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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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Farmers' Produce Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 10

Owing to the second day of the Maitland Exhibition falling on Wednesday, the regular weekly sales of farm produce were conducted on Tuesday morning, instead of on the usual day…

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Broad Points in Wheat-Farming

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

WHEAT-GROWING is regarded by old, experienced farmers as something in the nature of a gambling operation, a business to plunge in and take risks…

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Late News by Cable. London, April Forthcoming Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 3

The arrivals of wool to date for the forthcoming series of London wool sales amount to 304,000 bales, of which 113,000 bales were forwarded direct to manufactures, leaving available for the series…

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Moat Farm Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 3

The woman's body which was unearthed at Moat Farm has not, up to the present, been identified. It had been buried in a filled-in ditch on Moat Farm. A stack of firewood covered the spot, and freshly…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 3

At the opening of the Antwerp wool sales yesterday 1914 bales were offered and 1168 sold. There was a numerous attendance of buyers, and good competition took place at an advance of from 10 to 15…

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The Moat Farm Tragedy. Discovery of a Body. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 3

THE woman's body which was unearthed at Moat Farm has not up to the present been identified. It had been buried in a filled in ditch on…

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Cubing Scabies in Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

Scabies is a contagious disease of a parasite nature. The particular kind which causes moat trouble lives on the surface of the [?]in and gives rise to great…

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The Branding of Bales of Wool. Deputation to the Minister of Agriculture. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 3

Representatives of the Stockowners' Association, the Wool-selling Brokers, and the Wool Buyers' Association, waited upon the Minister of Agriculture this morning, and urged the expediency of providing…

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Sydney Markets. the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 3

Butter.—The market shows a slight improvement, and the demand for really choice quality continuos good, We quote:—Extra choice, 1s old; prime, 1s; whilst other grade are selling from l0d upwards,…

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The Moat Farm Mystery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 3

A bullet has been extracted from the head of the remains assumed to be those of Miss Camille Holland. The corpse was buried in a cavity at the side of the ditch, and the cavity filled in with earth. The…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. Present Status of Tuberculosis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

AFTER collecting information for many years concerning bovine tuberculosis, tho matter seems still undecided. No doubt the…

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Proposed Branding of Wool Bales. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

A deputation, to day from the Wool Buyers Association, urged upon the Government the expediency of providing for the registration of brands on…

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Brands on Wool Bales. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 5

A DEPUTATION from the Wool Buyers Association, etc., urged upon the Government the expediency of providing for the registration of brands…

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The Royal Agricultural Show and Dairying

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 5

The Royal Agricultural Show, which was recently brought to a successful conclusion in in Sydney, exists for more than one object of national importance…

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The Moat Farm Scandal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 3

Samuel H. Dougal, who resided with the late Miss Camille Holland at the Moat Farm, and who was arrested subsequent to her death whilst presenting for payment at the Bank of England a cheque for £100…

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The Moat Farm Tragedy. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 5

A BULLET has been oxtracted from Miss Holland's head whoso body has recently been unearthed at Most Farm, The corpse was buried in a…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 6

Sidney Barry, on bail, was charged with stealing a cow at Yarrawa, on the 31st January, 1903, the property of the Bank of Now South Wales…

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The Very Latest. London, Tuesday afternoon. the Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 3

Sales opened brisk at par and ten per cent. [?]…

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Colonial Wool Sales. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 3

THE colonial wool salea opened this evening, and competition was brisk, at from par to 10 per cent, advance on last saries…

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Late News by Cable. London, May 6, May Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 3

The May series of wool sales opened yesterday. Biddings were brisk. Prices ranged from par to 10 per cent, above the closing rates of the last series. Messrs. Buxton, Ronald, and Co., C. Balme and…

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