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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Dairy Pointers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 4

If the butter is mottled work it a little niter salting. If the butter is too soft feed the cow with some potatoes…

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Redwater in Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 5

DR. TIDESWELL (assistant medical officer), Mr E. Stanley (chief veterinary inspector), and Mr Grant (bacteriological assistant) of thE N…

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Sheep As Dairy Stock. The Place where Roquefort Cheese is made

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 4

The bare idea of keeping sheep for milking purposes would probably shock the vast majority of farmers in this country and yet, strange to say, the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report as follows under date 4th March :—No auctions have been held this weet but considerable private transactions…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 3

The following rates have been realised:—Lismore, 5 7/8d; Breeza, 8 1/8d; Stonyhurst, 8 1/4d; Marathon, 8 1/2d; Yanko, 9 1/4; Cominda, 10d; Mount Bute, 12d; Show, 16 3/4d; Rockwood, 17 1/2d…

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Rise in the Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 3

The Fresh Food and Ice Company has advanced the price of best creamery butter to 10d, pasteurised 10 1/2d…

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Letter to the Editor. Wheat As Horsefeed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 4

SIR,—Having noticed in your columns some few days ago that four horses had died through eating boiled wheat, I would like to give you my experience on feeding horses on boiled wheat. I have…

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Farmer and Company

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 2

FARMER and Company, Limited, of Victoria House, Sydney, have pleasure in announcing that their Mr. E. G. Fletcher will visit Muswellbrook next…

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Dairymen and the Pan System

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 2

The member for the district, Mr. R. G. D. Fitz-Gerald, is in receipt of a communication from the Board of Health, stating that his letter re the…

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Cattle Condemned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

During the month of January, at Singleton, one bullock and three cows were condemned by the authorities as suffering from tuberculosis; West Maitland, five cows and…

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Singleton Dairy Herds

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

Last week Mr Robinson, M.R.C.V.S., commenced the inspection of the dairy herds of this district, accompanied by the local inspector, Senior-Sergeant Moylan…

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Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 3

The above races took place on Saturday last. Results: Hurdle Race, about 2 miles.—Hinau, [?]at 5lb, and Mist, 9st, dead heat for first;…

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Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 3

The news of an immense destruction of wheat in Argentina has caused holders to prick up their ears. Three hundred thousand tons is equal to…

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High Priced Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 2

AT Homebush Sale Yards, on Thursday last, 21 bullocks from Mr. T. Cook's Turanville estate averaged £9 9s each…

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Victorian Butter in Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 3

A retailer of Victorian batter at Cardiff, in Wales, is being prosecuted for Boiling, and baring for sale, Victorian butter containing 1-2 par cent. of boracic acid. Mr. J. M. Sinclair, the Superintendent of…

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Farmer and Company

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 2

FARMER and Company, Limited, of Victoria House, Sydney, have pleasure in announcing that their Mr. E. G. Fletcher will visit Muswellbrook next…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 3

Wool is very spirited; merino is hardening…

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The Butter Supply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 3

Butter is scarce in sussex-st., one or two firms having run short of best grades this morning, and are unable to obtain supplies from other firms, as those merchants who have stock on hand prefer to…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

THE ridiculously exaggerated estimates of the wheat harvest which wrought so much harm to growers early in the season are now definitely exploded by the…

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Sheep as Dairy Stock

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 4

The [?] sheep for [?] purposes [?]…

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