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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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The Farm and Garden. Pigs on the Dairy Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 6

On every dairy farm where the manufacture of butter or choose is the principal method of utilising the milk, there is always a large quantity of skim milk or whey, for…

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Butter for England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 5

A grocer, quoting the evidence of Mr. Robert Crowe, the Government Dairy Expert, before the Victoria Butter Commission on September 29. suggests that it is…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 5

The wool sales opened brisk ill par and 10 per cent advance…

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Failure of the Irish Potato Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 5

Great distress prevails in Ireland in consequence of the failure of the potato crop on the west coast. This is the worst case of failure since 1879…

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Exported Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1904 · page 3

The mail steamer China, sailing on Saturday, takes away 6500 boxes of butter from Sydney. She will also ship 24,000 boxes at Melbourne…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1904 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday Buxton, Ronald, and Co., Ducroz, Son, and Co., and Hermuth Schwartze, and Co. offered 6814 bales. There was a very large attendance…

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The Wool Sales. [By Cable]. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 November 1904 · page 3

[?] he competition was brisk, while prices rule from par to 10 per cent advance on closing rates of last series…

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The Wheat Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

N.S. WALES new wheat is worth about 3s 2d per bushel in Sydney, for December, January, or February delivery (says yesterday's E. News). There is…

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London Wool Sales. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 3

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report—Our London office cables that the November wool sales continue firm with an upward tendency. For medium and coarse crossbred wools, prices are on the average 10 to 12 per…

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

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday we brought forward a very attractive catalogue of 4910 bales, comprising a fully representative election of superior clips together…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 19th instant:—Owing to the observance of the holiday on Monday (King's Birthday), sales were only held on three…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

The wool sales opened yesterday; competition was brisk, and prices ruled from par to 10 per cent. advance on the closing rates of last series…

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The Wool Sales. (By CABLE) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 5

At the wool Bales last evening business was firm and prices freely maintained…

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Farmer and Company, Limited

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

We have been requested to direct attention to the advertisement of Messrs. Farmer and Company, Limited, which appears in another column, wherein they…

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The Farm and Garden. Poultry Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Broody hens are beginning to become troublesome to those who have incubators, and consequently have no reason to make use of them just now. The best treatment,…

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Chullingham Wild Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 7

The Chillingham wild cattle, whose leader has just fallen to the rifle of Duke Johann Albrecht of MeCklenburg-Schwerin, are fiercelooking creatures, while with a black muzzie…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 5

At the wool sales competition was brisk, and prices were the highest of the series. the following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips :—Balaklava Sd, Keen…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1904 · page 3

The sixth series of the wool sales closed with the market firm at the highest prices of the sales. The following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips:—…

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Colonial Wool Sales. Encouraging Prices. LONDO

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 December 1904 · page 3

The Colonial wool sales closed firmly, with prices the highest of the series…

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