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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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The Opening of the Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 2

An announced on Friday pressure of space compelled us to hold over until to-day the report of the speeches delivered in connection with the above…

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Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 5

[?] arrivals of wool number 132,000 [?] of these 28,000 have been forwarded in the manufacturers, and with those ever from the last series there are…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 4

REPORT for week ending November 18:— Wool.—Owing to the celebration of the King's Birthday on Monday sales…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report :—Wool—Our sale yesterday met with a very strong market for greasies, with prices an average in sellers favour,…

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Pupils for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 4

An Immigration League has been started in Sydney to undertake the charge of young men arriving in New South Wales and put them in the right way of getting colonial experience…

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Cattle Scare

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, as some cattlo were being driven along George-street to the river crossing, a few of the, beasts proved refractory, and one…

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Spurious Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 3

The Lancashire Country Council is prose[?]ting a firm at Preston respecting a box of so-called Queensland butter, bearing the Government stamp. On examination the box…

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Satisfactory Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 4

At Faster's saleyards on Wednesday Messrs H. York and Sons sold a draft of fat bullocks for Mr F. J. R. Dight at an average of £7 13s 4d per…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We offered 3270 bales wool at auction to-day. Our catalogues embraced on good average selection of greasy…

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Heavy Wool Traffic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 2

It was not anticipated by the railway authorities that there would be a heavy increase in the wool traffic this months seeing that the deliveries dating the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 2

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 18th November:— Owing to the celebration of the King's Birthday on Monday, sales were limited…

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Foreign Substances in Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 3

The following circular, which has been issued by the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, England, should receive the serious consideration of Australian…

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Lessons in Wool Classing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 3

The "Sydney Mail" reports a growing tendency on the part of many of the small sheep farmers in New South Wales to become experts in the classing…

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Wool Traffic on the Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 5

The Railway Department is busy in handling the wool forwarded from the country districts to Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth. The traffic last week was the…

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So-called Queensland Butter. Manufactured in London. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 4

The Lancashire County Council is prosecuting a firm at Preston respecting a box of so-called Queensland butter, bearing the Government stamp…

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Farm and Field. Composition of Calf Foods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 3

A leaffet on "Calf Meals," issued by the Irish Department of Agriculture, states that samples of these mixtures, which are largely imported into Ireland,…

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Farm and Field

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 5

The Action of Superphosphate. When superphosphate is spread over the soil or applied by drill, the phosphoric acid in it, being in a water-soluble…

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Hints to Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 5

In concluding an interesting report to the Transvaal Government on their visit to Australia and Canada, the Boer delegates offer some advice to South…

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New Coupling for Farm Teams

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 5

New devices and improvements in existing arrangements are invariably to be found at the show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. A very…

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Australian Dairy Produce

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 14

The New Zealand Loan and M. H. Co. report from London on Oct. 13:—Butter.—The demand has been fairly good for all grades, though the attention of…

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