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Farming & the land, 1905

890 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 45

Object-lesson Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 4

The articles which we give in other colun of this issue, from the World's Work, in cate the business like way in which the [?] ficers of the United States Agricultural…

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Farmers' Produce Sales. J. N. Brunker and Fon's Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 5

At to-day's sale there was a very large supply of produce of all descriptions forward to an excellent attendance of buyers,Potatoes were offering in large quantities, and moved off freely…

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A Model Farm. Parson Makes Farming Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 7

Once upon a time-to wit, in 1881, for this is a true story—a minister of the Gospel came into possession by inheritance, of a 15-acre farm a short way from Philadelphia (says H.B…

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Object-lesson Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 7

As Agriculturist, of the Department, of Agriculture Professor Spillman is teaching farmers the lessons that he learned from the minister-agriculturist of Pennsylvania, which he embedied in…

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A Rich Hog Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 7

This hog farm had been organised just a year when the farmers' institute was held there last June. For the first season £150 worth of pork was sold. Seven acres of lucerne, planted early…

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American Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 5

The visible supply of American wheat, cording to "Bradstreet's," is 61,694,000 bushels…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 2

HARRISON, Jones, and Davlin, Limited report as follows:—On Tuesday, we brought forward a large and attractive catalogue of 5025 bales…

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The Farm and Garden. Poultry Diseases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 2

The most usual muse of crop bound is that the fowl has swallowed something that it cannot digest, such as dry grass, a small bone, or a large meat rind which swells up and…

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Topics of the Day. Making the Farmers Pay All

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 4

I have been an interested reader (says J.P. in "The Register," Adelaide) of the doings of the Tariff Commission, and am very much surprised that none of the…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 11

The sixth series of wool sales closed on Saturday. There were sold to home manufacturers 49,500 bales, to the Continent 54.500 bales, to America 1500 bales, and there…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 5

The Associated Woolbrokers report onder date 9th December:— Very heavy supplies have been placed on the local market during the past week…

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Season's Wool Clip

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 13

It is recalled that when the late drought broke up, the opinion was expressed by those qualified to speak with authority on the subject, that it would take at least a…

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Sydney Wool Market. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 2

On Tuesday we brought forward a large and attractive catalogue of 50,25 bales comprising a representative assortment of useful lines in the grease, A spirited demand prevailed…

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Australasian Dairy Produce

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 16

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, report from London for week ended 3rd November, 1905:— Butter.—The general demand has been…

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The Farm and Garden Poultry Diseases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 12

The most usual cause of crop bound is that the fowl has swallowed something that it cannot digest, such as dry grass, a small bone, or a large meat rind which swells up and…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report:—At our wool sale yesterday we submitted a good catalogue to a full attendance of buyers. The market was irregular, and prices show…

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Sydney Wool Sales. New Zealand L. & M. Agency Co. Report :— SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 3

AT our sales yesterday we submitted a good catalogue to a fall attendance of buyers. The market was irregular, and the prices show a par to 5 per…

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A Painful Accident. An Unfortunate Farmer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 2

Mr Payne, a farmer of Kentucky, near Corowa, met with an extremely painful if not serious accident to the left eye. He was engaged with a…

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Disease Among Sheep. Lethargy of Stock Department

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 4

Pastoralists at Narrabri express the strongest dissatisfaction with the action of the Lands Department Stock Branch in the matter of the promised…

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Breed and Feed for Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 5

An extremely perplexing problem is that connected with the explanation of the process which converts a portion of the food of the cow…

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