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Farming & the land, 1919

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 April 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 [?]sed mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 414…

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Dairying. Advanced Register for Bulls. a Move Forward

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 4

A general movement in the State of files in the direction of getting rid of the scrub bull and replacing him with a pure-bred one, and an advanced…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 April 1919 · page 4

Percy Ross reports having yarded on 15th, about 700 head, principally of young cattle, to a fair attendance, who had very little buying power for store…

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Three Men and a Sheep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1919 · page 8

"On some remote mountain in the East an Englishman, a Frenchman, [?] German once found themselves in dire [?] of food" says Walter sichel in the…

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Pastoral Pit Silage. Easier to Make Than Hay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1919 · page 7

The suggestion made by the Chief Inspector of Agriculture about the utility of silage on the ordinary wheat farm naturally raise the question, what is the simplest ans least…

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Dairying. a Skin Disease, a Strange Cause

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1919 · page 7

A skin disease that presented some interesting features was lately brought under the notice of the Stock Branch, and was investigated by Dr. S. Dodd, D. V.Sc., of the…

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Agricultural. the Lay-out of a Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1919 · page 7

The Chief Inspector of Agriculture was recently asked to give some advice on the laying out of a farm, and in his reply he indicated that attention should be given to…

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Farmers and Settlers. Woodville Branch Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1919 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Woodville branch was held on Wednesday evening last. The election of officers for the ensuing year remitted as follows:—President…

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Special Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 2

Messrs Stanley Jones and Co., auctioneers, advertise in this issue the holding of a special cattle sale in the Shire yards, Gloucester, on Thursday, May…

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German Mine in N.z. Kills Men and Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 4

Tragic evidences of the effect of the explosion of a German mine were found on the beach at Woodleigh, near the mouth of the Waikato River, 30 miles…

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Wheat to Take for a Cold. Squills, Ipecac, and Eucalyptus

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 1

A mixture ready for taking now very popular with Sydney people for coughs and colds is a compound made up of Ipecac, Tar, Squills, Eucalyptus, and…

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Butter Test

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

The results of the continuous grading of the butter produced by 47 factories has recently been published. There were new conditions…

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Cattle Straying Cases

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, William C. Allan was proceeded against by the Cessnock Shire Council charged…

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Competition for Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: —It is pleasing to note that French buyers operated freely at this month's London wool sales…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 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 [?]ed mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 415. AGRICULTURAL…

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Superphosphate for Wheat. Where to Use It

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 4

Whether or not fertilisers are to be used with the next Crop of wheat is question in which farmers are interested at the present time. The farmers'…

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Orchard Nursery Work. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 63

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 4

The full title of this bulletin is "Orchard Nursery Work: Budding and Grafting." For some time copies of it have been unobtainable, but the supply…

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Wheat After Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 3

Professor Perkins, Director of Agriculture in South Australia, was asked "if a paddock sown last year with any one particular kind of wheat, is sown…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 8

[?] Enright reports yarding 927 head of store cattle at Campbell's [?] yesterday, April 24th, and making a total clearance of the whole number. The yarding…

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Commercial. Competition for Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. write:— It is pleasing to note that French buyers operated freely at this month's London wool sales…

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