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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 69

Dairy Utensils

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 13

The proper care of dairy utensils, thorough washing in clean water, and the value of the small-top milk pail were treated in an address by Dr. R. A…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1908 · page 6

Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—Wool: We submitted a catalogue of 1027 bales, and found competition good at an advance of 10 to 15 per cent, above May sales. The…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 4

DALGETY and Company, Limited, report:—Wool sales were resumed in this market on Tuesday, 23rd instant, and were continued until the 25th…

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American Irrigation Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 3

We are pleased to note that the Victorian Minister of Agriculture Mr. Swinburne) has taken up the idea put forward in this "Review" that experienced…

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[?]Ustralia's "Mongrel Stock." an English Farmer's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 5

Mr. W. Norman, formerly a practical far[?] in Surrey, England, is spending his [?]ed leisure is travelling and observing [?]ing methods in different countries. He…

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Flying Scarecrows. Farmer's Original Idea

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 3

Sparrows, parrots, and other birds are visiting the Yarrawonga district of Victoria in great numbers. Last week a farmer hit upon a novel idea for…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 4

DALGETY AND CO. REPORT: Wool sales were resumed in this market on Tuesday, 23rd instant, and were continued until the 25th…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 4

FOR week ending June 27, 1908:—Wool.—Auction sales have been held during the past week, and have proved very satisfactory. The…

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Sheep Shearing Clam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 2

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, before Mr. King, S.M., a test case arising out of trouble with shearing machines at Brindingabba last November, was heard. Mr. B…

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Cost of Cattle-driving

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 3

Mr. A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland stated in the House of Commons that the extra cost of constabulary in Treland, owing to the prevalence of cattle-driving, was…

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Australia's "Mongrel Stock." An English Farmer's Views

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 2

Mr. W. Norman, formerly a practical farmer in Surrey, England, is spending his retired leisure in travelling and observing farming methods in different…

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Immigrant Farm Labourers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 1

The Intelligence Department at Sydney reports that farm labourers from Great Britain continue to arrive, and it is evident that the Agent-General has…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 3

SCHUTE, Bell and Co., Sydney, report under date 30th June:—Last week's auction sales passed off most satisfactorily, something approaching to the animation…

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Strawberry Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 5

The British strawberry crop this season is phenomenal, and is estimated to be worth £1,000,000…

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Australia's "Mongrel Stock." an English Farmer's Views

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 2

ME. W. NORMAN, formerly a practical farmer in Surrey, England, is spending his retired leisure in travelling and observing farming methods…

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Fine Show of Jersey Cattle. the King's Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 7

"The quicksilver went up with the sun this morning," said a west country cowman in the interval of washing down a great Hereford bull with buckets of water. "It's a…

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Sheep on the Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 12

"I never know a man to follow the sheep industry faithfully and intelligently, for the term of 10 years, who wasn't better off at the end of that time than at…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 6

Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—Wool: We submitted a catalogue of 1027 bales, ami found competition pood at an advance of 10 to 15 per cent, above May sales. The…

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Labor-saving Machinery for Farm and Station

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 5

In this age of progress it is being constantly proved that the man who makes his mark— who succeeds—is the man who takes advantage of every possible means of…

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Improving the Dairying Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 4

There is no doubt whatever that the amount of butter produced by our dairy herds is very small in comparison with the number of cows [?]ked, and that a very large number of our…

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