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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. the Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 3

The butter sellers in Sussex-street hare raised the wholesale price of creamery to 9d per lb., and other brands proportionately…

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County Cumberland Crops, Drought Seriously Affecting the Fruit Industry

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 4

THE news from the fruit districts of Country Cumberland grows more and more serious every week. A gentleman who has spent the last day or…

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More About Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 2

MR. R. LUSCOMBE, of Muscle Creek, has shown us an excellent sample of Allora Spring Wheat, grown on his farm. He reports that he had a…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 1

THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report for week ending December 3rd, 1898, as follows:—Wool.—35,804 bales offered, the…

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The Late James Tyson's Property. Last Year's Wool Worth £180,000. Existence of a Will Doubtful. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 3

Mr. MacDonald Paterson, M.L.A., the late James Tyson's solicitor, has not yet returned to Brisbane and nothing has transpired as to Mr. Tyson's will. Many persons believe he has not left any such…

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Profitable Wheat Crops

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 4

THE line of demarcation which separates the profitable wheat crops from the unprofitable cannot be drawn on paper or set down in figures…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 3

The wool market is uncharged, and there are good sales for all classes…

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Local News. Sheep for America

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 2

Mr E.W. Sparke, auctioneer at West Maitland, has completed the purchase of 15 rams, specially'selected in the Liverpool Plains district for exportation to South…

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Drought-Proof Variety of Wheat

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 2

The extraordinary productiveness of Mr J.A.Kennedy's wheat fields in Albury. should reassre the timid souls who were frightened by Sir william Crookes's dismal…

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The Millionaire's Property. Believed Mr Tyson Left no Will. Last Year's Wool Worth. £180,000 [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 2

THE late James Tyson's solicitor, Mr Peterson, M.P., has not yet returned to Brisbane, and nothing has transpired us to Mr Tyson's will. Many…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 3

THE two loading dailies have published estimates of the wheat harvest, which by the way is not yet reaped. These estimates are the most powerful weapons in…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 2

THE Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that the wool union were held on Wednesday at the Wool Exchange, Macqui[?]e-place, when the…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

ALTHOUGH owing to the issue of the circular, to which we referred last week, forbidding the police to supply the usual statistical information…

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Market News. Wheat

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

Mr. H. R. Cuter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne reports under date 7th December, as follows:— Wheat has changed a little for the worse…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 3

The Sydney Wool Selling Broken' Association reports under date 3rd December as follows:—Daring the past week 35,804 bales of wool were offered, the sales amounting to…

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Extraordinary Yield of Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 9

An extraordinary yield of wheat is expected at Mr. J. A. Kennedy's farm near the river at Albury. The estimate is 60 bushels per acre. The seed was obtained originally from America. The…

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Drought Proof Variety of Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

THE extraordinary productiveness of Mr. J. A. Kennedy's wheat fields in Albury, should reassure the timid souls who were frightened by Sir…

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The Wheat Harvest. the Northern Granary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 13

At this time of tho year bota producers ana public alike are looking forward to see the myriad specks of gold safely garnered. This year news paper men concerned in compiling wheat returns…

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The Farm & Garden. the Dubbing of Poultry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 11

A controversy has been going on for a long time past in tho poultry journals as to whether or not game fowls should bo dubbed, and those opposed to the practice have been…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Cattle and Sheep Roasted Alive

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 4

TERRIFIC bush fires raged near Bouthen (Vie.) last. week. By desperate efferts property was saved in some cases. In others the…

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