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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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Sydney Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 3

Messrs. Harrsion, Jones Devlin Limited report: We offered 4,000 bales of wool at our sales to-day and cleared the bulk of the catalogue. Values for good wool good, [?] higher, and all classes,…

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The Boer War. a Boer Defeat. Successful Cattle Raiding. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

Commandants De la Rey, Steenkamp, and Boshoff, with 5000 men, after successful cattle raiding in the…

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Sheep on Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 13

The advantage of keeping even a small number of sheep of the right breed on the farm is being recognised by many farmers in the agricultural districts of Queensland. More particularly is this…

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Packing Butter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

A correspondent of the Farm, Field, and Fireside gives the following description of a mode of packing butter in the United States: —"Another novelty which shows how the…

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Store Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2

MR. EDWARD HIGGENS (for Hill, Clark, and Co.) announces that he will offer at Muswellbrook yards, on the 22nd instant, 1000 head of store cattle,…

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The Branding of Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

THE question as to whether, under the Registration of Brands Act, a person is guilty of an offence in branding a beast on any part other than those…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2

After the Christmas recess, an interval of a little under three weeks, the wool sales were resumed on Monday. The market opened strong, and ruled firmly throughout…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 4

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

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Australian Butter and Honey in London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 13

Inquiries recently made have thrown some light (says the London correspondent of the Melbourne Age) upon the mysterious disappearance of Australian butter and honey which figure largely on ships'…

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Sydney Wool Sales. SYDNEY

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report that at their sale yesterday the market was strong, and competition brisk. Oberon fleece realised 10d, New England…

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Farmer and Company, Limited

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2

MR E. G. FLETCHER, the representative of Farmer and Company, Limited, of Sydney, expects to visit Muswell brook next Thursday and Friday, 17th…

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Copper Toe Now Extinct. How the Boot Protector Was Invented by a Maine Farmer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 1
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Children kick out the toes of their boots now just as much as they ever did, but the copper toe has gone out of date too long ago to talk about. It was…

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Farmers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2

A SPECIAL, general meeting of members of the local Farmers' Association is to be held on Wednesday next, at the School of Arts, to consider the…

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Spoilt a Good Farm Doctering

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 5

Mr. A. N. Noell of Asherville, Kansas, says he spout a good farm doctoring himself for chronic diarrhoea but got no relief and was afraid that he must die. He chanced to get hold of a bottle of…

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The Farm & Garden. Turkey Breeding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

The number of turkeys reared each season is on the increase, as those who have space at their command find they are profitable stock and when one knows how to manage the you[?]…

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Local News. Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

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

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Weather and Crops

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

The weather continues dry. A thunderstorm on Friday night last yielded 40 points, but the rain probably did more harm than good; as the recent hot days…

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Warwick Farm Races-

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 3

The racing on Saturday resulted as under:— The Kingston Stakes, 6 furlongs.—Ma Ma, 7st 8lb (A. Scott), 1; Gozan, 7et 71b,…

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