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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Pastoral Letter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 3

The Archbishop of Madrid has issued a pastoral letter, placing the Spanish army under the protection of all the Saints. He almost promises…

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Cream for Butter Making

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 3

Best 10 gallons of cream suitable for butter making. The first prize was won by Beresford Hudson, Eagleton's.Creamery being second, and L…

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Cattle by Sea to Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 5

The effort that is now being made (says the Argus of April 26) to bring in fat cattle by sea from New South Wales to Victoria, will be watched with considerable interest. Arrangements have…

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Farmers' Exhibits of Stock

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 3

Cattle—Bull, C. Searles ; bull 2 yrs and under 3, J, and W. Logan ; bull calf, J. R. Butler; cow, 3 years and over, Geo. Prince ; heifer, under…

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The Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

The whest market in excited. English in 2s per quarter dearer, and foreign wheat 1s deliver…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

At the Antwerp wool sales there was fair competition. The catalogue comprised 2776 bales, of which 1009 were sold. Merinos show an advance of from 5 to 10 centimes…

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A Pastoral Outlook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

A RETURN appears in a recent issue of an important commercial magazine of the United States, relative to the position of the pastoral industry in America. The figures show that…

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The Butter Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 5

The Leading importers and distributors of colonial butter waited in a depution yesterday on the Agents-General of Australia with reference to the use of boracic acid in the butter as a…

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Local News. Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

The local market for fat cattle is hardening appreciably. During the week as high as £5 8s per paid for paid for a draft of fat cows. This is good news for…

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Cattle by Sea to Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 5

The effort that is now being made (says the Argus of April 26) to bring in fat cattle by sea from New South Wales to Victoria, will be watched with considerable interest. Arrangements have…

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Bengalla Cattle at Maitland Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 2

WRITING of the Hunter River P. A. and H. Society's Show this week, the Maitland Mercury of Wednesday says:—"The fat stock sections for fat…

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COMMERCIAL. Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

Very good prices were obtained for store cattle af the sales held at the local yards yesterday by Mr, Edward Higgens and Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Limited…

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Advance of the Cattle Tick

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 5

The announcement that tick had been discovered on cattle at Enoggera. near Briebane, was a sensational item of intelligence this week. The Minister of Mines and Agriculture has had the…

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How I Manage My Dairy Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 11

In writing this article (says " Illawarra" in The Farm and Dairy) I don't set myself up as an authority, or lay down any hard and fast rules as to what any other farmer should…

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The Farm & Garden. Covering Manure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 11

While there is doubtless much waste of manure while washing when it is spread thinly in the barnyard, that in piles is in not much danger from this cause, unless it is…

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Late News by Cable. London, April 30. Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 3

The Antwerp second series of wool sales has closed. Prices unchanged. There were 8824 bales catalogued, of which 937 were Australian. Of the 2952 bales sold 325 were Australian…

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Drought and Butter

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 4

The recent protracted drought and fires in the various colonies have had an unusual effect upon the Sydney produce market, which is still very…

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Muswellbrok Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 3

Edward Higgens for Hill, Clark, and Co., reports: About 1950 head yarded to a good attendance of buyers, who on account of the New Tick regulations in Queensland were very anxious to buy at…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 5

Wool sales opened weak at a five per cent. decline and there was poor competition. The decline is acutest in crossbreds and inferior merinos…

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London Wool Sales. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 2

The Colonial wool sales opened to-day to a good attendance, when prices showed a decline of 5 per cent. as compared to last series…

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