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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Cattle Trade of the West. Prospects of an Improved Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 7

THE people of West Australia have awakened to the fact that they are paying more for their meat than the rest of Australia. many years ago…

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Export of Butter. Capturing the British Market. Large Increase From Australia

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

The Minister of Agriculture has received from. Messrs. Weddel and Co. (London) a copy of their annual review of the Australasian dairy industry for the year 1899-1900…

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The Dairying Industry. Pasteurisation and the Cape Weed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 5

MESSRS. W. WEDDUEL and Co., colonial commission agents, London, in their Australian dairy produce review for 1899 1900, state that the "art and…

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The Farm & Garden. Rose Culture

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 10

Errors in rose culture are frequently the cause of parasitic attacks of various kinds, with the result that beginners are warned off peremptorily. For instance many people…

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Dairying by Asiatics

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 2

The Lismore Chamber of Commerce has taken up the question of protesting against the registration of Hindoos and other Asiatics as…

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Dairying in Denmark. An Australian's Impressions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 8

WIRITES a correspondent:—l left Copenhagen by train for Lundby with a gentleman thoroughly up in dairying. Lundby is about 70 miles from…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 2

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

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Local News, Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 October 1900 · page 2

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

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Farmers Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1900 · page 4

PRESENTATION TO MR. C.J. SPRATT—Persuant to arrangement a meeting of the committee of the Farmers Association was held in the School of Arts yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making presentation to Mr. C.J. Spratt…

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Judging Dairy Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 4
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In establishing a dairy herd the importance of using a sire descended from a deep-milking strain is admitted (remarks the Australasian), but even when such an animal is provided,…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 3

There [?] bank rale to-day, good wools being in strong demand. At the wool sales yesterday the following prices were realiced:—Muntham, 31 Emay 7½d; [?] Grondroud, 15d…

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Shipment of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 3

The mail steamer Arcadia left for London to-day with 8493 boxes of butter…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 4

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

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Adelaide Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 2

At the Adelaide wool fates, which commenced on Monday, the marked opened flat buyers and sellers both waiting the result of the forthcoming sales at Melbourne and…

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—THE—Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zeal To rouse the henchman of the public weal. Saturday, Oct. 20, 1900. Farmers as Hawkers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 2

PUBLIC opinion, which, as a rule, is not much move reliable or worthy of respect than that mendacious entity "common report," has apparently…

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Farmers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 2

THE receipts from sales in connection with the local Farmers' Association during last quarter were as follows:—July £70 4s 3d, August £94 7s 6d,…

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The Farm & garden. the Cape Weed.—its Merits and Demerits

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 12

Who says, writes Station, Farm and Dairy, that the Cape weed is a noxious plant and should be declared a pest? This plant grows throughout the length and breadth of…

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Muswellbrook. a Farmer's Loss by Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 3

Mr. H. Baxter, a well-known farmer, residing at Kayuga, had a haystack containing forty tons and several bales of wool and a shed burnt yesterday. The loss was considerable, but the machinery was…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1900 · page 3

The home trade is becoming nervous, finding itself unable to absorb the whole of the offerings. Foreigners are giving poor support to the market. Hence faulty wools are neglected, and often selling…

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