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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

698 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 35

Cattle Straying and Fines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 16

Last week, Mr. Justice Pring made absolute a rule nisi per prohibition without costs against the Police Magistrate at Coonamble, and Sergeant Ford of Coonabarabran, at the instance of one Neilson, who…

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Sheep Excursion to Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 4

The Railway Department announces the issue of cheep tickets to Malbourne by the train leaving Singleton at 4.43 a.m. on Thursday. 12th February, available for…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd,, report under date 3rd instant We offered catalogue of 3200 bales of wool to day. and found the market very active…

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The Second Crop

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 3

"It a man wasn't a widower in my day, why, do girl wanted him," said Surah Ann Spriggs, advising her daughter Sally as to the choice of a husbaud. "Look at your…

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Farmers' Produce Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 10

Hay, melons, and pumpkins, together with fruit, principally grapes, constituted the bulk of supplies forward at the Farmers' Union sales on Wednesday morning. Buyers were in excellent…

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The Farm & Garden. the Fruit Garden

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

The ripening fruit crop should be gone, over about every third day, and that which is ripe gathered carefully. In hot, sunny weather, the soft fruits very quickly mature,…

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Bacteria in the Dairy

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

"Old Subscriber" writes to the Australasian:—Some months since I wrote you, asking if you could suggest a remedy for rancidity in butter, of which I sent you a sample, and you…

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Seed Wheat Distri[?]tion

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 4

THE two Ministers in charge of the seed-wheat distribution, Mr Kidd and Mr Hayes, are receiving aumerons applications on the required forms…

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The Farm and Garden. the Fruit Garden

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 5

The ripening fruit crop should be gone over about every third day, and that which is ripe gathered carefully. In hot, sunny weather, the soft fruits very quickly mature,…

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Bacteria in the Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 5

"Old Subscriber" writes to the Australasian: —" Some months since I wrote you, asking if you could suggest a remedy for rancidity in butter, of which I sent you a sample, and you…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 4

REPORT for week ending February 7: — Wool.—The closing salos of the weekly series wore held during the…

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Farmers Produce Sales. J. N. Brunker and Son's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 3

Very large supply of produce forward, consignments of melons, pumpkins, and fruit being largely represented. Notwithstanding the cooler conditions prevailing, values were well maintained for good…

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Coarse v. Fine Salt for Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 5

The weight of butter before and after salting and working, Mr. F. W. Woll, of the Wisconsin experimental elation, writes, has been a subject of considerable discussion and…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 3

IT seams that over & thousand applications for seed wheat, have been received by the Government, and they are how coming in at the rate of about…

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Butter That Will Keep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 7

It may be laid down as a given rule that the longer you churn, the more water will be retained in the butter. On this question the Wisconsin Experiment Station reports that…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

The Sydney Wool selling Brokers report under date 7th instant The closing sales of the weekly serious were held during the past week, when the offering amounted to…

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Wool on Exhibition

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 5

A Unique Collection of wool samples representing of almost every [?][?][?] producing c[?][?] of the state was open for inspector during last week…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe Carson and Co

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

The wool sales held on the 3rd inst. disclosed a decline in values of fully 5 per cent, as compared with our previous sale held on the 22nd January…

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Farming by Steam in America

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 5

On some of the prest farms of the Far West farms tint may run [?]30, ' OOO or 40 000 acres giant steam auto mobiles are used to draw the…

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Farmers' Produce Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 3

Supplies of produce at the Farmers' Union Sales on Wednesday morning were on the large side, melons, pumpkins, and fruit being the principal lines represented. Buyers were in…

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