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Farming & the land, 1919

1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 76 of 80

The Farmer's "Bank."

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

An acre of maize drinks up and sweats (or transpires) through its leaves about 24 tons of water daily during a mid-summer month, or about…

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Dairying Industry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 3

The heavy milking season is now upon us, and consequently there is a great call for Dairying Utensils of all kinds We have provided large…

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Damage to Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 7

Before Acting Judge White, in the Lismore District Court yesterday, William Alfred Bass claimed £400 from George Whitfield, representing the tick department, for…

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Further Reduced. Wheat Board Overdraft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3

During the wool ended December 1 the Australian Wheat Pool overdraft was reduced to an aggregate of £4,798,000 which compares with £1,965,000 a week…

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Making Shortage Good. Wheat Fob New South Walks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 7

Satisfactory arrangements have been [?] with the Victorian Wheat Commission as to the terms on which New South Wales may draw supplies of wheat from Victoria to…

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Live Stock. Malformation in Young Cattle. Some Pre-disposing Causes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Photographs of some typical Malformations duo to "osteomalacia" in young cattle appoar in the November issue of the "Agricultural Gazette."…

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The Farmer's "Bank."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3

An acre of maize drinks up and sweats (or transpires) through, its leaves about 24 tons of waiter daily during a mid-summer month, or about…

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The Case for the Farmer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 4

The farmers through Australia are beginning to recognise in a far more adequate manner than formerly, the necessity for them to take a more active part in…

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Relief for Needy Farmers. Secretaries of Shire Committees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 8

A number of shire boards have now been constituted for the purpose of considering requests for assistance from farmers and graziers who are in necessitous circumstances…

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Dairying in England. Improving the Herds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 12

A real, practical effort to weed out of bad cows, that are the ruin of the [?] farmer, and multiply the milk produces being made by the Board of Agriculture…

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The Orchard. Feeding the Orchard Soil, Leguminous Cover Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 9

The policy of systematically adding organic matter and nitrogen to orchard soil by ploughing in green legume over crops was only recently touched on in…

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Agricultural. Drought Lessons on This North Coast. Need for Fodder Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 9

In the drought sun almost generally prevailing, the Clarence, Richmond, and Tweed River districts are suffering their ample share. The important thing is to…

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Dairying. Advantages of Soiling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 9

Of all desirable qualities in milk and its products. Unit of flavour is probably most consistently important, says a writer in the "New Zealand Dairyman," Upon this peg…

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The Dairying Industry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 1

The heavy milking season is now upon us, and consequently there is a great call for Dairying Utensils of all kinds. We have provided large stocks…

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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 Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 447. Agricultural the European Maize Borer. a Possible Intrader

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3

This moth has already made its appearance in the United, States, where State and Federal quarantins measures concerning it have recently been passed…

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Wheat Marketing. Victorian Legislation Praised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 3

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Oman, in moving the second reading of the Wheat Marketing Bill in the Legislative Assembly, said the measure would…

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City Flour Mills. Ample Wheat From Goulburn. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 2

Enough of this season's wheat is arriving from Goulburn to keep the city flour mills going at 5/6 per bushel…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 4

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

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High-priced Dairy Herd. Averages £50/6/- Per Head. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 3

A dairy herd of 33 Illawarra milking cows and one bull, averaged £50/6/- per head at a sale at Bangalow…

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