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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Farmers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 4

THE quarterly meeting of the committee of the Muswellbrook Farmers' Association was held in the School of Aits on Tuesday afternoon, when there were…

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Farmers' Prospects in South Africa

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 3

Speaking at the Agricultural Show at [?]athalbyn, South Australia, his Excellency Lord Tennyson, Raid, having been asked to find out something about the prospects of farmera in South Africa, he had…

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The Farm & garden. the Typical Roadster

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 11

Thus writes an authority on this subject :— A typical roadster should stand from 15h. to 16h. high, be sound and straight in every way, have a good, solid colour, a level head,…

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The Uhest Crop

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 4

The area under wheat in this district this year is not so large as the last two years. Many of the farmers last season were disheartened at the destructive…

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Colonial Frozen Meat Trade Farmers Who Curse Providence. The South Afrioan Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 1

Mr Benn, the manager of the Aberdeen Meat Works, is at present in England on a mission connected with the frozen meat trade, where he is…

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Local, News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 October 1900 · page 2

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

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Spray. Sheep in the East

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1900 · page 5

A species of sheep in the East, common in Synia are so encumbered by the weight of their tails that the shepherds fix a piece of thin board to the under…

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Scarcity of Farm Laborers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 October 1900 · page 2

Speaking to a representative of the ARGUS other the other day, one of the leading dairymen of the Jerry's Plains district stated that, owing to the scarcity of farm…

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COMMERCIAL. Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 3

EDWARD HIGGENS (for Hill, Clark & Co.) reports having yarded and sold 1000 head on Friday last. Buyers were in large attendance,and each lot submitted met with keen…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 4

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd.; Hill, Clark, and Co.;…

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Shortage of Wool Exports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 2

The decision to defer the local wool sales has of course consequently curtailed the export of the commodity. In the last three months we are 33,000…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 October 1900 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday, Messrs. Buxton, Re[?] and Co., Messrs. C. Bs[?] and Co., and Messrs. Jacomb and Sons offered 11,571 bales. Twe-thirds of the amount was from New Zealand…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 October 1900 · page 2

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

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The Dairying Industry. Pasteurisation tend the Cape Wood

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 October 1900 · page 3

Messre W. Weddel and Co., colonial commission agents, London, in their Australasian dairy produce review for IS99-1900, state that the "art and…

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The Wheat Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 3

The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,275,000 quarters. and for the Continent 1,075,000 quarters, against 2,330,000 quarters and 1,085,000 quarters respectively last…

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London Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 3

ON Wednesday, we received word that the opening London sales showed a decline of 10 to 15 per cent, but bidding was spirited…

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Butter for England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 3

The mail steamer Cuzco for London took away 4480 boxes of butter for the English market…

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A Patent Sheep Truck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 12

Mr. Anderson has now got his patent into proper Working order, and all who have been it think it cannot fail to be a success. In the first place, Manilla ropes and India-rubber tubing were need to support…

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London Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 4

The fifth series of wool sales opened in London on Tuesday last, when 11.571 bales were offered, two-thirds of the quantity being from New Zealand…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 4

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

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