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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Farm and Field. Notes and News

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 13

Trial shipments of table grapes to the London market will be made by several Victorian growers during the coming season. Wonderfully successful results are being…

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Every Dairyman's Questions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 7

How many pounds of milk has each sow in your herd given this year? What to been the average test of each one? Have you records which will give this…

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Local News. Sale of Building Sites and Farm Land

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

Messrs H. York and Son will offer for sale on the ground at Kelso to-day, at 3 o'clock, 17 acres of building sites and farm land, subdivided into 17 blocks, ranging in…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 2

During last week the wool received at Newcastle, Morpeth, and Maitland was 8527 bales, a decrease, compared with the corresponding week of the previous year. of 12,315 bales. The wool for…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

Prescott, Limited, report :—There has been no alteration in prices this week Local trade has been difficult to handle on account of the quality of the bulk of…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd., report:—An other quiet week sums up the position of the wool trade here. A few sales of passed in lots have been effected at rates…

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Wheat Ship Founders. Remarkable Scene. London. Jan. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 5

The [?] as Queenstown, and was ordered to Calais. when she struck distress guns were fired from Bishop Lighthouse, and these led to the launching…

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A Wheat Laden Ship Founders. The Crew Saved. (BY Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

News has been received that the ship Arden C[?]aig, bound from Melbourne (o the Channel, with 38.172 bags of wheat. went ashore during a fog, on the Scily…

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Tantanoola "Tiger." His Lair Discovered. Sheep-stealer's Daring Operations. Corrals in Ti-tree Scrub. South Australia

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

SOME years ago a tiger was alleged to be at large at Tantanoola. In the absence of evidence of his presence, the scare died away, to be superseded…

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Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

The arrivals of wool number 384,000 bales Of these 193,300 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturer, and there are available for the next serles with the bales…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 1

FOR week ending January 7, 1910:—Wool.—Business in this centre has been practically at a standstill during the past fortnight, only a few lines of…

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"The Tiger's Lair." Alleged Sheep Stealing. Further Remarkable Discoveries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

Defective Allchurch is still inquiring into the circun, stances connected with the discovery of "the tiger's lair," at [?] South Australia. On Saturday…

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Cattle Truckings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. Purvis Marshall, the well-known stock dealer, had arranged to truck 600 head of young cattle at Farley to-day for Moree. Last night, however, he received an urgent wire asking him if possible…

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Diseased Cattle Condemned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 4

Evidence of the strict supervision exereised by Senior-Constable Dolman and Constable Singleton with respect to cattle forwarded for sale at Campbell's Hill, cattle…

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The Tantanoola Discovery. Alleged Sheep Stealing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 3

Detetive Allchurch is still inquiring into the etrcumstances connected with with discovery of an alleged sheep-stealer's lair at Tantanoola. South Australia. On…

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General Gables. Wheat Sales. London. Jan. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 5

The cargoes of the Gretchen [?] (January sailer from new South Wales), 24,367) bags, and the Holthe, sailer (now in port at south Australia), have been sold…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Poultry Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

Keep the young stock growing and thriving They are coming on. and are well worth every attention. Feed all the green staff you can get hold of. cheppel up line…

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The Farmer Who Thinks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

There is no class of labour that needs thinking about like farm work. It has to do with the deep forces of Nature as not other work has. Tending a machine. all day…

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Lime in Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

It is not possible in every instance to indicate certainly Rhether liming is needed. It will be needed sooner or later on all High uplands where time is not abundant, and…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

Dalgety & Co, Ltd., report under date. —The opening wool sales in the New Year in Melbourne were held on Monday last, followed by auctions at Brisbane on…

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