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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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

The Wheat Harvest

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The Government Statistician has published his estimate of the wheat crop of the colony for the present season. He estimates the total area under wheat at 1,910,539…

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Market News. Wheat

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 5

H. R. Carter & Co., wheat brokers, Sydney, report as under :— Offerings from the country of new wh continue on a very weak scale, and over 2s…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 10

Messrs Harrison, Jones and Devilin report Our seventh wool salo (being the final for the prcsonft your) passed oft most successfully on Monday. 5000 bales were offered, and 4500 sold. Competition…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 2

The wool auctions have been continued in Sydney during the week competition being fa[?] brisk and values firm. Among the lots sold we noticed the following local…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 4

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

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Effect of Salt on the Composition of Butter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 11

An interesting series of butter making experiments, made recently at the Wisconsin University Agricultural Experiment Station, offers some evidence as to the effect which…

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The Farm & garden. White Scour in Calves

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 11

Perhaps there are fow diseases tho causes of which are so little understood by the farmer and for which there are so many absurbnostrums employed as white scour in calves…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1900 · page 2

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

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The Crop of Criminals. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1900 · page 2

"THERE are not sp ,amu criminals here from the other colonies as we expected, or, if they are here, they are keeping in hiding, for we do not…

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Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1900 · page 3

The racing on Saturday last resulted as under:- Hurdle Race about 2 miles,-Redlight, 9st (Chevalley), 1; Moravian, 11st 7lb, 2…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 December 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 · Saturday 29 December 1900 · page 7

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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The Farm & Garden. Cheap Pork

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1900 · page 10

The uncounted wastes of the farm can often be turned into pork, and produce a neat sum of money without very much trouble. A couple of pigs will grow and…

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