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Farming & the land, 1905

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 6

The New Zealand Lon[?] Mercantile Comp[?] report:—At one sale on Tuesday supplies were [?] Good general demand at prices about equal to [?] month's rates. Japanese buying superior second [?]…

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Wool and Produce

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 5

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date date 18th March:—The local market continues quiet and only a moderate amount of business, the turnover being principally…

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The Wool Sales. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 5

The wool sales closed firm at the highest Prices of the series…

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The Wool Sales. London. March 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 2

At the wool sales a better selection was offered, finding brisk safe, with prices hardening. Prices for the undermentioned clips were:—AM, 13[?] Inverell, 11 3/4d…

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Dairy Farming in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 13

Among the successful farmers along the banks of Laidley Creek, says the "Queenslander" is Mr. J. M. Hickey, a staunch convert to the doctrine of dairying in…

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Overton Estate. Irrigation and Dairying Great Scale

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 12

Muswellbrook has often been floridly and grandiloqunelty dubbed "The Athens of the North." That is a trifle more of artistic poetic fiction than romance, for the snug…

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The Farm and Garden. Maize for Poultry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 13

it is not surprising that in maize growing districts the staple product should be relied upon almost entirely for feeding fowls. While is not necessary to adopt the…

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Australasian Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

The United States authorities have refused to allow Australasian butter to enter the country, on the ground that it contains boracic acid. Last month's shipment to the…

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Eating Dead Rabbits Sheep and Cattle Losses

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 1

In connection with the case of sheep which were poisoned through eating the carcases of rabbits destroyed by phosphorus, as reported to the Albury…

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Proposed Co-operative Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

The 12 provisional directors of the proposed co-operative butter factory met in the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday, Mr. F. A. Hooke being voted to…

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Eating Poisoned Rabbits. Losses Among Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 3

IN connection with the case of the sheep which were poisoned through eating the carcases of rabbits destroyed by phosphorus, as reported to…

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The Butter Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

The butter market has advanced one halfpenny…

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Dairying on Dorrige

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 4

Mr W. J. Kirton, of Bielsdown, writing to the "Raleigh Sun" upon dairying on the Dorrigo, says that the industry is going ahead in that…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 4

REPOKT for week ending Maroh 25:— Wool.—Auction sales were held during two days of the past week,…

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Dairy Farming in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 7

Among the successful farmers among the banks of Landley Creek, says the " Queenslander " is Mr. J. M. Hickey, a staunch convert to the doctrine of dairying in…

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The Farm and Garden. Maize for Poultry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 7

It is not surprising that in mazie growing districts the staple product should be relied upon almost entirely for feeding fowls. While it is not necessary to adopt the…

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Sale of Adulterated Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 3

A Sale of Butter Bill was introduced into the House of Commons by the Hon. Ailwyn Fellowes, President of the Board of Agriculture, last night, and was read the first times…

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Amended Dairy Act Regulations

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 1

The "Government Gazette" of 24th March contains the following Amended Regulations under the "Dairies Supervision Act, 1901." in…

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Seed Wheat

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

Mr. J. Benham, of Pentlands, advertises in another column of this issue that he has a few bags of several kinds of rustresisting wheats for sale at 4s per bushel…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 2

For the series of sales closed yesterday there were catalogued 165,000 bales. Of these 83,500 were sold to home buyers, 70,000 to the Continent, 6000 to American…

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