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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 69

Pickling Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 3

The following directions to farmers have been issued by the West Australian Department of Agriculture regarding pickling seed wheat, oats, and barley, and have been printed in the official…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, Carson, and Co., Ltd, report : — There is little change in the wool market. The inquiry is good, prices are firm,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 10

WINCHCOMBE, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date 28th July: — There is no change to report in the Sydney market, the same keen enquiry for wool…

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Cattle Disease in the Cape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 5

The Capetown correspondent of the "Times" writes that the Cape Parliament has been asked to sanction strong measures to safeguard the cattle of the colony…

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Farmers' Bulletins. Flax-growing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 6

WE have received from the Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture, a copy of Farmers' Bulletin No. 9, entitled " Notes on Flax Growing,"…

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Useful Farm [?]Icks

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 4

A derick comes handy when loading heavy articles on a waggon, for butcherrdling, building, etc. A good derrick, like the one shown in fig. is easily…

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Manitoba Wheat Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 5

Ideal harvesting weather is being experienced in South Manitoba. Threshing is general, and the quality of the crop is excellent…

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Stampede of Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 6

A stampede of cattle from the railway station caused some excitement in Goulburn on Thursday. The cattle, which had just been unloaded from four…

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Monster Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 4

We have been requested to direct attention to the sale of 4000 head of cattle, to be conducted at the Municipal Yards, Scone, on Tuesday, September 15, by…

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Pickling Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 12

The following directions to farmers have been issued by the West Australian Department of Agriculture regarding pickling seed wheat, oats, und burley, and have been printed in the official…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 3

Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—Transactions in wool have been of only moderate extent since the last auction sales were held. Buyers are anxious to secure passed in lots…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 8

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO. REPORT: There is little change to report in the wool market. The inquiry is good, prices are firm and the market…

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Farmers' Bulletins. ' Flax-growing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 6

WE have received from the Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture, a copy of Farmers' Bulletin No. 9,ontitled Notes on Flax Growing,"…

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Useful Farm Debrioks

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 4

A derick comes [?]andy when loading. heavy articles on a wasgon, for butcherrdling. building, etc. A good derrick, like the one shown in fig. 1, is easily…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 12

A deputation waited upon the Minister of Agriculture to ask for greater facilities for night students at the University. Mr. Perry gave a favourable reply, and said he was negotiating with…

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The Butter Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1908 · page 2

This week opened in Sydney with heavy supplies of butter, and it iooks as if concessions of from 2s to 4s per cwt. need bo made by some wholesale holders of superfine in order to effect a clearance…

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Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 3

Messrs Badgery Brothers report having conducted, in conjunction with Messrs Higgens, Parkinson, and Co., of Musvellbrook, a highly successful sale of…

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New Zealand Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 3

The New Zealand Farmers Union, the promoters of which had sanguine hope of its becoming a power in the land without incurring the antagonism of any political…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

FOR week ending August 22, 1908:—' Wool.—The past week has seen a good enquiry, but business has been confined to withdrawn lots from the…

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Farm Workers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 2

The work of the agricultural labourer, who produces the food on which the rest of the world lives, is certainly more valuable than that of men who simply…

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