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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Prices for Fat Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 September 1898 · page 2

Fat cattle, during the past few months, have been higher than they have been for years, and holders of good pastoral country have enjoyed a remunerative time. The…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 September 1898 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales were opened yesterday. There was a large attendance of buyers, and the market was animated. The bidding for merinos and crossbreds, which predominated, was calmer…

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Potato Crop Prospects

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 September 1898 · page 2

From the Hawkosbury and other districts wolearn that potatoes for the coming summer crop have been planted largely. Farmers have been prompted by the…

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Aberdeen. Formation of a Dairy Farmers' Association

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 2

A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of dairymen and others was held at the School of Arts, Aberdeen, on Tuesday afternoon last, for the purpose…

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Letters to the Editor. the Wool Boycott and the Way to Meet It

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 2

SIR—My reply to Mr. Abbott is, I think, very simple, as I have every confidence in leaving the matter in the hands of my friends in the North-west, who know me too well to believe that I would say…

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Poetry. Pleasure on the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 4

Oh, 'tis royal fun to frolic On the fragrant, new-mown hay, To roll and romp and tumble, And to while the time away;…

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Butter Competition

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 5

The butter competitions to be held during the coming season, under the auspices of the Agricultural Department, will doubtless prove a great…

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Pastoral Property for Sale

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

Id our business columns Messrs. Bacon and Co., of Gonuedah, advertise a pastoral property consisting of 1979 acres, situated in this district for sale…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

ATTENTION is directed to the advertisements of Messrs. Garvin and Cousens and Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, giving particulars of lots of store rattle to be offered…

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The Largest Wheat Crop in the United States

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 10

The Chicago Post of August 8 says:—According to reports received by railway companies and business mean largest wheat crop in the history of the United States will be harvested within a…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 3

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reports:—At the tales held od the 7th sod 8th instant 1985 bales were catalogued, of which 1643 bales were sold under…

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Our Aberdeen Letter. [From Our Correspondent.] Dairy Farmers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

As briefly telegraphed to you on Tuesday a fairly largo and very representative meeting of dairy farmers and others interested in the question of the production and disposal of…

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The Farmers' Demonstration

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

THE annual demonstration of the Muswellbrook Farmers' Association, to be held on the Show Ground, on the 6th October next, will this year take the form of a grand fare in old…

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The Farm & Garden. Low Roosts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 6

The owners of chickens which they purpose utilising later on for table fowl, should be particular in preventing the young birds from perching at too early an age. If they are…

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Government Dairy Stock. Jersey Bull Offered Singleton. The Conditions of Loan Stated. Meeting of the N.A.A. Next

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon the Secretary of the Northern Agricultural Association received a letter from the Department of Agriculture, offering the…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1898 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales have closed firm. The demand for crossbreds has increased. Of the 4477 bales of Australian wool offered 2702 were sold at an advance on London prices…

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Sydney Markets the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 6

Wool.—There in a strong and active with a keen demand for all descriptions. Next sales will be held on the 21st and 22nd, when from 8000 to 10,000 bales will be catalogued…

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The Wool Boycott. an Amicable Settlement Arrived At. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 3

THE Woolbuyers arranged a conterence with the Co-operative Wool Company and the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association, resulting…

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The Wool Dealers Dispute. The Trouble Settled. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 2

The dispute between the wool buyers and sellers which has existed for some time past has been brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The wool buyers…

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The Government Dairy Stock a Wire to Singleton Stock Inspector

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 4

On Saturday the local Inspector of Stock, Mr T. Knox-Hill, received a wire from Bruce, Chief Inspector of Stock, intimating to the people of…

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