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Farming & the land, 1899

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The Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 2

Wool has apparency reached its "top[?]notch" for the present. To keep pace with the prices that have been paid in Australia, the London sales,…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 3

The following prices were for realised for the under—mentioned clips:—Par, 10gd; Clare, llgd Marathon, greasy 12gd, scoured 26gd; chowilla, 13[?]d; Warrnainbool, 13gd; Jerelderie, 13gd; Oura,…

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COMMERCIAL. Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 3

At the local sale yards on Tuesday about 1600 head were yarded to a good attendance of buyers. Bidding was brisk. Bullocks brought up to £4 15s per head…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 1

THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Dalgety and Co, Lid; Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd.;…

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Late News by Cable. London, Dec. 5, the Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 3

Wheat is quoted at Mark Lane 6d per quarter cheaper than a week ago…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 2

Edward Higgens (for Hill, Clark, and Co.) reports having offered and sold 1600 head to a good attendance of buyers, and contrary to expectation the market held well at late rates. Sales follow :…

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Preparation and Application of Farm-yard Manure

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 1

Mr. W. Hessel Hall, M.A., of Lapstone Apiary, Emu Plains, has been good enough to furnish the following report of his operations:…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 4

No. 110. The Pine Tree (continued)—Filling the Boxes—Duration of Yield—American Tar—The Pitch Pine—Description—Bark —Wood—Soil—The White Pine—Qualities…

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Store Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

MESSRS. PITT, SON AND BADGERY, Limited, advertise that they will offer by auction 600 head of Merton Downs bullocks, at Muswellbrook sale yards,…

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Wheat

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

We would direct attention to the advertisement of Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., with regard to the season]'s wheat. The advertisement will be found in…

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Dehorning Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 13

Several inquiries have been received with respect to dehorning cattle. The following memorandum on the subject has been prepared at the instance of the Chief Inspector of…

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Local and General News. The Wheat Crop

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

The Government Statistician has published the following estimate of the probable what crop for the Murrurundi District:—Estimate for sea on 1899—Area under wheat…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 7

Edward Higgens (for Hill, Clark, and Co.) reports having offered and sold 1600 head to a good attendance of buyers, and contrary to expectation the market held well at late rate. Sales us follow:…

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Cattle Trade with New Caledonia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 7

The following is a letter received by the Chamber of Commerce.— Department of Mines and Agriculture, Stock and Brands, Sydney, November 23. The President Sydney Chamber of Commerce,-…

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Gamoerous Cattle. An Important Discovery at Adelaide

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 1

A DISCOVERY of great importance in regard to [?] in cattle has recently been made in Adilaide. On Nevember 22, according to an Adilaide journal…

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Sydney Wool Sales. by Telegraph

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., Hill, Clark, and Co., New Zealand…

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The Farm & Garden. Thinning Tomatoes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 13

An experiment to test the advantages of thinning tomatoes was tried last season at the Arkansas Experiment Station (U.S.A.) Two lots of twenty five plants, were grown under…

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Store Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 2

ATTEMTION is directed to the advertisement of Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Limited, notifying that they will offer at the local sale yards, on…

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The Wheat Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 2

With startling regularity, year by year, as soon as the Australian wheat harvest is fairly under weigh, some sensational cable is published tending to…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 3

As compared with the closing rates of the October series, merinos and fine crossbreds are 20 per cont. higher, medium and lower crossbreds 20 to 30 per cent, higher, slipes 15 to 20 per cent. higher, merino…

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