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Farming & the land, 1902

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Prize Cattle for New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 3

The steamer Ruapehu is shipping for Christchurch, New Zealand, and for Devonport, Tasmania, two prize bulls and 111 stud sheep. Some were purchased from the King…

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South Australian Cattle. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 3

A STEAMER arrived from South Australia, with 148 cattle on board for the Sydney market…

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Wool

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date 15th instant as follows:— No auctions were held during the current week, but sales will be resumed…

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Sheep In Spain

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 4
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

In Spain there are some 10,000,000 of migratory sheep, which every year travel as much as 200 miles from the plains to the "delectable mountains,"…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 6

WINCHCOMBE CARSON AND CO'S. REPORT. No auctions were held this week but sales will be resumed on Monday 20th instant, and then will be carried on…

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A New Process of Preserving Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 5

The researches of Fehling have established the fact that gum-arabic and its concentrated solutions are not fermentable…

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More New Zealand Sheep. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 4

A STEAMER arrived to-day with 3000 sheep from New Zealand for Sydney market…

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Wool Market. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 7

No auctions were held during the current week, but sales will be resumed on Monday, 20th inst., and then will be carried weekly right through the series. The…

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N.S. Wales Wool Clip. a Great fallinS Off

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 5

INQUIRY has been made with reference to the prospect of the wool clip for the present season. Persons engaged is the business hold…

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The Farm and Garden. Planting Potatoes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 6

For six years past experiments have been conducted in Canada to determine the best distance at which to plant potatoes. The rows wore in all cases 2½ft. apart, and the…

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The Farmers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 12

Butter.—Supplies are gradually increasing in this State, and prices have been partially affected accordingly, although the importations from Victoria undoubtedly brought figures down to a lower…

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Farmers' Produce Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 3

Fairly large supplies of produce were in evidence at the Farmers' Union Sales in West Maitland on Wednesday, and with a representative attendance of the trade all lines moved off freely at values on a par…

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The farm & Garden. Dipping Farm Animals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 12

"The dipping of farm animals — pigs, cattle, sheep—has corno to be one of the necessary operations on the farm in America. No well regulated stock farm should be…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Further Postponed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 3

THE Woolbrokers' Association report under date, last Saturday:—"The market has been very quiet during the past week, business being confined…

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Prickly Pear as a Fodder for Stock. the Evidence of the Muswellbrook Dairymen

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 4

For some time past, there has been a discussion is the S. and S. Journal, in regard to the prickly pear. It was started in connection with the sale in…

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Prickly Pear as a Fodder for Stock. The Evidence of the Muswellbrook Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 4

(We take the following from the "Stock and Station Journal.") Sir,—We, the undersigned Muswellbrook dairymen, having noticed…

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Singleton Sheep Board

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 2

A MEETING of the Singleton Sheep Board was held in the Board room yesterday. There were present: Mr R. T. Blaxland (Chairman), Messrs…

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Wool

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 2

The Associated Wool-brokers report under date 18th instants follows:—The market has been very quiet during the past weak, business being onfiaed to dealing with lots…

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A Sheep-dog Trial

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 3

An interesting article in this months's— Windsor Magazine deals with the training of sheep-dogs for competition in the celebrated trials…

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