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Farming & the land, 1897

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The Bolwarra Farmers and the Land Tax Assessments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1897 · page 4

The farmers of Bolwarra, like the landowners of Muswellbrook, and it is safe to say, like the majority of landowners in the colony, are up in arms against the land tax. Or in case that may be putting tee…

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Cattle Condemned as Diseased

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 13

The return of animals, neat, and dairy cattle condemned and destroyed daring November, compiled from reports furnished to Board of Health, shows that 41 bullocks, 50 cows, 166 pigs, 11 sheep, making…

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Australian Butter in the London Markets

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 14

A joint cable has just been received in Sydney by the Fresh Food and Ice Company and the South Coast Company stating that "New South Wales butter is much improved," while the lastnamed…

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The Farm & garden. Milk Fever

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 11

It is unfortunate that the heaviest milking cow on the farm is the one that is oftentimes the victim of milk fever. Many and various remedies have been suggested. Some put…

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Lands for Grazing-Farm Selection, in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 13

The Queensland Department of Lands has issued a schedule giving general particulars of an area of 1,398,280 acres to be opened to grazing-farms selection in the districts of Hughenden, Winton,…

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The Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 3

During the past week wheat has had a rise of 6d per quarter…

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Pastoral Stock Board

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 2

The usual quarterly mooting of the members of the local branch of the Pastoral Stock board will be hold at the courthouse this morning at 11 o'clock…

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The Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 3

At Mark Lane to-day wheat was 6d per quarter dearer…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 3

Butter is in slow demand. Prices show a decline of about 2d per cwt. The weather is mild. The shipment of butter by the Gulf of Siam, which arrived at Manchester from Sydney on the 21st…

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Wool Duties in America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 3

The woolgrowers have assured the Waya and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives that free wool meant bankruptcy Some demand a high measures of protection,…

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The Farm & Garden. of Interest to Beekeepers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 11

"Novice," in the Otago Witness, has the following seasonable notes for the guidance of beekeepers:— "Almost every year, at tho end of the honey season, beekeepers may be heard…

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American Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1897 · page 5

Manufacturers in the United States complain that the demands made by the Ohio growers before the tariff committee of the House of Representatives were framed with a view of limiting the…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 4

It has been a disputed point with controvertists of the old school us to whether stock raisers who breed and Advertise their stock for all they are worth in order to execute sales in every part of the…

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Important to Dairymen. a Penalty of £20

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 3

All dairies, whether supplying milk or cream to a factory, or malting tip their own butter or cheese, must be registered under the Public Health…

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Crop Prospects in India

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 3

Reports received from Calcutta state that there are adequate food supplies in the Madras Presidency and in Burmah, and that there is sufficient for immediate needs in the Bengal Presidency, the…

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Dairying Items

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 2

The Kangaroo River Dairy Company, Ltd., for the month of December received and treated 279,650lb. of milk, for which suppliers were paid an…

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Sydney Wool Brokers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association announce through our advertising columns that it has been decided to revert to the old system of charges on…

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The Dairying Industry. [COMMUNICATED.]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 13

It has been a disputed point with controvertists of the old school as to whether stock raisers who breed and advertise their stock for all they are worth in order to execute sales in every part of the…

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The Farm & garden. Rubbing the Mane and Tail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 11

Rubbing the mane and tail usually results from an unhealthy condition of the skin, which, in most cases, is produced by neglect of grooming or by bad food, or by a sudden…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1897 · page 5

The wool sales show a decline of 5 to 7½ per cent. compared with the closing rates of last series…

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