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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 80

Dairying Industry. Government Control Disapproved Taree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1919 · page 11

At a largely attended meeting of farmers at Dyer's Crossing on saturday, a motion was carried, strongly disapproving of the Hon. Massy-Greene's scheme for the…

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Dairying. Roughage for Calves. an Early Necessity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1919 · page 9

The necessity for supplementing the milk ration for calves with roughage at a very early age was recently illustrated by experiments at Iowa State College U.S.A. Two…

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Milk Employees on Strike South Coast Farmers Offer to Distribute Milk. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1919 · page 5

Seven hundred and seventy milk employees will go out on strike at midnight. This is the result of the decision to…

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Wheat Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1919 · page 4

The warnings that Sir Joseph Carruthers has been uttering about the decline in wheat production and the large numbers who are abandoning the industry, ought…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1919 · page 5

At the police court on Saturday, after hearing the case for the prosecution against W. E. McTaggart, who was charged with stealing a cow, the Police Magistrato said…

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Farmer and Grazier's Estate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1919 · page 5

The estate of the late William Russell Ryan, of Green Park, near Lockhart, Farmer and grazier, has been valued for probate at £34,562…

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Co-op. Butter Factory Gloucester District

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

The thirty-sixth half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above was held at Stroud Road on Thursday last. The following is the report and…

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Conspiracy Charges. the Wheat Transactions. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 September 1919 · page 5

The hearing of the wheat conspiracy charges was begun at the criminal court to-day. Mr. Watt, who appeared for the Crown…

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Police Court. Friday, August 29. (Before Mr A. 6. Butler, P.m.) Alleged Cattle Stealing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 September 1919 · page 4

Wm. Ernest M'Taggart was charged with having, on or about August 4, at Howe's Valley, stolen one cow the property of Ebenezer Johnson. Mr A. B…

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To Help Farmers. State's Effort

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 September 1919 · page 3

Addressing a meeting of Nationalists at Yass, Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, said that all the wheatgrowing States were in the same position with regard to the…

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The Dairying Industry. Co-operative Control. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 September 1919 · page 5

The proposals of the Minister for Customs for the co-operative control of the dairying industry was discussed at a conference at the Sydney Chamber of…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 September 1919 · page 4

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Butter Industry. Question of Control Discussed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1919 · page 6

In the course of his remarks at the conference of delegates from the various butter and cheese factories in the State, held in Sydney yesterday. Mr. Massy Green…

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Auctioneers Lapse. Sentenced for Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1919 · page 5

Acting Judge White was occupied at Glen Innes hearing the case in which Harold E. Scott, was charged with stealing 50 head of cattle at Tenterfield, the property of E…

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Soldiers' Farms. 4000 Ready This Year

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 September 1919 · page 1

In the course of a speech delivered at Parramatta on Wednesday night, Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, stated that 3,385,479 acres…

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Wheat Conspiracy Cases Men on Trial

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court, Darlinghur, on Tuesday, before Mr Justice Sly, Henry Arnott, Charles Edward Vernon, William Charles. Taylor, Thomas…

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Timber for Butter Boxes. Conservation of Pine Forests Requested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 3

Directors of butter factories waited on Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, with the request that the Government reserve all the pine forests in the State for the…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 4

A very important conference has just taken place in Sydney in connection with the dairying industry, to discuss proposals put forward by Mr. Massy Greene, Minister…

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The Wheat Pool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 September 1919 · page 4

Mr. Beeby is not allowing the muddle in the Wheat Pool to rest. He insists that Georgeson is getting the pick of the 1916-1917 crop, and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1919 · page 4

These Notes are inched evert 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. DAIRYING…

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