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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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The World's Wheat. Deficient Crops Expected

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 3

The International Institute of Agriculture (Rome) reports that the respective Ministries of Agriculture, Russia, Canada, United States, and…

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Commercial. Wool Eeport

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 6

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 6th January, 1917:—Operations under the new conditions obtaining in the wool market commenced on…

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The Sheep -Fly

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 6

Stockowners are awake to the menace of the sheep fly, which is no prevalent. A Coonamble pastoralist has expressed the opinion that the sheep…

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Sydney Wool Market. Business Resumed

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 5

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., write us as follows :— The work of appraising the values at which the balance of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week. Under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame. M.L.A., Minister of Agricultural, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 297…

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Poultry. Goose Farming. Hatching and Rearing

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

Goose eggs take 28 to 32 days to batch, and occasionally 34 days. The eggs can be hatched under ordinary hens, giving them three to five eggs each…

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Dairying. the Yellow Color. Cows that Store up Carotin

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

Experiments conducted at the Missouri station, U.S.A., have shown that the color of cream and butter due to carotin, a yellow coloring matter that…

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Farm Notes. Dairying. Butter Quality. The New Cream-Grading Conditions

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

In an Interesting little table the Dairy Expert sets but the quantity butter of each grade that was manufactured during July, August and…

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Sydney Wool Market. Business Resumed

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

John Bridge and Co, Ltd. writes to us as follows:— "The work of appraising the values at which the balance of…

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FARM and STATION On the Land. (Issued by the Department of Agriculture.) the Potato Crop

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 9

Keep Cultivating Implements Going. —Provided the land is kept well cut tivated during the next two or three months, the very serviceable rains…

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Farm Training for Anzacs. Good News for Returned Men

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

Do our returned soldiers know that they can have farm training free? In the annual review of the N.S.W. Minister for…

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Dairy Farming

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 3

The dairying industry has increased in leaps and bounds of late years. This can be plainly seen in a perusal of the annual export returns. The popularity of…

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Destroying Crops with Bombs

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 3

Rather fictitious sound the reports emanating from Germany to the effect that allied airmen are dropping fire bombs to destroy Teuton crops. In the…

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Farm and Field (Copyright). Breeding Bronze Turkeys

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 3

Bronze Turkeys usually give best results, and are raised extensively. They generally grow the largest size in the shortest time, mature early, and are…

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Farm Notes. POULTRY

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 7

"There are hundreds of homestends in this State, particularly in the coastal and Northern River districts, where ideal conditions exist for…

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Export of Butter

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

Between July 1st and Thursday last 10,155 tons of butter, valued at £1,550,267 were exported from Victoria…

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Gravesend Cattle Sale

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 5

We would draw special attention to the special cattle sale, as advertised elsewhere in this issue, which is to be held by Messre, Beynon, Waogh and…

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The Wool Market

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report under date 8th January:-- Although we submitted a catalogue of 3085 sales on Thursday last, the…

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Government and the Wheat-grower

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

The Government proposes to guarantee that no farmer will lose money by growing wheat next season, as every grower will receive a net return of 3…

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Wool and Sheepskins. Position of Country Buyers

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3

The firms engaged in the business of buying wool and skins in the country districts are very dissatisfied with the present position as it affects their trade,…

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