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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Now Crop for the North

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 2

Attention has been drawn recently to the quaillai tree bark, Which is especially valuable in wool-warning. at the insurance of the Minister for agriculture Mr. Com…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Accused Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 2

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P., Kenneth M'Donald, on remand, was charged with having, on or about the 22nd July, at Maison…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Kenneth M'Donald, of Warkworth, on remand, was charged with having, on or about the 22nd July, at Maisonu Diem,…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 3

Edward Higgens (for Hill, Clark, and Co.) reports: A small yarding —only about 250 head—to a fair attendance of buyers. Competition was most animated, and high prices…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 4

Edward Higgens (for Hill, Clark and Co.) report—A small yarding—only about 250 hand—to a fair attendance of buyers. Competition was most animated, and high prices rules. One line of 120…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

The Sydney wool selling Brokers' Association reports under date 29th July:—The first sales of the new wool year were hold in Sydney this week, when 2271 bales were…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 4

Dalgetty and Company, Limited, report: The fourth series of London Colonial wool sales for the current year opened on the 27th instant with a numerous attendance of buyers from all quarters…

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2,500,000 Dollars for Butter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 14

The saying, "When the cows come home," means something to Obadiah Sands, of Illinois," said a citizen of that State to an American reporter. "It requires the coming home of 120.000 cows to supply…

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English Butter Trade. The Annual Output of Australia. Good Advice to the Producers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 6

A REPORT from London States that Messrs W. Weddel and Co. have issued their roport of the past season. After mentioning the increase of…

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The Farmers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

A MEETING of the sub committee appointed to prepare programme and decide upon the form which the coming annual demonstration should take was…

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A Farmer's Good Fortune. Through Reading a Paper

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 11

Many instances have occured in which people have become the recipients of good fortune one way or another through reading a paper. Sometimes a man in the poorest circumstances has, by merely…

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Does Farming Pay? Some Practical Proof. Results of a Young Man's Trial. Valuable Hints to Hide-Bound Farmers. [By a Correspondent.]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 4

A QUESTION is propounded this week which demands serious consideration, and cannot be answered with a [?] yes or no. Does farming pay in New…

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Rules for Farm Work

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

ACTING on the instructions of the Minister, the Agricultural Department has just obtained several mules for use on the Hawkesbury College Farm,…

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Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

The above races on Saturday last resulted as under:— Flying Handicap, 6 furlongS. Severity, Sst (S- Calinan), I ; Djin Djin, [?]…

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An Engergetic Farmer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

THE following instance of practical farming is recorded ia the Gulgong paper, and vouched for by the neighbors of the person who performed the…

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Butter Factory at Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

THE Australian Chilling and Freezing Co. announce the completion of a butter factory erected for them about half a mile from their meat works at…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 1

THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report for week ending 29th July, 1899, as follows:—Wool. Although [?]o public…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

A MEETING of farmers and settlers is convened for to-day (Wednesday) at 3 p.m. for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming a branch of the…

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Employment of Mules for Farm Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

ACTING on the instructions of Mr. Cook, Minister for Agriculture, the department has just obtained several mules for use on the Hawkesbury…

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South Coast Dairying

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 4

IN a report to the Minister for Agricullure, Mr. O'Callaghan, the dairy expert, says a number of factories in the South Coast district have erected…

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