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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 69

The State's Crops

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 1

The recent wheat crop in this State, according to the revised estimate of the Bureau of Statistics, was 9,074,156 bushels, or nearly 400,000 more than the…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. report under date 21st April:—The splendid rains which have fallen during the Easter holidays have overshadowed all immediate…

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The Dairy. Selection and Milking

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

There are some useful notes in the leaflet just Issued by the English Board of Agricultures concerning the selection find milking of dairy cattle. In the…

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Farm and Field Sealding a Pig

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

Success in scalding a pig depends entirely upon the temperature of the water. A reliable method of determining this is as follows:—Before…

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Boys On the Farm

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

The question of Interesting the boys on the farm Is one of universal concern. An English paper, dealing with the matter, observes that a considerable…

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Bacteria in Butter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 13

The Kansas State Agricultural College [?]st year conducted a number of interesting Experiments to ascertain the effect of [?]teria in the water used for washing the…

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Yesterday's Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Messrs Grainger and Falkincr conducted an important sale of store cattle at Foster's yards yesterday, when 1000 head were disposed of at satisfatcory prices…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7

Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—The splendid ruins which have fallen during the Easter holidays have overshadowed all immediate considerations concerning the wool market, relief from the most…

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The Dairy. Selection and Milking

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 6

There are some useful notes in the leaflet just issued by the English Board of Agriculture concerning the selection and milking of dairy cattle. In the…

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Boys On the Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 6

The question of interesting the boys on the farm is one of universal concern. [?]n English paper, dealing with the matter, observes that a considerable…

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Farm and Field Scalding a Pig

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 6

Success in scalding a pig depends entirely upon the temperature of the water. A reliable method of determining this is as follows:—Before ers…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 13

Often in quite a casual way in the course of an [?] office chat as it were an item of interest is heard from someone who is worth listening to Mr. H. W. Potts principal of the Hawkesbury…

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Changes in Sahara. Farming in the Desert

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 13

Several French explorers specially trained in route surveying and the natural sciences are now at work in the Sahara, or have completed studies that have taken them across the desert or…

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Big Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

It will be seen by advertisement elsewhere that Messrs William Inglis and Son will hold a big eattle sale at St. Marys on Saturday next, when 4000…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

GOLDSBROUGH, Mort and Co, report:—Transactions during the past week have been on a very limited scale. Values, however, show no quotable…

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The Farm and Dairy. Spreading Manure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 6

The results from manure depend in a largo measure on bow it is spread (writes a practical farmer in an 'American exchange). I have often seen it thrown out…

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A Big Sale of Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 4

One of the most important auction sales of cattle yet held in the north will be condected by Mossrs. Lowcock, Broughton, and King at their yards, Gunnedah, on Saturday, 9th May next, when 3000…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., report: It has been decided to held auction sales in this centre on the 6th and 7th prox when it is anticipated that about 7000 bales in all will be catalogued. The most that can…

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A Rise in Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 3

This morning's surprise in sussex street, was a further rise of 4s per cwt, in batter, making superfine 14s, other grades proportion ately dearer…

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Proposed Co-operative Store. Meeting of Dairy Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 3

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was held in the Elite Hall on Tuesday afternoon,…

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