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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 69

Mummy Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 3

Mr. G. L. Sutton, wheat experimentalist attached to the Agricultural Department of New South Wales, writes us follows in the official journal :—"Statements regarding…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 7

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report :— The fornightly auctions commenced iln this market on Wednesday, and are being continued throughout to-day, 3rd instant…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. reports :—At our sale yesterday there was a good general demand at prices par to five per cent lower than last month. Good wools were…

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The Farm and Dairy Fallowing and Cultivation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 3

On the subject of fallowing and cultivation Mr. McColl gave a short address recently to the members of the Quorn branch of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau. It was…

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Sydney Wool Market. New Zealand L. AND M. Co. Report. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 2

AT our wool sale yesterday, a good general demand existed, at prices, 5 per cent, lower than last month. Good wools were the least affected. We sold greasy fleece…

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Dry Farming in Syria and Palestine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 3

An account is given in the Transactions of the Agricultural Society of Germany, of the method of farming adopted in the dry and unirrigated land in Syria and Palestine…

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Dairy Utensils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 3

Pails, strainers, and cans made of peor quality of tin and badly constructed, are responsible for a considerable quantity of badflavoured milk and cream writes J. A…

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A Confiding Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 5

A confidence trickster was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for defrauding a man named Thomas Brown, a New South Wales farmer, who was visiting London, of £110. The…

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Farming Means Thinking

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 6

Given the right men and suitable conditions, a small holding will yield a living to a man and his family, but otherwise it win not. Just the same thing…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 6

Dalgety and Company, Limited, wool, grain and produce brokers, report as under:—The fortnightly auctions commenced in this market yesterday and…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 6

Schute, Bell, and Co. report.—During the next two days a considerable quantity of new clip wool will be submitted at auction, and in all probability such clips as are available for these sales will reap…

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Big Cattle Sale at Gunnedah

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 3

In this issue Messrs Lowcock, Broughton, and King announce an auction sale of 1100 store cattle at their yards, Gunnedah on 11th. September. Buyers…

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The Singleton Argus. Saturday, September 5th. the Butter Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

With the continuous advance of the dairying industries throughout the Australian Commonwealth, the demand for Australian butter in the markets of…

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Farming Means Thinking

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 8

Given the right men and suitable conditions, a small holding will yield a living to a man and his family, but otherwise It will not. Just the same thing…

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The Best Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 6

In a recent and memorable address, President Roosevelt stated the world's best crop was a crop of children. In this homely way the great President of the United States made a statement that…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 12

Rabbits are breeding at an alarming rate at Molong, and trappers are carning big cheques. The Victorian Railway Commissioners have…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 12

Although the dairying, industry has made very rapid strides during the past decade, it, may be regarded as yet in its infancy, and great attention needs to be given to it…

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Dairymen Should Know

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 12

The cost of producing a gallon of milk. The cost of producing a pound of butter. The cost of feeding a cow one year. The cost of labour in caring for one cow…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 4

The Australian Morigage, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Monday afternoon. Hop Crop Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 5

Heavy rains have seriously damaged the hop crop in England. It is estimated that the total acreage in England will be but 38,916—the smallest for nearly a century…

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