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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

704 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 36

The Wheat Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 5

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ending. June 30 last contains some instructive particulars regarding the wheat traffic during the past season. It…

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Melbourne. the Butter Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 5

Mr. W. F. Webb, ex-minister of Agriculture, and a director of the Fresh Food Storage Company, Victoria, stated before the Butter Commission to-day that his firm…

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Sydney Wool and Pvoduce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 4

REPORT for week ending August 27: — Wool.—No ohange has taken place in the position of the local wool…

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Cattle Stealing Case

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 3

At the Maitland Sessions yesterday, before Judge Fitzhardinge, Percy Garland, Thomas Goorge Youngnay, and John M'Cormack were arraigned…

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New South Wales Butter in London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on the 24th August Mr Hawken dealt forcibly with the N.S.W Commercial Agent's letter and other comments…

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The Ostrich Farming Industry Experiments Near Gilgandra

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 2

Curiosity has been aroused by the passage of a number of ostriches on the Western line to Gilgandra. Messrs Cairnes and Sanderson, who…

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The Wheat Traffic

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ending June 30 last contains some instructive particulars regarding the wheat traffic…

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Wool

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date 31st August:—Owing to the satisfactory progress which is being made in the early districts, wool is…

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What are Cattle?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 12

A matter of great importance to those engaged in the slaughtering trade—involving a tax calculated at about £60,000 upon the slaughterers throughput the State, had the…

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Wool and Produce

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report under date 27th instant:— Wool.—There is no change in the wool market since the date of our last report…

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The Chicago Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 5

Four bull operators on the Chicago wheat market cleared £1,000,000 in a fortnight…

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Local and General News. What are Cattle?

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

A matter of great importance to those engaged in the slaughtering trade—involving a tax calculated at about £60,000 upon the slaughterers throughout the State had…

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On the Land. DAIRYING

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 8

I must leave this industry for a while. There are many readers and many other things to write about in addition to dairying. I have told…

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Poetry. the Farmer Feeds Them All

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

The King may rule o'er land and sea; The Lord may rule right royally; This soldier ride in pomp and pride; The sailor roam o'er the ocean wide…

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Store Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 4

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report having held a big sale of store cattle at Muswellbrook on the 2nd inst. the yarding comprised 1700 bullocks from Augustus Downs, N. W. Q., on account of Mr. A. J…

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The Dairying Industry in N.S.W.

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

SOME striking figures relating to the dairying industry have been prepared in very convincing form by Mr. W. Pready, of the Government Statist's…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 4

REPORT for week ending Septembe 3:— Wool.—Matters in connection with the local wool trade have been quiet…

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Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 September 1904 · page 2

Durhams or Shorthorns.—Yearling bull, T. A. Fawcett; A. L. Stacy, second. Bull calf, over 6 and under 12 months, T. A. Fawcett, first and second. Cow in calf or…

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Farm Produce

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 September 1904 · page 2

SUB-SCCTION A.—(All produce to be grown by exhibitor unless otherwise specified.) Milling wheat, George Worboys, Cattle Mountain, via Quirindi ; R. H. V. Allnutt,…

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The London Butter Market

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 1

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received the following report from C. C. Lance, New South Wales Commercial Agent in London…

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