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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 80

A.I.F. Farmers. Visit to Sandringham. London, June 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 13

The agricultural representatives of the Dominion forces visited the King's farm at Sandringham yesterday. They were received by the King's estate agent and the tenant…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 426. Agricultural Maize Classes at Shows. How They Encourage Mixed Varieties

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 3

The primary objcet of the compctitions at an agricultural show, or any other fixture of the kind, should not be the money value of the prize, though…

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To-day's Telegrams Stud Sheep Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 5

The stud sheep sales commenced this morning. There was a fair attendance, and some excellent sheep wer pnnd…

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Australian Wheat. Hughes Big Deal. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 5

The Commonwealth Government has sold one million tons of wheat to the British Government at 5/6 per bushel. It is understood that an option has been received…

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Dairying. Pasture Plots on the North Coast. Grasses and Clovers Mixed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 2

The results obtained on certain pasture plots conducted by Mr. J. Giblin, a farmer on the Nambucca River, during the past summer, afford information that will be of…

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Supplying Seed Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) pointed out that many applicants for seed wheat had failed so far to return their liens. Consequently their orders for…

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Another Big Wheat Deal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 2

Mr W. M. Hughes has sold a million tons of wheat at 5/6 a bushei. The wheat sale by Mr Hughes destined for the United Kingdom. An…

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Big Prices for Fat Cattle at Homebush

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 2

At the Homebush saleyards on Thursday, July 3, Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., sold on account of Messrs H. E. A. and V. White, "Belltrees," Scone, a…

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The Wool Industry. Prospects Particularly Bright

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 1

Sir George Fuller, Chief Secretary, in proposing The Sheepbreeding Industry, at the opening ceremony of the Royal Winter Show, said that in 1788…

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Bacon Curing. Dissecting the Animal Preparatory to Curing. (Farmer and Settler.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 4

All farm curing should bo done during cold, frosty, weather, and in a clear, dry atmosphere. Curing should never be attempted during the…

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Wool and Cotton Substitutes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 2

Germany intends to continue the manufacture of textiles from the fibres of the substitutes for wool and cotton which necessity taught her to use during the war…

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Big Prices for Fat Cattle at Homebush

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 2

At the Homebush Sale Yards on Thursday July 3, Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd., sold on a/c of Messrs H..E. A. & V. White, "Belltrees" Scone,…

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Appreciable Improvement. in the Quality of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 3

Statistics furnished by the Dairy Export, comparing the quantity and quality of factory butter manufactured in New South Wales in the ten months, July to April, in…

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The Wheat Loss

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 6

Very reassuring also is the contradiction by the Parliamentary Country party, of a report that it intended, at the reassembling of…

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Pickling Seed Wheat

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

We cannot recommend sowing wheat any time without pickling, says the of Inspector, as there is always the [?]ger of bunt appearing in the crop…

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Severe Drought. 500,000 Cattle Starving. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 5

Lack of rain and the heat have destroyed the grazing for half a million head of cattle, who remain on the verge of starvations. The crop outlook is bad…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Grahame, M.L.A,, Minuter of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 426…

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Betterment of the Dairying Industry Federal Government Proposals. To the Editor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 6

Sir,—I have been so frequently asked to express an opinion upon the above, that, in the belief that same may be of some service to a few…

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Dairying. Pasture Plots on the North Coast. Glasses and Clovers Mixed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

The results obtained on certain pasture plots conducted by Mr. J. Giblin, a farmer on the Nambucca River, during the past summer, afford information…

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Correspondence. Betterment of the Dairying Industry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 3

Sir,—I have been [?]frequently asked to express an opinion upon the above that, in the belief that same may be of some service to a few Executive minds in…

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