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Farming & the land, 1901

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Sagagity of Pantomime Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 5

Those who witnessed the performance of " Bo-Peep" pantomime, at Bolton, could not fail to be struck with the manner in which the four sheep employed in connection…

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Sagacity of Pantomime Sheep

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 3

Those who witnessed tho performance of "Bo-Peep " pantomime, at Bolton, could not fail to be struck with the manner in which the four sheep employed in connection…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 2

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers report under date 9th March as follows :—The first sales of the fortnightly series have been held during the past week and the market…

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London Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 2

The second series of this year's wool sales in London were opened on Tuesday Biddings were brisk Compared with the closing rates of the last series prices for mer[?]…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 2

A MEETIME of the committee of the Muswellbrook Branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts, on Wednesday even…

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Farmer and Company, Limited

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 2

FARMER AND COMPANY, Limited, of Sydney, have pleasure in announcing that their Mr. E. G. Fletcher will visit Muswellbrook next Tuesday and…

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The Farm of garden. the Largest Orange Orchard in the World [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 3

The largest orange [?] is it Riverside, California. Its area is 30 square miles, or 19,200 acres, in which are growing 1,536,000 orange trees. These trees…

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Farmers' Produce Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 6

Good supplies of produce were forward at the above sales on Wednesday last in West Maitland. Lucerne hay was more heavily stocked than usual, and the quality sill round was very good. The market…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 3

There have been catalogued for the present series of wool sales 51,647 bales. 47,982 bales have been sold. Yesterday there was a brisk sale. Continental operators bought freely. Scoured merinos showed a…

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Farming and Freetrade

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 4

IT is very curious how Mr. O'Sullivan and other protectionists will keep insisting, despite the plain logic of facts, that the farming industry in…

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Farmer and Company, Limited

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 2

FARMER AND COMPANY, Limited, of Sydney, have pleasure in announcing that their Mr. E. G. Fletcher is now on his periodic visit to Muswellbrook…

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The Smallest Wild Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 3

Celebes has the distinction of being the home of the smallest living representative of the wild cattle, or, indeed, of the wild cattle of any period of the earth's history,…

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Dairy School in Sweden

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 2

In Sweden, according to a report furnished by Dr. Engstrom, of the State Agricultural and Dairy College, there are higher and lower dairy schools. The former is…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date 20th inst:—The wool market continues very firm at old rates with here and there a slight [?]cy…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 3

The following prices were obtained at the wool sales yesterday for the undermentioned clips :—Manaiva, 6½jd; Browne, 8[?]d; Conapaira, 7[?]d; Ritro, Toulby, 8[?]d; Killamolla, 9[?]d; Nareen, 10[?]…

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Spring Rust in Wheat Crops. From the Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4

The Wheat Experimentalist has received complaints from farmers to the effect that their wheat crops are becoming very rusty, and asking what is the…

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The Farm & garden. Pairy Schools in Sweden

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 7

Sweden according to a report fur[?] by Dr. Engstrom, of the State Agri[?] and Dairy College, there are higher [?] dairy schools. The former is…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1901 · page 3

Up to the present there have been catalogued 123,352 bales, of which 116,417 have been sold. Yesterday competition was active, and the late rates were maintained. The following prices were realised…

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Creamery Butter. Advances to 11d.- per lb. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 3

To-DAY creamery butter advanced in the Sydney market to 11d.'per lb…

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Wool' Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 3

The following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips:—Kentucky, 8[?]d; Gragin, 9[?]d; Topar, 15[?]d; Randwick, 14[?]d; Katandra, 7[?]d; Bimerah, 16[?]d; Mutooroo, 5 ½d; Half, 8 [?]d…

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