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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

1,455 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 73

Topics of the Day. a Warning to Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 3

[?] Farmers and other in this [?] do well to keep watchful eyes upon the [?] federation of rural workers (says [?] "Australian"). On Saturday and Sunday…

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Farman's Triumph. London, Saturday Afternoon

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 1

At the Aerial Carnival in Rheims yesterday the race for the Grand Prix of £2000 was brought off.The event was won by M.Farnman,who made an…

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Homebush Stock Sales. the Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

18,235 sheep and lambs were penned, consisting chiefly of good woolled prime qualify wethers and ewes Buyers were in full attendance,…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 2

Trcbeck. Son, and Co. report,:—Keen is quiry still continues for all descriptions wool, except for faulty parcels. [?] has been delayed again this week. owing to…

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Pastoral Enterprise

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

We learn from a reliable source that Mr. F. M. Hooke, and Mr. J. S. V. Mein, have purchased an extensive areas of pastoral property in…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report, 31st August:—There is still a very buoyant tone in the wool market, and prices remain exceedingly firm. The…

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Gloucester District Co-op. Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

The sixteenth meeting of shareholders was held at the butter factory, Clareval, on Tuesday afternoon last, only a small number of shareholders were present,…

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Working Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

The churning and working of batter is alike as is the beginning and finishing of a piece of work. If you do not get a good beginning you will have a hard…

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The Pastoral Outlook

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

The reports of the inspectors to the pastures protection boards in a number 'of large districts of New South Wales have-been of a very encouraging nature…

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London Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 5

Butter is sternly and unchanged. No business was done in colonial, either on the spot or to arrive, buyers being disinclined to made forward contracts, considering them…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 6

Prescott, Limited, report:—Since prices for fresh made creamery butter were reduced to 1163 there is a much better demand, and yesterday's arrivals have been cleared. There are a number of…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Limited, report:—Wool is coming to hand more freely each week, so that offerings at the next auction sales in this centre an the 14th, 15th, and l6th prox. should be fairly…

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Growing Wheat by Electricity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 7

The farmer of the future will not be content with the sowing of seed and hopeful waiting for results. He will spread electric wires over the soil and proceed to "shock"…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchombe, Carson & Co. REPORT

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

There is still a very buoyant tone in the wool market, and pries remain exeedingly firm. The continued wet weather is having its effect upon arrivals of wools which are…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Apples

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

Mr. C. French, jun., Assistant Government Entomologist, Victoria, appears to have discovered a very effective way to get rid of the apple root borer. Early in…

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Farm & Dairy. Tuberculosis in Cows

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (Eng.), in sending to the local authori ties of Great Britain copies of the Tu berculosis Order of 1909, which is to…

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A Poultry Farmers' Bulletin

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 4

A PUBLICATION of special interest to poultry farmers has been issued by the Department of Agriculture as "Farmers' Bulletin, No. 23," containing the…

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Retired Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

The experiences here quoted suggest not, that, in fact, it is apparently a dangerous course to adopt. Farmers who retire and move to town are more reckless in their…

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Aviation Records. Farman Wins Distance Prize. London, Aug. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 3

Mr. Henry Farman, at the exhibition of aviation at Rheims won the Grand Prix for the longest distance covered, viz., 112 miles in 3h, 4m. 56½s. the value of the…

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Dairying in Denmark

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 13

Mr. T. R. D. Carruthers delivered a lecture the other week to the agricultural students at Edinburgh University on "Dairying in Denmark," in the course of which…

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