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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

698 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 35

Wool

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date 26th inst., as follows:—The wool market continued very firm, but the scantiness of supplies stands in the…

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Diseased Sheep in the Argentine. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 5

VISITORS to the Argentine Republic Report that the,sheep there are badly diseased with sheep rot and lung and during the floods there…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe Carson and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 2

The wool market continues very firm, but the scautiness of the supplies stands in the way of any great volume of business. The Sydney market has not…

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The Butter Market. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 September 1903 · page 2

Buttkii hag declined o' penny pot all round to day. Eggs aro also easier…

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0The Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 September 1903 · page 3

Cutter Is down another Id per ib. all round…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics. Some Interesting Figures

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 4

MR. WALTER PREEDY writes thus to the Agricultural Gazette:— Sheep.—The study of statistics may not generally be looked upon as a…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Growing Plants in Pots

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

THE amateur horticulturist is liable to errors which should be avoided; one of the errors is that some think that plants in pots will…

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The Sheep's Head

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 4

"Why, pa, this is roost hoof!" exclaimed little Bobbie at dinner, on the evening when Mr. Chumpleigh was present ns the guest of honour…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 5

The arrivals of wool number 183,000 bales. 40,000 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, and there are available for next series of sales 158,000 bales…

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Farm and Garden. Notes on Peas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 7

The varieties of peas are prodigious, and but few growers have the space to test them, and prove which are really the best The soil and weather influence this kind of vegetable…

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The Farm & Garden. Notes on Peas

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 11

The varieties of peas are prodigious, and but few growers have the space to test them, and prove which are really the best. The soil and weather influence this kind of vegetable…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 3

Butter is down another penny per lb. all round…

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Late News by Cable. London, Sept. 6. the English Hop Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 3

Messrs. W.H. and H. Le May estimate that the English hop crop will not exceed 425,000 cwt., and that possibly it will only amount to 350,000 cwt., while requirement are set…

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Foreign Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 3

The snip Scottish Glen arrived from Argentine to-day after a protracted voyage, with 3170 tons of wheat…

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Local News. Magnificent Dairy Farms

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 2

With reference to an advertisement relative to the sale of some magnificent dairy farms, by Messrs Carlton and Abbott, in the vicinity of the Paterson River, a…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. There was a good attendance of buyers. Merinos were unchanged and firm. Crossbreds were 5 per cent above July rates. 2357 bales…

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Late Hews by Cable. London, Sept. 8. Inferiority of Canadian Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 5

In the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada on Monday, Mr. David Henderson denounced the statement of the Emigration Commissioner, Mr. Preston, that Canadian…

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The English Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 7

Mr. Harry Williams, who was farming for many years near Shrewsbury, in Shropshire where he was a noted breeder of Shropshire sheep, but who intends to settle in Tasmania,…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon a meeting of the Quirindi branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at the Central Hotel. The president (Mr. Phillip Derrick) occupied the chair, and there was…

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The Dairying Industry. Report of the Director of Agriculture. Drought Less Serious Than Anticipated

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 September 1903 · page 3

THE report of the Director of Agriculture, Mr W. S. Campbell, for the period extending from January 1 to June 30, who laid on the table of the…

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