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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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Diseases of Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 3

Mr. R. W. [?]bury, the President of the Board of Agriculture, has appointed a departmental committee of inquiry into the diseases of sheep known as louping ill and blaxy…

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This Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales will be held on January 9 and 10. The number of bales catalogued is 5310, including 145 from Australia…

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Spaying Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 4

The practical demonstrations in cattle spaying that have been given during the past twelve months by Mr David…

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Six Million Acres of New Pastoral Country

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

Mr F. S. Brockman, of the Landa Department, Perth, who successfully carried out a six months' exploration trip through unknown territory…

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To Farmers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

Butter and Eggs bought in and quantity. S. J. HEAD, Grower, Singleton…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

REPORT for week ending January 4:—Wool.—A good demand has been met with during the past week, and a fair quantity has been disposed of at…

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Farmers Produce Sales. J. N. Brunker and Son's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

There was an exceptionally large supply of produce of all descriptions forward at to-day's sale, hay, potatoes, and onions being the cheif commodities forward in large quantities. The attendance of…

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To Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

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

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Wheat Market

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report under date January 4th :- Owing to the interruption of holidays, the market generally has been more or less upset,…

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Contagious Abortion in Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 11

That well-known authority on cattle— "Sampson"—in a contribution to the Live Stock Journal on the subject of the contagious abortion in cattle, says:—"This is a disease I…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 8
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Dalgety sind Company, Limited, report that upon the resumption of public business in the wool market on Monday (January 6th), after the usual Christmas recess, they offered a catalogue of 3386 bales, made…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. 2115 bales at La Plata wool were offered, and 1110 were sold. Prices were 5 centimes in advance of October rates…

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The Joys of Farming

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 6

A correspondent writes:—I went to the usual trouble this year to get my crop in, a matter which, in the old world, is looked on as an undertaking…

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The Farm & garden. Feeding Pigs for Profit

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 14

In the first place one must have hogs that are good caters with good constitutions. They must be able to digest aud assimilate largo quantities of food aud convert it into bone…

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To Farmers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

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

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The Dairymen's Union

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

The first annual meeting of the local branch of the Dairymen's Union of N. S. Wales will be held at the Council Chambers, on Tuesday next, 14th instant,…

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Special Weather Forecast. For Farmers and Gardeners of New South Wales. From Monday, 13th January, 1902, to Sunday, 19th January, 1902. [By Oronzo PRKSA,Agricultural Meteorologist, etc, etc] (All rights reserved). Between 13th and 17th—Cloudy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 5

Between 13th and 17th- Cloudy, with spasmodic warm thunder showers (probably hail) in the eastern, towards northern districts mostly. Damp and…

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Antwery Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales closed firm. Most of the crossbreds in the catalogue were sold. 4331 bales of La Plata wool offered, 2211 were sold; and 200 bales of Australian were offered, and 94 sold at the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

THE wool market has improved. Winchcombe, Carson & Co. having sold 5000 bales yesterday. Among the sale effected were—Barton's (Frogmore), 9d; Burt's…

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