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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

861 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 44

The Industrial Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 11

The Minister of Works has determined to ask Parliament to sanction the experiment of an industrial farm upon Crown lands, and not to ask it to purchase any private estate for…

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Industrial Farms

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

The Minister for Works has determined to ask Parlinment to sanction the experiment of an industrial farm noon Crown la[?]ds, and has requested the Minister…

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Farming Under Federation

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 3

"UNDER the settled Federal tariff, farmers will have the markets of Australasia opened to them." This. was the gist of the information a special reporter gleaned…

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The Butter Industry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1901 · page 2

The London correspondent of the Sydney. Morning Herald, deals very tully with the question of quality of New South Wales butter on the…

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The Butter Market. To-day's Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1901 · page 3

The Berrima District Butter Company notifies that the wholesale price of butter has further advanced to Is per 1b…

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Hereford Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 June 1901 · page 2

Mr Andrew Laycock, of Hereford cattle fame.and who has been a breeder of this Celebrated stock for nearly half a century, trucked on Tuesday a Hereford bull and…

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Pastoral and Stock Protection Board

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 June 1901 · page 2

A MEETING of the Pastoral and Stock Protection Board was bold at the Board'e office yesterday at 11 30 a.m., there being presents-Messrs R. T…

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The Wheat Market. Good for This State. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 June 1901 · page 4

THE prospects of the harvest in Germany are very bad. The Empire will probably require to import 12,000,000 quarters of grain next season…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1901 · page 4

A special meeting of the members of the Muswellbrook branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales was held in the School of Arts Committee-room yesterday afternoon…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1901 · page 3

The wholesale price of the best creamery butter advanced this morning to 1s 1d per lb., and other grades proportionately…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Crested Dogs' Tail

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1901 · page 4

THIS grass grows naturally in dry situations, and will not thrive in meadows that are very wet. It produces but little foliage, and its stoms…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 6
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

At Wednesday sales Messrs, Winchcombe, Carson, and Company offered 406 bales, sold under the hammer 282 bales, 406 privately ex catalogued 685,…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 2

A MEETING of members of the local branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts on Wednesday last, for the…

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The Farm and Garden. Reducing Bones

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 5

In reply to a correspondent of Australasian, asking for a cheap and effective way of treating bones in country districts, so as to convert them into manner Mr. A. N. Pearson, Victorian Government…

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Farmers' Produce Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 7

There were good supplies of many lines of produce at the weekly sales in Maitland on Wednesday. Buyers were present in numbers, and prices generally were good. Eggs were slightly easier, and…

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The Farm & Garden. Reducing Bones

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 8

In reply to a correspondent of Australasian, asking for a cheap and effective way of treating bones in country districts, so as to convert them into manure, Mr. A. N. Pearson, Victorian Government…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1901 · page 1

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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To Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1901 · page 2

Butter and Eggs bought in any quantity. E. J. HEAD, Grocer, Singleton…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Farming for Certified Milk

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 4

THERE are some people who take special care in the production of milk certified as pure. The main object of this is to cater for those who…

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