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Farming & the land, 1904

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Farmers' Produce Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 5

Good supplies of produce were forward at the Formers' Union sales this week, the unpleasant weather notwithstanding. With a good attendance of buyers, competition for…

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Flood in the Hunter. Many Farms Covered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 7

The heavy and continuous rains of last week brought about another flood in the Hunter, the river rising to a height of 27 feet, overflowing its banks and inundating…

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The Dairying Industry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 4

The plentiful feed for stock after the rains experienced is proving most beneficial to the dairying industry, and the quality of the milk and cream that has been…

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Export of Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1904 · page 3

The export of wool from New South Wales for the nine months shows a comparative decrease of 2601 bales…

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Export of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 3

The steamer Afric, which leaves to-morrow for London, takes away 16,000 boxes of butter…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 4

THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co.,' Ltd., John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and…

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Our Wool Export. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 3

THE export of wool from New South Wales, for the nine months, shows a cmparative decrease of 2601 bales…

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The War. the Russian Fleet. Farms and Rains Interfere with Operations London, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 5

[?]-Admiral Rozhdest vensky, the chief of [?] General Staff of the Russian navy, in [?] course of an interview, said that the [?] rain fleet at Port Arthur at the outset…

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Sale of Store and Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 3

Pastoralists and dairymen in search of good store cattle and first-class dairy heifers respectively, were afforded an excellent opportunity of satisfying their requirements to-day, when Mr. O. K. Young, the…

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Swedish Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 3
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The breeds of dairy cattle which we already possess are probably quite numerous enough, and good enough, too, if bred on proper lines, and due attention paid to…

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London Wool Sales SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Limited, report: Our London office wires that there is an increasing demand for wool. Sales of merinos have taken place at an advance of 5 to 6…

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Wool Market. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 6

The Sydney wool market presents no new feature, and the general position remains unchanged sinced our last report. Supplies continue to dwindle to very small…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe Carson and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 8

The Sydney wool market presents no new feature, and the general position remains unchanged since our last report. Supplies coutinue to…

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The Farm and Garden. the Profitable Cow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 3

It should be the aim of every carry-farmer to keep only such cows as will return a substantial net profit for the year over and short the cost and keep of management. In…

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Pig-farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 3
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The advantages of pig-farming on the pad[?] system are discussed by W.H. Clarke is the March number of the "Agricultural [?]ette of New South Wales." The plan…

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The Farm & Garden. the Profitable Cow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 9

It should be the aim of every dairy-farmer to keep only such cows as will return a substantial net profit for the year over and above the cost and keep of management. IN…

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The Weather and Crops

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

The weather continues fine as a rule with cool nights and enjoyable days since bur last issue. Prospects for the winter season appear assured by bountiful pastures…

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Swedish Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 6

The method of procedure adopted in [?] ducing the Swedish breed of dairy cattle [?] to first select a number of cows here much the same characteristics as reger…

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