Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

1,046 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 53

The Wool Sales [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 2

At the colonial wool sales competition was active, and good wool was very firm…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Dairy Farmer's Disappearance Mysterious Case at Erskineville

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 3

The whereabouts of Robert Ames, a retived dairy farmer, of independent means, 80 years of age, of Seottish birth, who suddenly disappeared from…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

South Africa. Another Boer Raid. Intimidating Farmers. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 2

The "Daily Express" states that a Beer raid, simultaneous with that led by Forreira in the north-west of Cape Colony, occurred at Olivier's Hoek…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Warning to Farmers. Exemption "for the Time Being."

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 3

Mr Watson let the land tax cat out of the exemption bag at his Redfern meeting recently. "The main object of the tax," he…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 1st December:— Another very satisfactory week has been experienced in the Sydney wool…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Alleged Cattle Stealing. the Case Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 5

The alleged cattle stealing case in which Michael O'Donnell was charged with having, on November 12, at West Maitland, stolen one red brindle bull calf, branded CT over…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Farmers and Land Taxation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

Mr. Hughes, on Wednesday evening, endeavoured to prove that farmers generally stood to gain rather than to lose from the imposition of the proposed Federal progressive land tax,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Arrival of Immigrants. Farmers for the State. Adelaide

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 4

THE liner Geelong, which arrived at Port Adelaide last night, brings between 30 and 40 immigrants from various parts of the agricultural…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Dairy and Store Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 4

Attention is drawn to an important sale by Messrs Weaver and Perry, of dairy, fat, and store cattle, at their Newmarket Saleyards, St. Mary's,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Model Pastoral Station

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 16

The following interesting description, well illustrated, of a finely-equipped modern station, appears in the current number of "The Pastoralists' Review" under the heading of…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Farm and Field. Will Wool be Cheaper?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 5

A member of one of the most important firms of wool brokers in London, when interviewed recently by a representative of the London "Daily Mail," expressed…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Market Reports. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 11

Messrs. Hill, Clarke, and Co. report:—We brought forward a catalogue of 2713 bales on Wednesday, and effected a satisfactory clearance of 2415. Market conditions were excellent, there…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Warning to Dairy Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 8

A few words of warning to the dairy farmers of this State were uttered last Thursday week by the Government dairy expert, Mr. O'Callaghan. He…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Farm and Dairy. Milk Fever

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 12

'A' pupil of Messrs. John Pottie and Sons, the well-known veterinary surgeons, writes as follows:— The acute diseases of the mother animal…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Dairy Cows

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 5

Every dairyman should make up his mind as to the class of cow to keep. There are many cows on our farms that do not give more than 3000lb to 4000lb of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Dairy Clean Milk

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 5

Mr W. J. Fraser, of the Illinois Experiment Station, U.S.A., in a recent bulletin summarises some of the means of improving milk in the following…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mystery of the Moors. Farmer's Disappearance. Six Days' Search

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 4

For six days dozens of farmers and farm laborers, huntsmen and beaters, shepherds and their dogs, reports the "Express," have been scouring the wild…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Farmers' Magazine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 6

AT the present day, in every progressive country in the world, the tastes and needs of the agricultural community are catered for by special…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Hunter River Farmers. Is the Land Giving Out?

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 2

The Hunter River farmers, as a body, are hard-working, thrifty and honest. But somehow or the other, with all their industry, skill, and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Warning to Farmers. Exemption "for the Time Being."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 7

Mr Watson let the land tax catout of the exemption bag at his Redfern meeting recently. "The main" object of the tax," he…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →