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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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The Butter Market. Conviction Quashed. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 5

THE Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of the trader who was fined £50 for selling butter containing 13 per cent of boracic acid…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Wincombe Carson and Co's. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 6

The demand for good fine merino wool continues very firm and some high prices for this class of wool have been realised since we last reported. For greasy fleece wool from…

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Crop Fed Off. Crop Not Fed Off

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 4

This was an experiment (says the 'Agricultural Gazette' of New South Wales) for the purpose of ascertaining to what degree the…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

WHEN farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble collate one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there was trouble in the wind, When, on striking a light…

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The Farm & garden

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 7

One of the breeds of cattle possessing excellent characteristics, but which is not as well known as some others, is the Devon, which is red in colour. It does not rank as…

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Special Weather Forecast. For-Farmers and Gardeners of New South Wales. From Monday, 28th October, to Sunday, 3rd Nov, 1901. [By Oronzo Presa, Agricultural Meteorologist, etc., etc]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 5

Between the 28th and 28th October —the weather will be cool and moist, clouds and showers in places in the Southern districts. Fine and…

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To Farmers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 4

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

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1901 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday. Competition was less animated than at the opening, though prices were unchanged. The total of La Plata, wool offered was 9050 bales, of which 4058…

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The Sydney Wool Markets Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 3

WOOL market shows a lower tendency especially in faulty sorts. Winchcombe Carson sold to-day for George Reeves, Mudgee, 94d;…

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Kindness in the Dairy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 4

It is an undoubted fact, which cannot be too strongly impressed upon dairymen, that cows will not give…

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To Farmers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

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

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Branxton Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 5

Herewith we give a description of the Branxton butter factory, a flourishing industry established by Messrs. G. Forrester and Son adjacent to the Branxton railway station. The factory, which was erected…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 4

REPORT for week ending October 26: Wool.—The public auctions of the past week were on the whole very satisfactory. The market may be…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 2

Dalgetty and Co., Limited, reports:-On Monday we offered 4000 bales. Many of the clips were more or less touched with burr. Compared with last week's sales the market was slightly weaker, especially for…

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To Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 2

Butter and Eggs boughtin any quantitiy. E. J. HEAD Grocer, Singleton…

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Crop Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 4

The condition of the cereal crops in this district is beginning to cause some anxiety, and the general desire now is for a heavy fall of rain. The growth has been seldom so backward at this time of the…

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Ophthalmia in Sheep and Cattle. From the Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 4

This disease, says Mr. G. Sidney Smith, Stock Inspector, Bathurst, is brought about by a variety of causes, such as dirt, grass-seed, or other…

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Duckenfield Butter Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 13

In response to an invitation from the Manager of the Farmers' Co-operative Company, Limited of Sydney, a number of the leading dairymen of this district met representatives of the above Company…

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Branxton Butter Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 10

Herewith we give a description of the Branxton butter factory, a flourishing industry established by Messrs. G. Forrester and Son, adjacent to the Branxton railway station. The factory, which was erected…

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