney last week, a letter was read from the Minister for…

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Pastoral. Sheep Maggot Flies. The Value of Different Dressings

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 4

A feature of the work at the sheep-fly station at Kooroogama, near Moree, has been the testing of a number of different dressings, poisons, etc., that are on the…

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Australian Wool. Government Control

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 5

The question of an extension of the period of the Government control of Australian wool has for some time been the subject of non-official communication between London…

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British Wool Scheme Fails. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 4

[?] is official announced that as amount of wool registered in response the imperial Government's offer is far[?] than the minimum amount stipulated,…

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Wheat Guarantees. Overdraft of £11,000.000

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 16

The Acting Prime ?Minister, Mr. Watt., staled in Sydney that he had conferred with bankers in Melbourne and Sydney in respect to the payment of the guarantee to…

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Australian Wheat. 104.872 000 Bushels Handled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 5

According to the figures issued by the Australian wheat Board 10 1 872,000 [?]ushels of wheat have been handled in the three pooling operations…

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Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 2

The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society Limited, will hold its thirtyseventh half yearly meeting of share holders in the Town Hall, West…

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Dairy Premises

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 6

For the production of a pure and wholsesome milk supply for the public use, and for the production of the best quality cream for butter making,…

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Dairy Herd Disposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 4

Messrs Wm. luglis and Son. of Sydney, have been instructed by Mr. F.A. Mackenzie to offer at auction on the premises, Bondiroad, Boudi, on Wednesday, 20th instant, the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes and issued every week, under the personal super[?] of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and [?] [?] mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 401. Agricultural. Purity of Type. Some of the Plant Breeder's Difficulties

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 4

Some idea of the difficulty of maintaining purity of type among cropn is afforded by an article by the Plant Breeder of the Department, in which…

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Attempt on Cattle Market, Spartacusians Driven Off

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The Spartacusians, afer seizing Ber[?], attempted to capture the cattle market. The Goverment anticipating this move, sent many machine guns, and…

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Australian Wheat. 404,872,000 Bushels Handled

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 1

ACCORDING to the figures issued by the Australian Wheat Board, 464,872,000 bushels of wheat have handled in the three pooling seasons'…

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Spraying Potatoes. Warning for Hunter River Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 6

Father read in a gardening paper. That popatoes should always be sprayed. He said: That's the way, I shall do it to-day;…

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