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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 80

Helping Farmers. £100,000 Set Aside

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, stated at the conclusion of the State Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that the Government had decided to set…

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Stray Cattle Question

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 6

An interesting decision was given at the Tamworth Police Court on Thursday (says the "Observer"), when the magistrate laid down that…

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New Butter Factory at Muswellbrook

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

The newly-erected butter factory for the Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was officially opened on Thursday, afternoon An at fresco…

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Many Fires Big Wheat Stack Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 1

A wheat stack containing 16,489 bags, at Blackheath, near Mount Victoria, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday, together with the elevator and…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Opening of the Butter Factory Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

ThE factOry of the Muswellbrook Cooperative Butter Factory was opened on Thursday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering of the shareholders, their…

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Australian Wheat. Hughes Busy in London. Paris

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

Mr. Hughes is ende[?] the nell Australian wheat to the inter-Allied committee charged with the duty of feeding Europe Authoritative [?] are that the world's…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the [?] of the Hon. W. [?] Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of [?] [?] mainly on the experience of the [?] No. 403. Agricultural. Grow Rape for Profit. a Farmer's Results

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

Amongst those who have proved the value of rape as a [?]ature [?] the wheat and sheep [?] and who have esteemed the results so good as to justify them in…

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Quick Growing Crops

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

In view of the depletion of the reserves of fodder and the serious damage done to ordinary pastures the Minister for Agriculture urges…

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Help for Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

The New South Wales Cabinet has dccided to set aside £100,000 for advances to necessitous farmers, who have suffered losses through bad…

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Poultry Laying Out a Poultry Farm. Some Governing Factors

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

At a time when many poultry farmers, are contemplating the extension of their operations or removal to new and larger properties, some remarks by…

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Dairying. When Heifers Should Freshen. Profit by Experiments

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

The age at which heifers should freshen is a fertile subject of discussion among dairy farmers and studmasters, there being advocates of early breeding…

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Muswellbook Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

The opening of the factory of the Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd is a tangible Illustration of district progression, because the butter…

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Bondi Dairy Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

A clearance sale of the old-established and well known dairy herd, founded by the late A.K. Mackennze, upwards of 55 years ago, will be held on the premises, Bondi…

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Helping Farmers. £,100,000 Provided by Government

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

The State Cabinet on Tuesday afternoon considered the question of making advances to necessitous farmers, who have been the Victims, not only of the bad season last year…

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Coastal Farmers' Society. Half-yeably Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 8

The half-yearly meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Ltd. was held in the West Maitland Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Wm. Watts…

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Europe's Beet Sugar Crop. Total Failure Predicted. Result of Strikes (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Zurich, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

A Swiss expert predicts that the beet sugar crop in Europe will be almost a complete failure in 1019-20, owing to the workmen on large estates in…

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Muswellbrook Butter Factory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

FROM fuller particulars than those given in last issue of the opening on Thursday last of the new Muswellbrook Co-Operative Dairy…

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The Farmers-Cattle-Trough. the Story of Luck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph" publishes the following, which might be good enough for its city, readers, but country folk will find it difficult to…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 1

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with…

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Coastal Farmers' Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

An election will take place in connection with the Coastal Farmers Society for the extraordinary vacancy in the lucerne council for Down Park and Nelson's Plains…

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