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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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Weights and Values of Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 4

MR. ALBAN GEE, manager of the Sydney Meat-preserving Company, Limited, supplies some comparative statistics of the purchasings of sheep…

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Great Sale of Cattle. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 3

The sale of 4000 head of the celebrated Kyogle herd, of Devon cattle was held at Casino on Saturday, and was highly…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 5

The New Zealand. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. roport:—At our sale, yesterday, good merino wool sold at firm prices faulty and unskirted irregular and weaker ;…

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The Weather and Crops

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 2

Since last issue, peculiar climatic conditions have ensued, and the temperature, at times, more resembled that of Winter than the Summer months, a pleasant break…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1903 · page 4

REPORT for week onding November 21:— Wool,—The selection embraced in the catalogues brought forward during…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1903 · page 5

The wool sales opened brisk at par to 10 per cent, decline…

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Nelson's Plains Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1903 · page 5

Mr. E. W. Sparke has handed us a copy of the handsome souvenir prepared as an advertisement of the sale of the Nelson's Plains farms,park of the Duckenfield Estate, on December 12, at Duckenfield…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 November 1903 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday Buxton, Ronald, and Co., Ducroz and Co., and Charles Balme and Co. offered 10,220 bales, three-fifths of which were New Zealand. There…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Wednesday afternoon. the London Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 November 1903 · page 3

Wool unchanged; there have been considerable withdrawals of scoured merinos…

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Sub-division of the Scott's Flat Estate. a Splendid Chance to Buy Good Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 November 1903 · page 2

An old proverb says, "All wealth comes from the soil." To increase wealth it is necessary to utilise the soil which in available. That being so how important becomes…

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Correspondence. the Wheat Season. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of Friday last noticed a paragraph in which my name is used in connection with wheat-growing, &c., and I must say, that…

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Special Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 4

H. BAILEY at Son report having told today 800 head of mixed store cattle. There was a good attendance of buyers. Competition fairly brisk, but on the whole prices…

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Great Sale of Cattle

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

The Bale of 4000 head of the celebrated Kyogle herd of Devon cattle was held at Casino on Saturday, and was highly successful, every beast being sold, while…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

The N.S.W. Railway Commissioners have issued a circular to the members of the railway staff, pointing out that there is a certainty of a very heavy…

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London Wool Market. London, November 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday Buxton. Ronald, and Co., Ducroz and Co., and Charles Balme and Co. offered 10,220 bales, threefifths of which were New Zealand. There…

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The Wool Sales. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 4

AT the wool sales yesterday the bidding was irregular. Good greasy combings well maintained their prices, but scoured and faulties were weaker,…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. the New Season's Wheat

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

The first of the new season's wheat sold yesterday, and averaged ,£3 15s per ton. ' THE STATE PARLIAMENT…

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Nelson's Plains Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 11

Mr. E. W. Sparke has handed us a copy of the handsome souvenir prepared as an advertisement of the sale of the Nelson's Plains farms, part of the Duckenfield Estate, on December 12, at Duckenfield…

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Eimportant Auction Sale. Nelson's Plains Farms

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 7

IN connection with the important sale by auction of 30 farms at Nelson's Plaints, Hunter and Williams Rivers, on December 12th, as advertised in…

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Motto Farm Benefit Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 November 1903 · page 2

Officials:—Chairman, Mr. W. M. McCredie; stewards, Messrs. W. M. McCredie, Dr. J. B. Meredith, J. J. O'Brien, C. H. Hannell, R. A. MacKenzie, John O'Mara, F. Garnham, M. J…

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