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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 49

The Farmers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 October 1898 · page 2

THE resolve of the local Farmers' Association to in future hold, sales of produce twice a week— on Wednesday and Saturday—instead of Thursday…

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The Farmers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 October 1898 · page 4

A meeting of the Farmers' Association was held in the School of Arts on Thursday afternoon last for the purpose of winding up matters in…

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Dehorning Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 October 1898 · page 3

EXPERIMENTS have been conducted in America by Dr. Kilborne to test the value of caustic soda in dehering pattle. The best results were…

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The Manufacture of Butter (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 October 1898 · page 3

SIR,—It must be to many others as well as myself a source of deep regret to note that, whilst till very recently our local dairy farmers have realised…

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The Wheat Standard. Deputation to the Minister of Agriculture. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1898 · page 3

A deputation representing the corn trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Minister of Mines and Agriculture to-day, with reference to the wheat standard. The fact that…

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Dehorning Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 4

EXPERIMENTS have been conducted in America by Dr Kilborne to test the value of caustic soda in dehorning cattle. The best results were…

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Australian Wheat Production

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 2

IT in evidence of the seriousness of the drought in many ports of the colony that the New South Wales Government, has felt called upon to appoint…

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The Wheat Crop

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

CONCERNING the season Mr. Walters, senr., of Spring Creek, informs us that during a residence of 45 years in this and Singleton district he has never…

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Australian Wheat Production

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

It is evidence of the seriousness of the drought in many parts of the colony that the New South Wales Government has felt called upon to…

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Ploughing in Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

A recent visitor to the Holder settlement in South Australia, says:—"There the seed is sown on the ground and ploughed in, instead of the land being first ploughed and the seed…

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Wheat Standard. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 6

A deputation representing the corn trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Minister of Minister of and Agriculture today, with reference to the wheat standard. The fact that…

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The World's Future Wheat Supply

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 8

At the opening of the British Association meeting at Bristol, early in September, the President, Sir William Crookes, delivered his address. He devoted his remarks in the first place to a discussion…

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The Wheat Harvest. a Standard for Export

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the severe drought which has overtaken many of the wheat-growing districts of the colony, several members of the Chamber of…

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Upper Hunter Dairymen's Protective Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 5

THE first general meeting of the above Association was held, in accordance with advertisement, in the School of Arts, Aberdeen, on Tuesday last. The…

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The Farm & garden. Care of Poultry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

Poultry keepers should keep a sharp look out or vermin, an accumulation of this constitutes a real menace to the success of poultry keeping, as the chickens cannot thrive if…

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Late News by Cable. London, Oct. 22. Queensland Dairy Exhibits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 October 1898 · page 3

Queensland is exhibiting butter and other dairy produce at the dairy show of the Royal Agricultural Society. It is the only colony represented at the exhibition…

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The Export of Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 4

The steamer Ninneveh, of the Aberdeen White Star line which sailed on last week from Sydney for London via…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 3

The Sydney Wool-Selling Brokers' Association report for week ending October 21st, 1898, as follows:—Wool.—A good week's business…

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Singleton Wool Tops the market

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 2

The features of last week's wool sales in Sydney have been the submitting of more representative catalogues, including clips from a wider range of country than was…

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Sydney Markets. the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 5

Wool.—A good week's business has been done—20,685 bales having been catalogued, whilst the total sales at auction and privately amount to 20,384 bales. At each sale there was a very full…

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