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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 49

To Dairymen

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 2

Tenders are invited in our advertising columns by the Committee of the Railway Picnic to be held at Willow Tree on Saturday next, for the supply, in large or small…

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The Farm & Garden. Feeding the Brood Sow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 8

Did any of our readers ever investigate the growth of a litter of pigs, and learn by experience what an organised appetite the little fellows have? A Wisconsin experiment, made…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 3

Wool auctions to-day were irregular and sales in buyer favour…

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The Diseased Meat Crusade. a Dairy Inspector Proceeded Against

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 4

A case of more than ordinary interest was heard before Mr. Johnson, S. M. in the Summons division of the Central Court on Tuesday, when…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 3

At the wool auctions to-day there were brisk sales and prices were unaltered…

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The Wool War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 4

The wool war has now settled itself into a question of charges between the brokers, How it will resolve itself ultimately is a matter of time, and…

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The Farmers' Demonstration

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 2

THE Muswellbrook Farmers' Association's annual demonstration, which this year is to take the form of a fair in old country style, is being…

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Police Court.—tuesday. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., George Loder, Robert Faulkner, St. Thos Loder, R. T. Blaxland, and Hamilton Robinson, J.'sP.) Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 5

John Harris. Thomas Wells, and John M.' Taggart, appeared, on remand, charged with stealing in company one roan cow, the property of Harvest Maskey of Dargan's farm, on or about the 15th…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1898 · page 3

For wool there is slightly better competition, but prices are unchanged…

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What to do With Butter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1898 · page 2

Attention is again being directed by the Department of Agriculture to the urgent necessity for adopting the Pasteurising process in butter-making, if dairy farmers…

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Sydney Markets the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1898 · page 3

Wool.—A quiet week has been passed, many of the buyers being away in Adelaide attending the opening sales there. As a consequence no auction sales have been held here, but about 13,000 bales…

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The Jersey Bull. Government's Offer Declined. Association Wants a Dairy Durham Bull

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1898 · page 4

YESTERDAY forenoon a meeting of the committee of the Northern Agricultural Association was held, when the following were present:-Mr R. T…

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Government Dairy Stock

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1898 · page 1

At the last meeting of tho Muswellbrook and Denman Stock and Pastures Board the proposals of the Agricultural Department in reference to the…

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Singleton Polish Court. Tuesday, October 4Th,1898. (Before Mr G.F. Scott, P.M., Messrs G. Leder, Hamilton Robinson, R. Faulkner, St. T. Leder, and R. T. Blaxland, J.p.) Alleged Cattle Stealing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1898 · page 4

John Harris, Thomas Wells, John M'Taggart, appeared on remand, on a charge of stealing a roan cow, the property of Harvest Maskey, of…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 3

Crossbreds have been largely withdrawn, but there is keen competition for merines…

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The Wool Dispute

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 2

THE arrangement by which the Co-operative Wool and Produce Co. agreed with eight of the other wool-broking firms to charge the buyer and…

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The Muswellbrook Farmers Association. Annual Demonstration.—a Brilliant Success

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 4

The seventh annual demonstration of the Farmers Association held on Thursday on the Show Ground, and terminating with a banquet at night, was in every sense a brilliant success The weather was…

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Wheat

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 3

Mr. H. R. Carter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports under date 6th October, as under:— Wheat is unchanged in the Sydney market…

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Wool Traffic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 2

The wool traffic on the railways shows a substantial increase so far over the corresponding period of last year. from 1st July to 30th September 100,000 bales of wool…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 4

Wool.—A quiet week has been passed, many of the buyers being away in Adelaide, attending the opening sales there. As a consequence no auction sales have been held here…

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