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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

951 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 48

Cattle Buyers' Grievance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 4

Complaints are made by pastoralists and others engaged in the buying of stock of a railway regulation which provides that a person desiring to truck stock has to give three days' notice of his…

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A Farmers' Conference

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

THE annual gathering held by the producere of the southern districts or the colony has, in the past, attracted little more than passing attention from the…

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Vegetation Diseases Act. Important to farmers and Orchardists

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 4

THE Minster for Agriculture has under cosidration a bill to named and extend the provisions of the Vegetation Diseases Act, 1897, which…

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Our Singleton Letter. the Wheat Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 5

Reports that have reached us within the past week go to show that the wheat crops hereabouts have almost till been sown under the most favourable conditions. With many, preparations were…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

Ed ward Higgens (for Hill, Clark & Co.) reports about 1600 yarded to-day to a good attendance of buyers and keen competition ruled throughout at…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

At the wool sales merinos advanced five to temper cent., but low crossbreds declined seven and a-half per cent…

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The London Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report:—A London cable states the June sales opened to a large attendance of buyers, whilst competition was animated. There was indifferent selection. For…

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Dairy Butter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 2

When you went Good Dairy Butter, equal factory, try E. J. HEAD, who always keeps a fresh supply…

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The Sheep Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 3

The annual exhibition of the New South Wales Shoepbreeders' Association was informally opened at the Agricultural Ground this morning. The weather was beautifully fine, though somewhat…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 3

Merinos and fine crossbreds are hardening in price, but low crossbreds are unchanged…

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The Dairying Industry

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 2

The progress which this industry has made in this district during the past few years has been the marvel of all these who are Well-wishers of the district's prosperity…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 3

At the wool sales there is keen competition and prices are unchanged…

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The Butter Export Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 3

In their annual review, W. Weddel and Co. state that unless an organised body is selected to uphold Australia values of butter there is a danger of permanently setting the price at Id per lb below…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 4

The third series of colonial wool sales for the current year, which opened on the 2nd instant, was brought to a close on the 19th. The nett available quantities of Australasian and Cape wool…

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Winter Dairying—How to Make it Pay

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 4

WHY do some farmers say whiter milk is the most plying item the farmer can produce ? First, because they keep milkers, not beef cattle…

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Heavy Cattle and Sheep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 14

A pen of five bullocks from Quat Quatta Station, New South Wales, sold at Newmarket, Melbourne, by Messrs. Powers, Rutherford, and Co., for £15 per head, were slaughtered last week, when the…

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Dairy Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 2

When you want Good Dairy Butter, equal to factory, try D. J. HEAD, who always keeps a fresh "supply…

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Stuffed Sheep's Head

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 5
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Clean a head thoroughly, cover with water, add a bunch of sweet herbs, an onion, a carrot, a stick of celery, and usual seasonings. Boil until the meat…

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Weekly Cattle Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 2

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