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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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The Wool Sales. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 2

The wool sales opened strong last evening, with prices from par to five per cent advance on the closing rates of lost series…

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Farmers' Produce Sales. Swan and Murry's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 2

Largo supplies forward at our sale yesterday to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was brisk throughout. Lucerne was in brisk demand, and sold well. Onions were in request, and sold up to…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

The wool sales have been postponed, owing to the prevalence of fogs…

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The Farm and Garden. the Dairy Calf, [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 7

Seems to be a pretty [?] that fancy prices for high-bred cattle the dairy breeds are not now obtained as daily as they used to be. It is not with…

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Points of a Dairy Cow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 7

points of a dairy cow to which special action should be directed have been [?] from time to [?] in most agricultural [?] and the following description may…

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How One Man Increased the Nation's Corn Crop. the Value of Brains

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

Throughout the Corn Belt in the United States (says "Everybody's Magazine") Professor P. G. Holden is known as the man who,…

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Dairying in New Zealand

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

Mr J. A. McKenzie, of the firm of McKenzie and Hooke, of Stroud) who has been closely associated with the sub-division of the A. A…

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Sheep Fares

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

The Railway Department notify that ticket at reduced rates will be issued in connection with Anniversary Holiday, particular of which are advertised…

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Sales of Pastoral Properties

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

During last week several large pastoral properties were reported to have changed bands, among them being the well-known Trinkey Estate, which it is reported has…

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Sydney SheeP Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

The schedule of prizes for the [?]th annual sheep show, to be held in Sydney on June 28, 29, 30, and July 1, 1905, under the auspices of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders'…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report:—The difficulty between wool buyer and shipping companies having been satisfactory settled for the time being,…

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Wool Trade Dispute

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

The dispute between the wool buyers and the shipping agents with regard to the imposition of the primage charge by steamship owners, which had caused a…

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The Wool Sales. London, January 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 7

At the wool sales yesterday Buxton, Ronald, and Company, Jacomb, Son, and Company, and Charles Balme and Company offered 6058 bales, comprising a…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe Carson and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 7

The dispute between the buyers and shipping companies hits been settled and business is now actively resumed. The sale dates arranged at the eommencemeht of the…

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The Farm and Garden. the Dairy Calf

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 12

It seems to be a pretty well-established fact that fancy prices for high-bred cattle of the dairy breeds are not now obtained as readily as they used to be. It is not with…

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Sensational Experience. Farmer Made a Prisoner in a Tree

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 8

In and around Mangoplah, Pullitop, Cookardinia will be found perhaps one of the most affected parts of the south eastern districts by the recent…

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Points of a Dairy Cow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 12

The points of a dairy cow to which special attention should be directed have been given from time to time in most agricultural journals, and the following description may…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 3

A very good selection was put before buyers at the wool sales yesterday. Prices were very strong, with a hardening tendency for merinos. Prices realised were:—Dunumbral…

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Cattle Creek Land Ballot

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 4

ON Thursday the Cattle Creek Settlement Leases were balloted for at Murrurundi. There were not an many applicants as had been…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 5

At the wool auctions there was a spirited sale at the highest rates for all pood wools. Occasional irregularity was noticed in the case of faculties. The following prices were…

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