The Transvaal War. Captures Op Boer Cattle. Farmers Sentenced. More Reinforcements Ordered. Gallantry of New Zealanders. London, March 3
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 3
The columns in the Ficksburg district of the Eastern Orange River Colony captured 10 Boers and 3000 cattle. Several farmers in Griqualand West have been…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 2
Butter and Eggs bought in any quantity, E. J. HEAD, Grocer, Singleton…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 2
The Minister for Mines and Agriculture announces that the judging for the recent State butter competition, is just completed. Three prizes were…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 3
Butter sellers this morning advanced the price of creamery to 1s 1d, and other grades proportionally, owing to the serious decline in the state of production in consequence of the drought…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 4
Several times within the past three months, reference has been made in in our columns to the death of cattle through eating immature sorghum or…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 2
MR. THOMAS BLUNT will to day finish the ploughing of his splendid 230 acre paddock immediately under the hill on the town side of Overton house. The…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 4
The eleventh half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Hunter-River farmers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., was held yesterday afternoon, at the company's store, High-street, West Maitland. Mr. J. W…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 2
OWING to the drought causing a falling off in the supplies, butter sellers have to-day advanced the price of creamery butter to thirteen pence…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 2
Better and Eggs bought in any quantity, E. J. HEAD, Grocer, Singleton.*…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 3
Sydney butter was selling this morning at the raised price, making the wholesale rate for creamery 14d. Other grades have advanced proportionately…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 4
Messrs. J. N. Brunker and Son have received the following market report dated Jan. 31, from Messrs. Willans and Overbury:— "The beginning of the year has been marked by…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 2
To-day we held our first sale of the winter series, bringing forward a catalogue of 1,003 bales, which included a mixed selection of both…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 12
Mr. R. A. Craig, assistant state veterinarian at the Perdue University agricultural experiment station, in a bulletin on " Infectious Ophthalmia in Cattle," says :—…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 2
Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin Ltd., report as follows:— Limited supplies of wheat have been coming forward all of which have met with…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 10
Mr. M'Keown, manager of the Wagga Experimental Farm, has furnished the results of experiments made by the application of manure in the cultivation of wheat. From unmanured land at the farm…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 13
The Minister for Agriculture reports that for some years past the Department has been testing on its farms various kinds of Manitoba wheats, with a view to seeing which are most suitable for cultivation in…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 2
The Associated [?]selling Brokers report under date lat instant as follows:— There has been a fair enquiry during the past week and although [?] have…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 5
[?] ATM cable received from London to-day states that the wool sales opened with an advance of a farthing per pound for merino and corssbred…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 2
Mr. Thomas Blunt will to-day (says the Muswellbrook Chronicle of Wednesday) finish the ploughing of his splendid 230 acre paddock immediately under the hill on the side of Overton house. The…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 3
Harrow wheat and cat ground promptly after harvesting, to mulch the surface and prevent loss of moisture, until it can be ploughed. Where ploughed, harrow the…
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