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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,643 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 75 of 83

The Wool Clip

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 5

The general estimate of this year's Australian wool clip is that there will be a decrease of between 300,000 and 350.000 bales compared with last year, which will mean an…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., report:— At oun wool sales to-day the market was very strong, but rates were unaltered from those ruling last week…

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Seasonable Dairy Utensils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 2

We make it our business to supply everything required in connection with the Dairying Industry and Cheese and Butter Factories…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 2

Mi. J. M'Lean, who is conducting an organising tour throughout the Robertson electorate, for the purpose of forming branches under the auspices of the Farmers' and…

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Chicago "Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 5

Chicago wheat futures were quoted yesterday:—December 84 1/2c, ; May 90 1/4c. to 91 1/4c. per bushel…

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South Australia's Wheat Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 5

The South Australian Government's estimate of the wheat harvest for the present season is 20,137,000 bushels, being a slight decrease compared with last year…

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Famous Wool Clip. Record for Gostwyck Clip

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 2

A fresh record in merino wool for the current season and for 13 years in the Sydney market was put up yesterday, when eight bales of Captain C. C. Dangar's Gostwyck…

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Big Fire at Botany. Wool Works Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 5

At about a Quarter to 9 last night a fire broke out in a portion of the drying sheds of the Bunnerong wool-scouring and packing works at Botany, owned by P…

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"The Sheep-Breeders' Guide."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 6

IT will be seen by advertisement elsewhere that Mr. Patrick Mullins, the well-known sheep-breeder of Wingen, is about to publish an…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 4

John Bridge and Company, Limited, report, that they offered a catalogue of 5,530 bales on the 27th instant. Some very superior New England spinning wools and a…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report under date 27th Novomber :— Our yesterdays wool sale parsed off with excellent competition for all…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tre[?], Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Dungog and its Surroundings. Its Representative Men. Its Representative Graziers, Farmers, Dairymen, Orchardists, Etc. Its Picturesque Spots and Its Industries and Trades Joseph Cannon Gatty and His Butchering Establishment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 2

The butchering business is so closely allied to the pastoral industry, that, one hardly knows how and where to differentiate…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 7

A brunch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was formed in Singleton on wednesday night. Alderman J.w.B. Water-house president, and about 20 persons were…

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Dairy Salt

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

Among the characteristics of a good dairy salt according to a bulletin issued by the Wisconsin Experiment Station, are a pure white colour, neutral reaction, and…

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Seasonable Dairy Utensils

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 3

WE make it our business to supply everything required in connection with the dairying industry and cheese and butter factories…

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Pastoral. Lucerne for Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 12

"I do not know of any quicker or more economical way of fattening sheep than feeding them with [?] wrote the sheep and wool expert recently; but he added that best…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 2

JOHN BRIDGE AND CO., LTD., REPORT: They offered a catalogue of 5530 bales on the 27th instant. Some very superior New England spinning wools and a large…

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