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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

698 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 35

The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 3

Wool market is brisk; opening rates have been maintained…

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Wool Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 3

WINCHO[?] CARSON.AND CO.'S REPORT: Very little new wool is reaching the market now, the season being practically over. There still remains, however, a…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, and Company, Ltd., report:—Arrivals of now wool are now very limited, the season being practically over, There still remains, however, a certain…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday the following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips:—Hay, 11d; Erceldoune, 13[?]d; Cowabee, 9[?]d; Maxwelton, 20[?]d; Stonyhurst, 8½d; Gear, 6[?]d…

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London Wool Sales

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

The March series of the London colonial wool sales opened on Tuesday with good compettion meri?os and fine [?]showing no material change coarse to…

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Shipping of Wheat. (By Cable.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 5

A BARQUE arrived to-day from Tacooma, with 75,000 bage of wheat…

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The Wool Sales. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 5

AT the wool sales last evening, competition was break, and opening rates were fully maintained…

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Farmers' Produce Market

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

Fairly large supplies of produce were forward at the Farmers' Union sales in Maitland on Wednesday, to a large and representative attendance of the trade. Hay was but lightly represented. The…

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The farm & Garden. Milk Fever

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 11

A new treatment for milk fever, for which a Swedish veterinary, W. K. Akermann, of Ultana, stands sponsor, has been announced. It consists in introducing air into the udder…

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A Farmer's Horrible Crime

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 3

A farmer named Krauss, at Bellfontaine, Missouri, murdered his wife and six children with a sledge hammer. He then committed suicide, The man was demented…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 4

THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Morr and…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report—The wool market is animated, and prices on an average are 5 per cent. higher. We sold greasy to lO½d, and Queensland scoured to 21d…

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A Terrible Death. Drawn Through a Wool Teaser. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 3

Thomas Leigh, aged 33, met with a horrible death to-day. He was employed at Andrews' bedding factory, and was attending what is known as the teasing machine, which consists of a large drum on…

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The Farm and Garden. Milk Fever

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 5

A new treatment for milk fever, for which a Swedish veterinary, W. K. Akermann, of Ultaua, stands sponsor, has been announced. It consists in introducing air into the adder…

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Dairy Cows

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 2

On Friday next, at Tamworth, Messrs Garvin and Cousens will sell by auction some choice and specially selected dairy cows, also a Durham bull. Particulars are…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 4

REPORT for week ending March 14:— Wool,—No change has taken place in the local market during the past…

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The Wool Sales. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 3

AT the wool sales, last evening, business was brisk, and prices have had a farther hardening tendency. Merinos and crossbreds are unchanged…

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What are Cattle

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

A matter materially affecting the finances of all municipalities who happen to have sianghter yards within their boundaries has just been settled at Bexiey. Some time ago…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday prices for merinos were extremely firm. The rates for crossbreds were unchanged. The following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips.—Blackhead 6d, Toarao…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

At the first wool sales of the monthly series 1903, held in Sydney od Monday, an advance of from 24 percent to 5 percent on last month's rates was established. On…

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