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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 80

A Good Dairy Pay

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 8

Mr George Northam, of Mundrook, received a return of £56 11s 7ds from the Upper Manning Co-op. Dairy Co. for the month of March, from 24…

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Dairying. a Skin Disease Among Cows. a Strange Cause

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 4

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…

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Agricultural. the Lay-out of a Farm, Study General Convenience

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 4

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…

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Poultry Farming

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 6

Recently at considerable outlay a number of soldiers were settled on poultry farms at Bankstown. Dwellings were built. and poultry yards…

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Pastoral Pit Silage. Carting in and Filling the Pits

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 4

The provious articles have pointed out the value of silage to the wheat and sheep farmer and the pastoralist, the most suitable crops, the case with which they can…

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Wheat Gamblers. Big Scoop. Vancouver, April 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 2

A Chicago message states that Mr. Geo. Roberts, and his associates of the Omaha Grain Exchange, broke the pool of the Chicago corn manipulators, and made a profit…

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Electricity for Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 4

If the farmers of the Hunter Valley could realise what electricity as a provider of cheap power has in store for them, what it is already doing for the operators of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every weak, under the personal [?]bervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are [?]d mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 417. Agricultural. Agricultural Experiments. The Effects of the War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 4

The complaint in sometimes made by formers and others that the Department of Agriculture has not been as active latterly in experiment work as…

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The Wheat Pool. Details of Its Operations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 3

Wheat Pool statisties show that of the 1918-19 pool only 170,000 bushels have yet been shipped, that amount being provided by south Australia. Wheat of the…

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The "Cattle King" Retiring

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

Mr Sydney Kidman, the "cattle king," who owns 30,000,000 acres of country, and over 240,000 head of horses and cattle, will retire from the…

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Unsound Wheat. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. Campbell general secretary of the Farmers and Settlors Association, states that he dies not believe millers have been coored into using unsound wheat for local…

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Wool and Produce Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 5th May:—With the close of last week's appraisements practically the whole of last season's…

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1916—1917 Wheat. Premier Replies to Criticism

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 1

The millers' action with regard to the 1916-17 wheat crop was commented upon by the Premier on Friday. He makes the point that this…

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Unsound Wheat. What Millers Say. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 5

A Temora message states that great satisfaction is expressed locally at the revelations in respect to obtained wheat. The report that hundreds of thousands of mice are…

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Tainted Wheat F.S.A. Secretary's Views

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 2

Mr T. I. Campbell, Secretary of the Fanners and Settlers' Association, states that he does not believe the millers have been coerced into using unsound…

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Tainted Wheat

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

A dispute has been raging between the millers and the Wheat Board concerning the wheat of the 1916-1917 crop, which suffered severely from…

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Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:—With the conclusion of the round of appraisements last week,…

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The Wheat Crisis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 5

It is understood that the worst of the wheat crisis between the Government and the New South Wales flour millers has passed, and it will not be surprising if an…

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Pastoral. Pit Silage. Carting in and Filling the Pits

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

The previous articles have pointed out the value of silage to the wheat and sheep farmer and the pastoralist, the most suitable crops, the ease with which they can…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision the Hen. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are [?] mainly on the experience of the Department. 417…

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