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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantlle Agency Co. report:—Wool.—At our sale yesterday there was a stong demand for gireasies, and prices were firm at recent rates…

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Queensland Dairy Bill

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 4

A Dairy Bill is at present passing through the Queensland Legislature, of which the following are the leading particulars:—Condensed…

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Diseased Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 October 1904 · page 5

At the Central Police Court, to-day, the magistrate ordered two bulls and one bullock suffering from tuberculosis to be condemned and destroyed. The animals came…

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Dairy Farm at Vere

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 October 1904 · page 2

Messrs. A. W. aud C. Cole, two experienced dairy farmers from Colae, Victoria, have arrived in this district and will shortly start a dairy farm under the…

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Queensland Dairy Bill

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 October 1904 · page 4

A Dairy Bill is at present passing through the Queensland Legislature, of which the following are the leading particulars:—Condensed milk must…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 2

The regular weekly series of wool sales were resumed in Sydney on Monday last, when good catalogues were presented. A fresh record for the season was put up…

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Texas Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 14

Elsie pushed the old rocking-chair near the window and sat down for a few minutes' rest and a fresh look at what was still interesting to her—the sky and prairie touching faces at the horizon line…

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Rust in Wheat

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 3

IN the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr, Perry (Liverpool Plains) asked the minister for mines and Agriculture if, in view of the fact that the prevalence…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 2

For our fifth sale of the season we brought forward on Thursday a catalogue of 2650 bales, representative of most of the earlier shearing…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At our sale yesterday the market was very firm, with a strong demand, American buyers paying fancy prices for free light merines. We…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 4

REPORT for week ending October 29:— Wool. —The selling season was resumed on Monday, and during the…

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Mexican Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 2

A species of prickly pear is the salvation of Mexican prairie cattle in time of drought. The animals eat the cactus, including all the…

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Butter for Britain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 3

The mail slimmer Ortona, which leaves to-morrow for London, takes away 11,185 boxes of butter…

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The Wool Sales. High Prices for Exceptional Lines

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 4

COMMENTING upon the current wool sales in Sydney, a city paper says:—A close comparison of record prices for the various descriptions now and…

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The Farm and Garden. for Profit Feed the Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 3
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Once it was deemed advisable to manure the land, but that being a costly process agriculture did not make the advance it should. To-day, however, ideas are very…

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Farmers Union Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 4

Special attention is drawn to a notice in this issue, from which it will be seen that, starting on Tuesday next, Messrs James Moore and Co, Ltd., will commence their…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage Land an Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Morr and…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Harrison, Jones, & Devlin, Ltd., Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 3

On Thursday, the 3rd inst., we submitted an attractive catalogue of 4766 bales, which met with splendid competition from a large and…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 1

REPORT for week ending November 5:— Wool.—Large and attractive catalogues have been the order of the day…

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