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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Scarcity of Farm Hands

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 3

Just now there is rather a keen demand in this district for good farm hands, such as ploughmen, milkers, etc. It such as ploughmen, milkers…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 4

REPORT for week ending October 8:— Wool.—A strong enquiry has been in evidence during the past week, but…

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To-morrows Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 October 1904 · page 3

Messrs Graiuger and Falkiner, Ltd., will conduct a special cattle sale at Faster's yard to-morrow. Among some choice cattle is a fine Hereford…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1904 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report :—At our wool sale yesterday there was a very strong market, excepting for wasty and burry sorts : Japanese…

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Pedigree Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 4

At the late Melbourne Show Messrs A. B. and F. Bowman purchased two very fine roan shorthorn bulls, one for their dairy herd at Archerfield and the…

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The Branding of Sheep

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 2

The attention of sheep-owners is drawn by advertisement in another column to section 122 of the Pastures Protection Act of 1902, which provides that all sheep…

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Sydney Wool Market. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company reports :—At our wool sale yesterday there was a very strong market excepting for wasty and burry sorts : Japanese…

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The Farm and Garden. Feeding Dairy Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 3

The farmer should, as a ruie, arm to raise the greater portion of the feed for his stock on the farm is the belief of Wilber J. Fraser, chief in Dairy Husbandry at the Illinois…

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The Farm & Garden. Feeding Dairy Cows

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 12

The farmer should, as a rule, arm to raise the greater portion of the feed for his stock on the farm is the belief of Wilber J. Fraser, chief in Dairy Husbandry at the Illinois…

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Gold Plated Sheep's Teeth

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 1

In the issue of the Town and Country Journal of September 21 was published a letter received from Mr. James Swann, of Parkes, with which were…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 4

REPORT for week ending October 15:— Wool.—The formal opening of the Sydney wool selling season took place…

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Butter for London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 3

The mail steamer Ormuz, which sails to-morrow, takes away 0237 boxes of butter for London…

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Wheat for London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 3

Two vessels leave for Falmouth to-morrow with over 40,000 bags of wheat…

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Our Dairying Industry. Unsatisfactory Report in London. Address by the Dairy Expert

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 4

A well attended meeting of dairy farmers under the auspicies of the agricultural society was held at Berry to her an address by Mr. O'Callaghan…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 2

The Associated Wool-brokers report under date 15th instant:—The formal opening of the Sydney wool-selling season took place during the past week, when…

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Wool and Produce

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 5

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report under date 15th instant:— Tallow,—Shippers have entirely gone out of the market for the present. The…

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Raising the Standard of Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 3

A suggestion was recently made by the Minister for Agriculture to managers of butter factories by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture…

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The Farm and Garden. Suggestions to Bee-keepers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 12

Give the bees plenty of water. They need n great deal in the hot, dry days of summer and will fly a long distance to get it. But if there is no running stream or lake of pure…

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The Farm and Garden. Suggestions to Bee-keepers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 October 1904 · page 6

Give the bees plenty of water. They need a great deal in the hot, dry days of summer and will fly a long distance to get it. But if there is no running stream or lake of pure…

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The Butter Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 2

Butter is a halfpenny per lb cheaper, and the primest qualities are 9d par lb; choice, 8¾d; good, 8½d…

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