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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

1,455 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 73

Butter Factory Shares. a Warning to Investors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 8

A case of the "I didn't know it was loaded kind," was heard at the local police court on Tuesday last week, before the police magistrate,…

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Condition of Butter Factories, and the Training of Factory Managers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 8

In view of the controversy in regard to the necessity for the establishment of a State butter factory and school for the training of…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 6

Mr. Perry, vice-president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, addressed a representative gathering at Denman yesterday afternoon on the aims and objects of the…

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Butter Tests

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 7

An analysis of the English Jersey Cattle Society's butter tests, published in the new volume of the Herd Book, provides some very interesting information. From…

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Butter Grading

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 2

It is invariably contended by the ahti graders that grading is not responsible for any improvement in returns on the London market (says a writer, in "On…

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New Zealand Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 5

The newspaper, the "Grocer," gives [?]rominencs to reports regarding excessive moisture in New Zealand butter, and blames the Government of the Dominion for not…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 3

Prescott, Limited, report:—Business was brisk last week, and on Wednesday prices for fresh were advanced to 124/. This has had the effect of checking sales. Stored lines…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 3

Hill, Clark and Co. report:—Outside the few sales of fellmongered scoureds the wool business is at a standstill. Sales will be held early in July, but catalogues will only be small and confined to a…

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Sheep From Tasmania. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 4

During yesterday and to-day two large consignments of sheep arrived from Tasmania for sale…

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The Sheep Show. Mr A. A. Dangar a Winner

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 4

At the annual show of sheepbreeders in Sydney this week Mr A. A. Dangar, of Gostwyck, Uralla, secured a number of awards for merino sheep, comprising…

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Farm & Dairy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 2

At the Pioneer bore, on the Thragom indah-Hungerford road, Queensland, a flow of one million and three-quarters gallona per day has been struck at a…

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Opinion of the World's Greatest Sheep Experts on the Value of Dipping

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 5

Mr. A. L. Morrison, manager of the famous Widgiewa flock, "is," states the "Pastoralist's Review," "acknowledged by breeders of all types of…

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Milking Machines Patent. a Warning to Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 2

The "L.K.G." Milking Machine having proved an absolute success after 7 year's use, a crop of weak imitations has come along, and we hereby warn dairymen against using…

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Farm and Field News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 7

The Queensland Department of Lands for the week ended at noon on Saturday registered application for 104,750 acres, which have been approved by the Land…

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The Potato Crop

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 2

Considerable anxiety is felt in the Guyra district in reference to the disease which has manifested itself in the Tasmanian potato crop, as it is…

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Grazing and Datrying Farms

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 5

We would draw the attention of those in search of good grazing and dairying farms to the subdivision of Belmont Es tate, in the prosperous Hunter Valley…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 3

Antwerp wool sales have closed. Competition was brisker than on the opening day yesterday 1477 bales out of 2807 of La Plan wool offered were sold, real sing…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 7

Prescott Limited report:—Supplies of strictly choicest fresh made barely sufficient for the local and inter-state demand at 124s, but anything that does not come under this heading is difficult…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 7

Hill, Clark and Co. report:—Sales will be held here on Tuesday and wednesday, when small catalogues will be offered. The July series will also upon in London on the 6th inst., the available…

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Gostwyck Sheep at Sydney Show. (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 2

Sir,-In your issues of last Thursday and to-day you have been good enough of your own accord to insert notices of the prizes won by the Gostwyck sheep…

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