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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Sheep. All Comers. Merinos

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

First prize £1. except where otherwise specified. P Mullins, Wingen; only entry 159 Ram, over 24 years…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report:—After a lapse of five weeks, sales were opened here on Monday last and continuously until Thursday. During the four…

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Tocal. Its Horses and Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 13

With such a splendid season as has prevailed along the valley of the Hunter and within its immediate vicinity it will require no great mental effort to imagine that the country…

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A Choice Dairy Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

The man who wants a choice dairy farm or a sung tittle home should inspect "Birrima" at once. It is to be sold by auction at Gunnedah by Messrs. Lowcock & King on…

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Cattle. Prize, £1, except where otherwise specified All Comers. Durhams—males

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

65 Bull, 6 tooth and over Thos. Cook, Turanville; 4 entries 68 Bull Calf, 10s F S and H W Bell, Pickering; 8 entries…

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Denmark's Dairy Cows. Two Breeds Favored

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

The million dairy cows of Denmark are contined almost exclusively in two breeds — the Danish Red, of New Zealand and the Islands, and the Jyske, or…

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Farm Produce

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

250 Box of Butter, 56lbs, first prize £1, second 10s Denman Co-operative Dairy Co, Ltd; only entry…

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The Dairy. Causes of Poor Milk

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

The Swiss have come about as near reducing the dairy business to a science as any people on earth. It is said that they are very particular to preserve…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

A meeting of the Maitland branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association will be held in the committee room on the Maitland show ground on Tuesday evening next. Members…

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Farmers and Settlers Association Branch Formed in Maitland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 7

A meeting of farmers, graziers, dairymen, and all interested in those industries was held in the pavilion of the show ground on Wednesdays. Mr. Robert Patten, president…

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Sale of Dairy Herd

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

Under instructions from Mrs M. A. Brady, of "Mount Hope," Messrs H. York and Son will hold a sale of that lady's dairy herd, at the farm, on…

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Season and Crops

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

It is agreed by all concerned with operations on the land that this month Is the most favorable April we have had for many years, owing to the abundant…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

There were received at the Darling Island Newcastle and Morpeth deports last week. 3335 bales of wool being 1168 bales more than came to hand in the 1168 bales more…

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Sale of Fine Dairy erd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

An important sale of one of the best dairy herds in the Hunter district will be conducted by Mr.J. H. Brunker at Campbell's Hill yards on Wednesday next commencing at twelve…

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The Season and Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

it is agreed by all concerned with operations on the land that this month is the most favourable April we have had for many years, owing to the abundant rain during the first…

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Commercial. Special Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

Grainger and Falkiner., Ltd., report having held a very successful special cattle sale on Friday last, when 1223 were sold. There was a good…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile agency Ltd., report:—At our sale yesterday we found strong competition. Prices for better grades of greasy advanced five per…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 4

Hill. Clark, and Co., Ltd.. Sydney, report:- After a lapse of five weeks sales were opened on Monday last. and continued until Thursday. During the four days [?]…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage, 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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Farmers and Settlers Association Miller's Forest Branch

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

A largely-attended and representative meeting was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Miller's Forest, on Thursday, 6th inst., convened by the Miller's Forest branch of the Farmers' and. Settlers'…

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