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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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The Millers Ring. An Unsuccessful attempt to Fix Prices of Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 5

Some weeks-back.ve drew attention to the special conditions of the New South Wales wheat harvest, of which the associated millers were seeking to…

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Farmers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2

THERE was a full attendance at the meeting of the Committee of the Farmers Association, held in the School of Arts on Thursday afternoon last…

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The farm & garden. About Cow Feeding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 6

New facts about cow feeding have been learned by a remarkable experiment conducted by Director Jordan at the New York station, the results of which, soon to be published,…

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Selling Dairy Produce in England

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 4

Signs and omens point to the conclusion that there is something radically-wrong in the methods at present adopted for distributing and selling…

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Farming as an Occupation

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 4

At the banquet in connection with the Nepean Show the other day, Mr Vilder, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, made reference…

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Boracic Acid in Butter. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 3

The Glamorganshire (Wales) County Council is prosecuting, under the Adulteration of Food Act, sellers of M[?]ewa and Corangamite butters,…

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Exhibition of Farming Implements

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

Two exhibitions of the MasseyHarris Tillage Implements were given by the agents (Messrs. M. Campbell and Co.) last week. One…

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Sheep Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 2

MESSRS. Corbett and Simpson announce an important sheep sale at Scone Yards on the 8th instant. Particulars will appear in Saturday's…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 2

YESTERDAY there was a largo attendance of buyers and others at the Municipal sale yards, when 3000 head of store cattle were offered at…

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The Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Seventeenth Annual Show. Commencement of a Successful Exhibition. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 5

The seventeenth annual show oe tho Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association opened to-day on the splendid show ground of the society in favourable circumstances…

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The Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 4

There arc about 30,000 bags of wheat stored at.Berrigan Railway Station. The largest number of cows milked by any, one dairyman in the Illawarra…

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Farmers and Floods. Proposed Extension of Embankments at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 6

A public meeting of ratepayers and residents of East Maitland, convened by the Mayor in answer to a requisition, was held in the Mechanics' Institute last evening. The requisition stated that…

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The Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Seventeenth Annual Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 2

The committee of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association, as well as the residents of the Muswellbrook district, have reason to feel satisfied with the success that has so far…

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Serious Assault on a Farmer. Four to One- The Assailants Arrested

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 4

To be set upon by roughs and almost killed after going through nearly 60 years of life without accident to health or limb is one of the hardest experiences we know of. Such,…

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Dealings in Wheat. Remarkable Contest Between American Millionaires. One Loses Half-a-million

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 4

A REMARKABLE contest has taken place at Chicago between two of the wealthiest speculators in the United States for the control of the wheat market of…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 2

No. 18.—TOBACCO (continued).—TEMPERATURE — DISTRIBUTION — HANDLING— SWEATING — STRIPPING — MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO — THE SAUCE OR LIQUOR—…

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The Wheat Crop

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

We have been shown by Mr. F. W. Probst, of Woodford, Ardgleo, a sample of wheat grown by him at that place. The sample is a good one, the seed being bright…

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Sheep Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

MESSRS. Corbett and Simpson announce a large sale of fat and store sheep, to be held at Scone yards, on Tuesday next, 8th inst. Particulars…

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British Butter Market. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

The butter market is quiet, and prices are unchanged. The shipment by the Orizaba was hardly equal to the standard previously maintained…

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The Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Seventeenth Annual Exhibition. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 3

The committee of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association, as well as the residents of the Muswellbrook district, have reason to feel satisfied with the success that has so far…

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