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Farming & the land, 1902

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 4

Messrs, Winclrcombe Garson and Co. report under date 12th instant. as follows: —Our monthly auction sale of wool took place Yesterday. Prices were bradly up to…

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"Take-all" in Wheat

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 3

The disease in wheat known as "Take-all" has existed in Australia between forty and fifty years and although the subject has been…

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"Take-all" in Wheat. (Victorian "Journal of Agriculture.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 3

The disease in wheat known as "Take-all" has existed in Australia between forty and fifty years and although the subject has been…

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Pleasantries and Fancies the Farmer Scored

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 13

A joke that Mr. Brandram used to tell about himself occurred when he was a commercial traveller. It was during a general election, and young Brandram was travelling through…

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The Farm & Garden. an In-bred Herd

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 7

An instance of long-continued in-breeding in cattle is mentioned in a into number of the Live Stock Journal. The herd was established in the year 1843, at the Hollies, a small…

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Farmers' Produce Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 15

Visitors to the Farmers' Union sides in West Maitland, in view of the continued dry weather, express surprise at the supplies, especially of green vegetables, which continue to reach market each week…

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Farm and Field. Specially Compiled for "Singleton Arras."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 7

IN reporting the trial of a now potato digger (the Andrews and Blaven) to the Canterbury (New Zealand) Agricultural Society, the judges state:…

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The Butter Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 3

Mr. R. W. Hanbury, the President of the Board of Agriculture, has introduced into the House of Commons a bill dealing with excess of moisture in butter. The bill extends the margarine provisions of the Food…

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Fresh Butter

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 2

Good, Clean, Fresh Dairy Butter can be obtained daily at H. J. HEAD'S, Johnstreet…

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Wool, Hides, &c

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage Agency Co. Ltd., John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd, Hill, Clark, and Co., Pastoral Finance…

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Farm and Garden. an In-bred Herd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 6

An instance of long continued in-breeding in cattle is mentioned in a late number of the Live Stock Journal. The herd was established in the year 1843, at the Hollies, a small…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 18 June 1902 · page 4

Report for week ending June 14:—Wool.—After an interval of a month auctions sales were resumed on Wednesday and Thursday last, when 3194…

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Local News. Frenh Butter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 2

Good, Clean, Fresh Dairy Butter can be obtained daily at E. J. HEAD'S, Johnstreet.*…

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Local News. Fresh Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 4

Good, Clean, Fresh Dairy Butter can be obtained daily at B. J. HEAD'S, Johnstreet.*…

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Sydney wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Mesers,Winoheombe, Careou and Co., Ltd., report under date 18th instant, as follows:—The wool market is extremely firm, and all descriptions find a ready sale at…

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Farmers' Produce Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 3

Supplies of produce at the Farmers' Union sales at West Maitland on Wednesday morning were only fairly large, and consisted principally of vegetables and poultry, with other lines rather poorly…

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Quiet Dairy Cows

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 3

A dairyman says : "Quiet, steady cows are what all dairymen want." There is considerable commonsense in the following from J. L. Horse, of New Hampshire : "It is very…

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The Farm & garden. Poultry Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 3

Everyone connected with poultry knows the importance of some hard material to assist digestion. After the food has been stored in the crop, it gradually passes to the gizzard, to…

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Farm and Field. Specially Compiled for "Singleton Argus."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 2

THE following is from the able pen of Mr W. J. Allen, the Fruit Expert:— The proper marketing of all fruits, and particularly stone fruits, has…

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