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Farming & the land, 1902

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Rentals of Pastoral Holdings. [By Telegraph] SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 4

THE Western Land Board has published, in to-day's Gazette, their decision fixing provisional of pastora! holdings and license fees of…

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The Wool Sales. London, Dec, 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 2

At the series which closed yesterday 52,000 bales were sold to the home market, 42,500 to the Continent, 1500 to America, while 5000 were held over. Compared with the rates of the October series,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. DALGETY & Co. Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 2

Dalgety and Company report having submitted 4,500 bales on Wednesday last. There was good general demand and all descriptions received full…

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Letter to the Editor. Farming, Fruit—growing and Irrigation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 7

SIR,—It often grieves me to see how apathetic my councrymen are, especially farmers and orchardists, as to the advantages which they enjoy in this splendid country,…

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Farmers' Produce Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 3

Supplies at the farmers' produce sales at West Maitland on Wednesday were on the large side, and consisted principally of bay, potatoes, onions, and fruit. Buyers were well represented, and for…

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Object Lesson in Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 3

English dairy farmers regard themselves as the most skilful in the world—at least many in the south-western counties do. The Danes make a similar claim. But according to Mr…

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The farm & garden. How to Tell a Good Cow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 3

Professor T. L. Ha[?]cker says :—"I am going to tell you how to know a good cow. It's a simple matter. One or two signs tell a good cow, as well as twenty. In a poor…

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A Fall in Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 3

The price of butter has gone down a penny per Ib. all round…

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The Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ageney Co. report:—The wool market is irregular, and best greasies are lower…

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Letter to the Editor. a Point in Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 2

SIR,—New that the dairying industry is going ahead again after the bounteous rains that have fallen in many places, making grass and water once more a solid substantial fact,…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 December 1902 · page 4

REPORT for week ending December 13: —Wool.—A. good general demand has been experienced during the past…

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Seed Wheat to Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Mr Broughtor asked the Minister for Mines what amount had been received for the sale of seed wheat to…

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South Africa. Re-Stocking Farms The Surrender of Arms [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 3

The re-stocking of farms in the Utrecht and Vryheid districts has bean completed. The tribesmen of Dinizula, the…

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The Wheat Supply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 2

ELSEWHERE we print the figures derived from Mr. Coghlan's estimate of the wheat yield of this State in the current harvest. A return of 3½ bushels per acre is a bad showing against…

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Rape as Food for Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 4

SAYS the D. Telegraph:—"The value of rape as a fattening food for sheep has long been known to sheep-breeders both in England and in New Zealand,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 2

The Associated Wool brokers report under date 13th instant as follow:- A good general demand has been experienced during the past week at values equaling the best…

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How to Clean Seed Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 14

After such a season of drought as we are now going through, it is highly important that every acre of crop put in next year shall be made to produce the largest possible…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe Carson and Co's. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 6

The wool auctions this week have not shown the same animation as those of the past few weeks, and there has been a tendency towards lower…

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Sydney Markets. the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 7

Butter.—Supplies have considerably increased during the past week. The fact. together with the reduction of the price of butter in Melbourne, will tend towards a weaker market in this State. TO-day's…

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The Farm and Garden. Gatling's Auto—plough

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 6

Diverse as the plough and the automobile would seem at first glance, Dr. Galling, the famous inventor of the gun thai bears bis name, bas hitched the two together and made…

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