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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 69

Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney report as under:—The last wool auctions in the Sydney market prior to the commencement of the weekly sales…

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Starved or Perished. Mortality Among Travelling Sheep

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 4

A distressing case of mortality amongst travelling sheep has been brought under notice at Bourke. It appears that, according to the travelling, statement, 300…

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Duckenfield Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 4

Messrs. Creer and Berkeley, auctioneers, of Newcastle, acting under instructions from the official liquidator, offered at auction at Morpeth yesterday the land and buildings of the…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 7
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Schute, Bell, and Co. report: Last week's auction sales in Sydney passed off on the whole satisfactorily, but it seems evident that recovery of lost ground will be…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 4

FOR week ending September 19, 1908: Wool.—The last sales prior to the opening of the weekly series were held on Wednesday and Thursday last,…

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The Farm and Dairy. Notes and Notions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 7

It's wise farmer who takes his wife into partnership in his business as well as his heart affairs. Under the influence of lime, plants develop…

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Late News by Cable. London, Sept. 22. Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 5

Arrivals of wool since the last series of sales number 221, 144 bales. Of these 54,500 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, and with the number left…

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Farming Methods [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 7

Mr. Lamshed, a South Australian farmer recently paid a visit to the homeland, and on his return gave an interesting address to the members of the Maitland branch of the…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 3

Wool-selling brokers have decided to offer at the forthcoming series of sales only 212,500 bales…

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Wool for England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 3

Three steamers leave to-morrow for London with an aggregate of 11,000 bales of wool, making nearly 21,000 bales sent away since last Saturday…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales opened to-day. There was a good attendance. Prices of merinos which were unchanged, were firm. Crossbreds were generally dearer. Out of…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 8

WINCHCOMBE, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report:—The chief points of interests in the wool market just now are the opening of the London September…

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Lads for Farm Work

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 3

IT is a healthy sign to see the number of boys and young men who are now yearning for the country life. Each year brings an increasing number of…

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Sheep Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

Much more important for the development of the country's resources than many other matters to which our legislators give a great deal more attention is that of…

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A Long-woolled Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

Mr. W. C. McDonald, of the police station, Surat, Queensland, sends us a sample of wool, fully nine inches in length, a two years' growth from a ram which was missed…

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Wool Leaving Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

Large quantities of wool have been leaving Sydney during the past fortnight for London, Liverpool, the Continent, and other ports, but yesterday's…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 6

Schute, Bell, and Co. report: Lust week's auction sales in Sydney passed off on the whole satisfactorily, but it seems evident that recovery of lost ground will be…

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Commercial Intelligence Muswellbrook Cattle Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 6

Pitt Son, anil Hadgery, Ltd., Sydney, in conjunction with Danham Brothers, Rockhampton, report having sold on the 16th instant at Muswellbrook, 1059 bullocks, the…

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Profitless Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

"Dairying is all right if you don't have to Pay for labour," is the dictum of many operators of the industry after many years of practical experience. The obvious reply…

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