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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

GOLDSBROUGH, Mort, and Co., Limited, report:—Another very quiet week has been experienced in the local wool trade. Certainly we have had some…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

Wanted known that E. J. HRAD is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity."…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 5

The following prices were realised for the under-mentioned clips:—Burwood, 11¾1; Mountwood, 18¾d. May 26…

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The Farm & Garden Prevention of Milk Fever

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 8

Mr. Valancey E. Fuller, a prominent American Jersey breeder, has sent to the County Gentleman (Albany, New York) an account of how he manages his herd of this…

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How Mineral Wool is Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 June 1900 · page 5

Of those who know what mineral wool is, or silicate cotton, as it is sometimes called, probably only a small number are familiar with the simple process by which it is made…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 4

Wanted known that E. J. HRAD is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 2

Wanted known that E. J. Head is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity…

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Loss of Cattle. Disaster to Upper Hunter Enterprise

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 4

THE steamer Annerley, which arrived at Melbourne from Newcastle on Sunday bound for the Cape, reparts having experienced terrifie weather in the…

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A Staate Farm

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 2

SOMEWHERE near Sydney —the exact locality has not been stated the Government have obtained, or set apart land for a State Farm. Thereon…

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A Stats Farm

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 4

SOMEWHERE near Sydney —the exact locality has not been stated—the Government have obtained, or set apart land for a State Farm. Thereon…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 June 1900 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd, report: —Hides.—A fair number of buyers, but sales dull and dragging, and…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 June 1900 · page 2

Wanted known that B. J. Head is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity…

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Loss of Cattle. Disaster to Upper Hunter Enterprise

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 4

THE steamer Annerley, which arrived at Melbourne from Newcastle on Sunday bound for the Cape, reports having expprienced terrific weather in the…

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Farm Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 4

THE necessity of providing shelter for stock turned adrift in paddocks, does not receive as much attention as its importance deserves, and to this…

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Rearing Pure Herds of Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 16

Mr. Fegan, Minister of Agriculture, has decided to utilise the experimental farm near Liamore for the purpose of rearing pure herds of the breeds of dairy cattle most suitable to the district. With…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 5

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Ltd., report:—The next local auctions have been fixed for the 20th and 21st inst., and till then we do not expect to see much…

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Sydney Wool Market. Goldsbrough. Mort. and Co. (Limited) Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 8

Wool.—The next local auctions have been fixed for the 21th and 21st instant, and till then we do not expect to see much change; trade generally is in a very quiet state. There appears to be a…

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Pirce of Butter. [By Telegraph Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 2

OWING to the scarcity, the wholesale price of creamery and best factory butter was raised this morning to 11d per 1b, and other grades were advanced…

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A Cattle Steamer in a Storm. Heavy Loss of Live Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 3

The French steamer Maroe, which left Newcastle on Friday last with a general cargo and a number of cattle and sheep for Noumea, put into Sydney yesterday, after having had a terrible experience in…

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Hints to Farmers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 4

To depend upon the cultivation of cereals alone for a livelihood is hazardous in such a country as ours, where the rainfall rarely comes when most…

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