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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

734 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 37

Sale of Store Sheep

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 5

Messrs. Corbett and Simpson, auctioners, of Scone, announce in our advertising columns that they will sell by action, in lets to suit purchasers, at the Scone yards, on…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 5

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report:—The The fifth and last series of the Colonial Wool Sales for the current year commenced on the 9th instant, the available quantities being estimated as follows…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 5

The wool sales were continued iu Sydney during the week. The highest price of the reason was reached on tuesday, the figure being 9 8/4. AMong the lets sold we noticed…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 4

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

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Smallest Sheep in the World

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 1

The very smallest of all the kinds of sheep, says a contemporary, is the tiny Breton sheep. It is too small to be very profitable to raise, for, of course, it…

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The Wool Market. Muswellbrook Wool [?] the Market and Puts Up a Record So Far for the Season

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 2

THE Pastoral Finance and Agency Company report that the highest price obtained at their wool sales, in Sydney, on Monday last was for Mr. T, Blunt's…

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A Victorian Tragedy. Murder of a Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 6

A FARMER named Hugh Lavery, a resident of Beulah, was found on Wednesday morning dead in his bed with his skull fractured in two places. Lavery…

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Murder of a Farmer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 3

A farmer named Hugh Lavery, a resident of Beniah, was found on Wednesday deed in his bed with bis skull fractured iu two places. Lavery…

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The FArm Garden Lumpy Jaw

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 10

Tho disease termed " lumpy jaw" by stockmen and " actinomycosis" by Veterinarians is not contagions in tho commonly accepted sense of tbu word. In other words, cattle do…

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Poultry for Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 10

For a certain class of farmers poultry keeping is a very appropriate business and may be made very profitable. Those who are possessed of plenty of patience, kindness and…

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Murdered While Asleep. a Cold-Blooded Crime. The Tragic Death of a Farmer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 3

A murder quite as horrible as any which hag recently stained the annals of Victoria was committed on Tuesday night at Beulah West, a rising…

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Butter Making and Cattle Brooding

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 2

The Agricultural Department has made arrangements for the reception of a limited number of students at the Government Farm at Berry, where instruction may be…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 2

MR. COGHLAN, the Government Statistician, has issued a progress report with regard to the wheat area and crop. As the weather of the next…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 2

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

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 November 1900 · page 4

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

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Redfern Auction Sales. the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Association, Limited, Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 November 1900 · page 5

Since our last report there has been no change to report in the values of forage at Redfern. Arrivals of chaff by rail for the past week total 206 trucks, which with 10,600 bags of Victorian chaff arrived…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 November 1900 · page 2

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

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The Wool Sales. [By Telegraph]. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 November 1900 · page 2

AT the wool sales to-day the market was very firm. Best greasy brought 9½d; and G. Manuels', from Armidale, realised 8d; Clerkness, from…

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Dairy Farming Returns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 November 1900 · page 3

GENERALLY speaKing, the dairy farmer is a reticent individual regarding the amount of his monthly accounts, but nothing gives him greater pleasure…

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Sheep Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 November 1900 · page 2

MESSRS. Corbett: and Simpson an nounce. that they will offer at their Scone yards on Thursday next, 29th instant, 1000 four, six, and eight tooth…

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