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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 2

The Associated Wool-brokers report under date 5th instant:—The general conditions of the market have been without change during the pastweek, a very strong…

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The farm & garden. Effects of Thinning Tomatoes

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

At the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station experiments have been conducted to determine the effects pf systematic thinning of tomato crops on the size of the fruit. In…

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Sydney Markets. the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Society's (Ltd.) Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 5

Maize: Best yellow river maize 3s 2d to 3s 4¾d, Argentine 2s 6d to 2s 8¾d. Potatoes: New £3 to £3 5s. Onions: According to quality. Chaff: £3 12s 6d to £4. Lucerne Hay: 35s to £3. Straw:…

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Ensilage in Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 11
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Several reasons are given, says a writer in the" Australasian," for chaffing the maize, in preference to placing it whole in the silo. In the first place, space is economised as the…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Society' (Ltd.) Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 3

Maize: Best yellow river maize 3s 2d to 3s 4¾d, Argentine 2s 6d to 2s 8¾d. Potatoes: New £3 to £3 5s. Onions: According to quality. Chaff: £3 12s 6d to £4. Lucerne Hay: 35s to £3, Straw:…

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The Farm and Garden. Effects of Thinning Tomatoes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 7

At the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment [?]ation experiments have been conducted to [?]tarmine the effects of systemic thinning [?]tomsto crops on the size of the fruit. In…

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The Farmers' Vote

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 4

The farmers of this electorate represent a large and important section of the community, and they are being wooed by candidates for the…

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Duckenfield Park Estate. Nelson's Plains Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 2

On Saturday an important lands sale, comprising portion of the Duckenfield Park Estate, and consisting of some of the best and richest farming areas in the Hunter…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 4

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.,…

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Wheat Yield. in Narromine and Dubbo Districts

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 4

SAYS a writer in the "On the Land" column in the Herald:— Mack and Austin, of Narromine Estate, still hold the lead as the largest…

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British Fiscal Policy. Lord Rosebery's Opinions. Warning to Farmers. London, Dec. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 3

The Earl of Rosebery addressed two meetings at Edinburgh, on Saturday numbering 8000 people, including many workmen. Lord Rosebery said that Mr. Balfour's speech at…

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The Real Farmers' Friend. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 2

SIR,—There is a good deal of capital being made out of the Preferential Trade bogey by the other side, and my brief remarks are to farmers in…

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Sydney Wool and Pvoduce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 4

REPORT for week ending December 12:— Wool.—Attractive catalogues have been submitted during the past week,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Harrson Jones and Devlin Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 2

We submitted at auction on Monday last our last catalogue for the current year, comprising a large and attractive display of 4307 bales including some…

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Big Shipments of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 3

The mail steamer Orizaba, for London, takes away 11,815 boxes of butter from Sydney, and 29,975 boxes from Melbourne…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

HARRISON, Joues, and Devlin, Limited, submitted at auction on Monday last catalogues for the current year, comprising a large and attractive display…

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Sale of Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 8

A very successful clearing-out sale of dairy cattle, farming implements, and household furniture was conducted at Hinton yesterday on behalf of Messrs. Christian and Searle, by Mr. O. K. Young. The…

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Exhaustion of Land by Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 6
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"Kingsley." writes in the "Australasian": "Those farmers who maintain that cows do not impoverish the land, and who, at the same time manure their crops with Florida…

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