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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 3

SCHUTE, Bell and Co. report under date 18th December: Competition has continued active up to the close of the weekly series to-day. American buyers can still…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

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

Messrs. Dalgety awl Coy., Limited, report:— The weekly series of wool sales for the present half-year were brought to a close on the 18th instant, excellent clearances…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 3

Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co report:—Buyers and sellers alike are glad of temporary surcease from the high pressure work inseperable from the weekly sales. Practically no business is passing…

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The Farm and Dairy. Spraying Fruit Trees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 13

Speaking of spraying at A "round-up" oF Michigan farmers recently, Professor W. J. Green, horticulturist at the Ohio State Experiment Station, said the orchardist must…

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Exhausted Dairy Cows. Unwholesome Meat

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 6

The Chief Veternary Inspector has furnished to the Central Board of Health a report in which he points out that exhausted dairy cows are too…

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The Dairying Industry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 4

In recent issues of the Singleton Argus, there have appeared advertisements relating to the dairying industries. Dairy farmers are enquired for…

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Wool and Wheat

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

The receipts of wool over the railways continue high. Last week 34,687 hales were received, being an increase of 18,843 bales over the corresponding week of last year…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 December 1906 · page 6

Mr. J. M. Petrie, of Coopernook, who has had considerable experience with stock, has adoped a very simple (and said to be certain) appliances for tie treatment of blown…

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A Baby Farmer Convicted

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

[?]th Miller hat been convicted at [?] charges of baby farming, of admin[?] drugs to females, and of burning the children. The prisoner was…

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Wool and Wheat Traffic

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 2

The receipts of wool over the railways continue high. Last week 34,687 bales were received, being an increase of 18,843 bales over the…

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The Wheat Crop Big Returns

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 4

With harvesting now well in hand all over the wheat districts, the farmers are having a busy and anxious time. Many of the crops are turning…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 3

Dalgety and Co., Limited, report:— The weekly scries of wool sales for the present half-year, were brought to a close on 18th inst, excellent clearances…

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Simple Remedy for Blown Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 1

Mr J. M. Petrie, of coopernook, who has considerable experience with stock has left at our office what is certainly a very…

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Death From Poisoned Wheat

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 2

The body of a little girl, Vera M'Leon, who died in St. Arnaud district, has been exqumed,and portion of the organs sent to Melbourne for…

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The Farmer's Smartness

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 3

When railway companies carried "returned empties" free, a Scotch farmer bought a calf from a butcher in the nearest market town…

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Fate of Fortune. a Realistic Romance. in Three Parts.—part I. Chapter Ix. the Horror at the Farmhouse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1906 · page 5

When Hannah readied home, the grey November afternoon was already closing in the dark night, which was made still darker by the violence of the increasing storm, and…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 December 1906 · page 2

One cannot travel about the extensive Hunter district without recognising how large is the number of people mainly or largely dependent upon the dairying industry. The home…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 2

Mr. S. E. Beaver, C.P.S. at East Maitland, has received a communication from the Attorney-General's Department, stating that the Attorney-General had declined to…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 7

Dalgety and Co., Limited, report:—The weekly series of wool sales for the present half-year brought to a close on 18th inst., excellent clearance being…

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A Word to Farmers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 4

IN connection with the immigration movement, advices have been received to the effect that good opportunities exist from time to time of inducing…

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