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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 6

Says a well-known English authority: "Carrots form a palatable and nutritious food ton almost every species of stock. Mixed with chaff, there are few things that…

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A Farming Expert on New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 3

Professor Lowrie, previously the principal of South Australia's agricultural college, now engaged at the head of a similar institution in New Zealand, is at present on a…

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The Wool Market. Dalgety and Co. Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 3

The recent general rains having reduced the volume of wool consignments for the time being, catalogues for next week's sales, to be held on…

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Regulation of Wool Trade. Short Weight Bales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 4

FOR the proper conduct of such a huge business as the selling of our wool clip by auction it is absolutely necessary that a stringent set of selling…

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Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 5

[?] last series of wool sales 101,000 arrived. Of these 30,000 have [?] direct to the manufacturers, [?] for the forthcoming series,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 3

Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—Competition at the Brisbane sales on Saturday last was brisk at to about the level of Values established in Sydney earlier in the…

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Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of Directors was held to-day, at which the payment for suppliers' cream was passed…

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Erp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 5

Wool sales opened yesterday. hall attendance. Competition and prices were irrgular. July rates, merinos fell 5…

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Regulation of the Wool Trade. Short Weight Bales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 5

For the proper conduct of such a huge business as the selling of our wool clip by auction it is absolutely necessary that a stringent set of…

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Sydney Wool Sales. The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 15th September:—

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 5

Although no auctions have been held in Sydney during the past week, a considerable amount of business has been done privately in clearing up lots passed in at…

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Special Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 6

Next Tuesday Messrs H. Banley and Son will sell at Foster's yards a numben of well-selectei store cattle, comprising Du[?] bullocks and steers,…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 5

Edward Higgens Parkinson and Co. report having hold a special sale of store cattle on the 18th inst., yarding 900 and selling 680. The yarding…

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Regulation of Wool Trade. Short Weight Bales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 1

For the proper conduct of such a huge business as the selling of our wool clip by auction it is absolutely necessary that a stringent set of selling…

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Farm Training for City Lads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 5

The council of the Immigration League of Australia believe that the proposed country tour which a number of the senior boys in the public schools are about to take, might…

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A Farm at Broke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 4

Mr. Justice Street delivered his reserved judgment on Friday afternoon in the Equity suit, Clarke versus Spinks and another. The plaintiff. Herbert JOseph Clarke, sought to…

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The Farm and Garden. American Apples

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 14

American statistics say that there are now 165,000,000 apples trees bearing fruit in that country, and that not less than eight and one quarter million dollars per annum…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 4

During the put weak 11,305 bales of wool were received at the depots. This represents a decrease of 22,625 bales on the returns for the same week of last year. The receipts for the season are 80,886…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 5

[?]warp wool sales closed yesterday. [?] were unchanged. 7085 bales of La[?] wool were offered, and 2223 were…

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[?] Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 7

[?] zealand Loan and Mercantile [?] Ltd., report:—Our catalogue [?] comprised a fair selection of [?] chiefly from Cobar Nevertire…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 3

Liquid manure should never be used when the soil is dry, as it in best appropriated by plants when there is plenty of moisuture in the soil. Weakly plants are often killed…

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