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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Farm and Held Original Articles. Mammitis in Cows

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 3

Any farmer who suspects that one or more of his cows are affected with tho ordinary or the contagious forms of mammitis can receive from the Live…

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Farmyard Manure

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 3

The farmyard manure produced in Fiance was calculated by the late Professor Grandeau to be worth about £66,000,000 a year, but by faulty and…

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Pastoral. Sheep for the Coast. Romney Marsh Cross

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 4

A farmer who had purchase! a small flock of crossbred sheep (Shropshiremerino cross) with the intention of trying them on one of the…

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Sheep Station Creek

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 6

Things have been very quiet down here lately, ann your correspondent, has been extra buoy with shearing, harvesting, scrub cutting, etc. The…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal superrision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 243. Agricultural. Wheat-breeding. What is Meant by Selection

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 4

Selection is sometimes understood to mean the use of graded seed or plump well-developed instead of pinched grain, but the Plant Breeder of the…

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Price of Butter

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The wholesale price of butter yesterday was red[?]d to 135[?]4 pre c[?] for first brands and to 13[?] for second quality…

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The Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., Sydney, report under date December 30: —So far as actual selling is concerned, the past week has been observed as…

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Wool Report

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

The A.M.L. & F. Co. report ender date January as follows:- The roster of rales for the New Year has been completed, sales being arranged…

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Wool for America

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

The extent to which the Sydney wool market has benefited by American competition this year is forcibly demonstrated in the export. figures for…

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Bales Wool to Bell

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

Compared with last year a comparatively limited quantity of the season's wool clip is on hand at the Sydney wool stores awaiting sale…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

These Notes are Issued every we ok, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based ,mainly on the experience of the Department No. 244…

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Development in Wheat Freight and Labor Vi

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 5

In the fifth article of this series the propositions set out were:—(1) That war prices for wheat are a patent inducement to Australia to put a much greater area of land under…

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Organise Primary Production the World and Its Wheat

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 5

A series of articles under the heading 'Organise" will appear in our columns. They are reprinted from the "Sun," Sydney, and have been prepared by a writer who has…

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Dairying. Udder Diseases. Preventive and Curative Measures

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

"Caked and spoiled udders are the bane of the milk producers' business," says Dr. A. S. Alexander, in a current article. Generally they do not…

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Miscellaneous. Meteorology. Forecasting for Farmers

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

A useful paper on the above subject was read by Mr. H. L. Lane at a recent meeting of the Ponto branch of the Agricultural Bureau, the object…

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Sheep Station Creek

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

We have been fortunate in getting some very good storms about here lately, and it is quite a treat to see the country green again. About 440 points…

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The Price of Wheat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday. — The Necessary Commodities Commission has completed the hearing of appeals for extra compensation for seined wheat…

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Cattle. The Drama of the Mob

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

Be not like dumb driven cattle. Be a hero is she [?] When Longfellow Wrote these words, he must have fully realised the gregarious…

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Training Ship As a Wheat Carrier

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—The proposal to fit up the Government training ship John Murray as a wheat carrier, submitted by the Chief Secretary…

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Meat Mast Stay Dear. Mr. Sidney Kidman (the Cattle King) Speaks. Heavy losses of Stock

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

Advice Las been received in Sydney intimating that M. Sidney Kidman, the great cattle owner, has lost 60,000 head of cattle daring the last 10 mouths through…

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