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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

734 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 37

Farmers and Settlers in Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

LAST Thursday the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was opened in Sydney, under the presidency of Mr. G.F. Plankett. In the secretary's report reference…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday the following prices were realised for the under mentioned clips:—Nogeldrie, [?]…

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The Australian Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 2

A CAREFULLY compiled sheet of statistics relating to the Australian wool market has been issued by Messrs. Dalgetty and Company Limited. The total sales in the various local…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

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

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 3

At the suctions yesterday the following prices were realised for the undermentioned representative clips:—Kidaralie, 11½d; Burrow, 9½d; Warbreccan, 8½d; Mount Margaret 15½d;…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Conference, Deputation of the Unemployed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 3

The Farmers' and Settlers' Cont[?] to-day received a deputation of two members of the unemployed, who declared that the army of unemployed workmen now numbered ten thousand. It hd been…

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Farmer and Settlers Conference. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

THE Conference was resumed to-day. The members considered the establishment or district councils, but as several spoke against the proposal it…

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Green Manure Crops for Orchards

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 1

The natural conditions under which fruit is grown in California are so much akin to what we experience in this colony, that we may with every prospect…

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The Stud Sheep Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

The annual stud sheep sales which were held last week were on the whole most satisfactory and compare favourably with the previous year which was an…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 3

At the wool auctions to-day there was a good sale at 1st rates. The present series (the fourth) will [?] on July 20. There was a medium selection. Price were ex[?] firm at late rats. The…

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The Australian Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 11

A carefully compiled sheet of statistics relating to the Australian wool market has been issued by Messrs. Dalgetty and Company, Limited. The total sales in the various local…

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Market News. Wool Report

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 5

GOLDSRROUGH, MORT AND Co., Ltd., report:— There is little to report in the local market, which is still in a very depressed state…

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The Jersey Cow, Butter Fat, and Tuberculosis

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 7

The twentieth monthly agricultural reading promoted by the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, was delivered at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening in the…

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Wool. Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co., Limited, Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 4

There is little to report in the local market which is still in a very depressed state. The unprecedented full in values seems to have taken all the heart out of those who, as a…

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Spring Rust in Wheat. What the Government Expert Says

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 3

THE Government wheat expert in a report to the Minister for Agricalture, states that he is receiving complaints from alarmed farmers to the effect…

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The Export of Pcultry. Handling of Wheat. The Policy of the Government Departments

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 8

At the annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, held in Sydney on Monday, Mr Stevenson, secretary to the New…

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Yorkshire Farmers and Sparrows

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 1

The sparrow rears at least two broods each spring, and his breeding season lasts for ten weeks. During this time every pair of sparrows destroy about 3,360 [?] a…

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Farmers and Settlers Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 4

Last week the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was opened in Sydney, under the presidency of Mr. G. F. Plunkett. In tho secretary's report reference…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 3

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference to-day received a deputation of two members of the unemployed, who declared that the at my of unemployed workmen now numbered ten thousand. It had been…

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The Farm & garden. Poultry Rearing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 11

A large audience assembled in tho Musweollbrook School of Arts on Monday night to listen to an address on poultry rearing by Mr. Wm. Cook, the great English expert. Mr. Cook said that poultry keeping…

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