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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Twenty-first Annual Show. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 2

The twenty-first annual exhibition of the Upper Hunter pastoral and Agricultural Association was opened on the Society's spacious and Well-appointed grounds to-day. The weather which was…

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Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Twenty-first Annual Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

The committee of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association deserve hearty congratulations on the success attending yesterday's proceedings of their annual exhibition. The weather was…

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Wool Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 7

WINCHCOM[?], CARSON, AND CO.'s REPORT : Although a very firm tone pervades the wool market, business is restricted on account of the very limited nature of…

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[?]Pper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Twenty-first Annual Show. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 7

The twenty first annual exhibition of the Upper [?]ter Pastoral and Agricultural Association [?] opened on the Society's spacious and well-[?] [?]onted grounds to-day. The weather, which was…

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The Farm. Profitable Pig Freding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

The only way to mako money in feeding piga is to comply witli the laws of animal physiology. In fooding a 150-pound pig up to a weight of 300 pounds, the average…

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The Somaliland Expedition. Capture of Camels and Sheep, etc. [By Cable]. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 3

MAJOR SHARP, commanding the column of the mounted Somali infantry and camel corps, in Somaliand reports, during the week's work,…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Stolen' in Sydney. Sold in Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

A case presenting some interesting features before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., at the Redfern Court, yesterday, when William Dawson, described as a farmer, residing at Kensington, win charged with having…

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Maitland Circuit Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen, Acting Chief Justice. Wednesday, April 8. Alleged Sheep-stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 2

In the case in which Robert Hall was arraigned on a charge that he did on October 23, 1902, at Doughboy Hollow, steal one ewe the property of James Frederick Hoddle, the following evidence was…

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Russian Visitor in Sydney. Speaks of His Investigations. Need for Purer Breeds of Stock. Unclean Dairying Methods

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 4

M. NICHOLAS KRUKOFF, the representative of the Russian Minister of Agriculture, has apparently made the best use of his sojourn in Australia,…

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New Zealand. Some Crop and Dairy Returns

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

WE are indobted to a friend for the following extracts from the Weekly Press (Canterbury, N.Z), showing yields of grain, and some dairy items…

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Dairy Items

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

Married couples are making £200 a year milking on shares in Taranaki, at least one couple is (says the "Dairyman"). In this case the wife is a…

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Dairy and Store Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday next E. W. Sparke will submit to auction at Campbell's Hill Yards 360 head of store cattle and dairy heifers, which are described as an attractive…

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Gresford Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

Mr J. M. Flory will sell by auction at Hancock's Yards, West Gresford, on Tuesday next, a very good consignment of cattle of various sorts, particulars of which…

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Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Twenty-first Annual Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 12

The committed of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association deserve hearty congratulations on the success attending Thursday's proceedings of their annual exhibition. The weather was…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Stolen in Sidney. Sold in Maitland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 7

A case presenting some interesting features was before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., at the Redfern Court, on Tuesday, when William Dawson, described as a farmer, residing at Kensington, was charged with having,…

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Alleged Wholesale Cattle Stealing. The Accused Committed for Trial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

AT the Redfern Police Courts on Tuesday, before Mr Isaacs, a farmer named William Dawson, aged 48, appeared to answer eight charges of…

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Wool Market. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 6

The Sydney wool market shows continued firmness, and there is an active inquiry for all descriptions of-wool. Supplies are, however, much restricted now, but any…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe Carson and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

The Sydney wool market shows continued firmness, and there is an active inquiry for all descriptions of wool. Supplies are, however, much restricted…

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The Farm & Garden. Cleanliness in the Dairy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 7

This is what an English export says regarding cleanliness in the dairy:—To make good better means that the whole material and process be kept clean from the very beginning,…

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Maitland Circuit Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen Acting Chief Justice.) Thursday, April 9. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

In the case in which William Rumbel was arraigned on a charge that he did, on September 8, 1902, on the Upper Barrington River, steal a bullock the property of Joseph Laurie, the following evidence…

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