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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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A Dairyman's Chance

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

There is not much fun in a farmer paying rent all his life. Far better that the money being earned out of the farm should go in purchasing that farm. This…

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Adulterated Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 5

In the case against Messrs CoopSmihfied, found guilty last week of wrongly describing as butter a mixture of butter and cocoanut oil, and fined…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday prices realised were:—Maneroo 11d. Englo 11¼d. Dunumbral 11[?]d. Bundaleer 12½d. Congbool 14[?]d, Warkon 21¾d…

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The Season's Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 5

The wool received at Darling Harbour this week amounted to 163,596 bales, being an increase of 67,000 bales over the corresponding week of last season…

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The Wool Sales [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 5

The wool sales closed firm to-day, with prices unchanged…

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Sydney Wool Market. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin-report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

We submitted on Thursday a catalogue of 1226 bales about two thirds of which were in the grease and the balance secured. The selection was below the average of our recent…

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Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 7

The cow's udder should be large and well formed, but examine it carefully in spoiled quaters, and see that it is not mealy, but it should milk out loose and flabby. The…

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Crumbs About Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 4

One curse of the milk business is the "scrub" cow. It is hard to buy good cows; the best way is to breed them…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 3

DALGETY and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report, under date of 2nd inst.:—Excellent selling conditions have prevailed during the past week, the market…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 1

REPORT for week ending February 3:— Wool.—The market during the past week has continued to display great…

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An American Dairyman in Europe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 7

An American dairyman, Professor Echles, of the Missouri University, recently visited Europe with teh object of making himself acquainted with European methods of dairy…

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Local News, Central Butter Factory

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 2

A couple of important matters will be discussed at an extraordinary meeting of the Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Company, Ltd., on…

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Sydney Wool Sales. (By Telegraph). SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—Our wool sales yesterday met with a very strong market, with keen competition, and a good general…

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Wool

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

WHEN Governor Phillip came to Australia he had with him one item in the paraphernalia of the band of colonists which was destined to…

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Heavy Wheat Shipments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

There is a great rush of wheat to the Sydney railway station. The railway facilities are taxed to the fullest extent, The deliveries at Darling Harbour this week amounted…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 5

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 3rd February: —The market during the past week has continued to display great animation, all…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

Competition was active on Tuesday, and late rates were well maintained for all descriptions, the batter-conditioned lines being in strongest…

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The District Grape Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 4

The district grape crop, owing to the exceptional dryness of the season, will be very poor this year, and a big loss therefore be experienced by local vignerons…

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The Butter Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

During the course of an interview, Mr. J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, urged Lord Carrington, President of the Board of Agriculture, to introduce a new…

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Sydney Wool Sales. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. report:—Our wool sales yesterday met with a very strong market, with competition, and a good general…

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