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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

1,409 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 71

Shortage of Sheep Vans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 4

The following is the text of a letter sent by Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., to the Railway Commissioners, Sydney:—"An excellent suggestion has just been made to us and we hasten to impart…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 7

The Co—operative Wool and Produce Company, Limited, report that on Thursday the number of bales offered was 2903, of which 2517 were sold at auction, and 57…

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Butter for China. a Chance for N. S. Wales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 3

Mr J. B. Suttor, New South Wales Trade Commissioner iv the East, has forwarded to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture a report on the trade of…

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Wimmera in a Gale. Loss of Stud Sheep and Fruit

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 4

The steamer Wimmera, which arrived at Wellington on Thursday, experienced rough weather on the run to Now Zealand from Sydney. The…

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The Farmers' Clip

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 4

Times house very much altered since almost all the wool clip of Australia was contributed by the large landed estates. The advance of closer settlement, and the…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 12

The want of rain is severely felt in the Illawarra district. Creeks are dry, and the hand—feeding of stock is being resorted to. The milk yield is more than 50 per cent. below what it should be at this…

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Profitable Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 12

What is successful dairy fanning ? asks a writer on dairy topics. It is not just squeezing through year after year, with little on nothing to show for one's work. There must…

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An Excited Dairyman. Scone at Randwick Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 1

As a. general rule, municipal councils are conducted in a decorous way, and seldom is the business disturbed by the conduct of persons who attend to watch…

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Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 4

The Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., report having, for the four weeks ending September 7th, 1907, manufactured 64,540 lbs butter, equal…

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Inspection of Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 4

Dr. Robert Dick, Government Medical Officer for the Hunter River Combined District, who was accompanied by Mr. E. Branch, Inspector of Dairies, East Maitland, has just completed an inspection of…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mereantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—Our catalogue on Wednesday included a few lines of good wools, but in the main comprised clips more or less burry…

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No of the Day. Sheep in Japan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 7

[?] says there are new [?] horses which are used by [?] the cavalry. Cattle are [?] and that but…

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The Farm and Dairy. Treatment of Milk Fever

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 6

In an article in the "Live Stock Journal" on "Home Treatment of Ailments in Cattle.," Spero" writes:—It seems only reasonable to urge on every stockowner the…

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The Wheat Crop. Prospective Failure

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

The unusually dry season will, it is feared, result in the failure of the wheat crop. If no further rains, full before November the average yiold for the…

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The Wool Traffic

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

During last week: 44,595 bales, of wool were received by rail at the, three ship ping depots Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth -the increase as…

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Sdney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. The Co-oporative Agency Co. offered 2500 bales of wool. Competition was strong at late rates for all good class wools. Inferior…

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Mortality Among Cattle. Eating Green Thistles

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

On Thursday night last, while a mob of 300 store cattle belonging to Messrs. Withycombe and Pearce, were travelling from Pearcefield,…

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The Farm and Dairy. Water Content of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 7

Quality in butter includes flavour, body, or texture, appearance, and similar attributes; it is a comprehensive term, and may be said to result from several causes…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report:—Notwithstanding a decided decline in values of lower grade wools during the past fortnight, growers have no little cause for satisfaction that the…

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Sidney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 4

FOR week ending October 19, 1907: —Wool.—The third week's operatious in the Sydney wool market confirms our previous report, and while values…

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