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Farming & the land, 1905

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A Deal in Wheat. Alleged False Pretences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 3

A young man named Alfred Joseph Simpson was charged at the Water Police Court on Tuesday with having, by false pretences, obtained from Edward Russell Graham,…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 3

Wool sales will be held at Antwerp on April 26, 27, and 28, 6630 bales of La Plata wool will be offered…

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Double Your Crop

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

AN American authority on agriculture has discovered that maize-growers might double their crop by using the best seed. His argument…

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Dairying Regularity

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

THERE is certainly no business in which the people engaged are reminded so forcibly of the value of time, and the irretrievable and eternal loss of…

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Wool and Wheat Traffic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 2

Small consignments of wool continue to reach the three receiving depots, namely, Da[?]ling Island, Newcastle, and Morpeth. The total number of bales carried during…

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A Deal in Wheat. Alleged False Pretences

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 3

A young man named Alfred Joseph Simpson was charged at the Water Police Court on Tuesday with having, by false pretences, obtained from Edward Russell Graham…

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The Farm and Garden. Water for Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 3
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The cow requires a liberal supply of water. She can subsist on one drink a day, but two or more are highly desirable. Supplying them individually by means of pails or…

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The Wharfage Rates. Action by the Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 12

During the progress of the meeting of farmers and landowners at Largs on Friday afternoon convened to consider the injustice of the administration of the Land Tax…

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The Butter Commission. To be Re-opened in Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 1

It will be remembered the strenuous efforts made by Mr Meares, manager of the Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society, on behalf of the Co-operative…

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Farm Colonies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 5

The "Morning Post," in commenting on the proposal to establish in the United Kingdom farm colonies for the unemployed, says it considers that it would be for better to…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 25Th April. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.m.) Diseased Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 2

G. R. Freeman, Inspector of Stock, applied for an order under the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals Meat Act (36) of 1902. section 53, to…

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Farmers' Produce Sales. Swan and Murray's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 4

Good supplies were forward to an excellent [?] of buyers. Pumpkins were heavily supplied and prices showed a decline on last week's rates; hay was in good supply, and competition brisk for good…

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Dairy Factories Conference

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 2

Over 25 delegates from the principal factories of the State, together with a large number of dairymen, attended the Dairy Factories…

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The Singleton Argus Saturdat, April 29Th, 1905. Diseased Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 6

At the Singleton Police Court on Tuesday, the Inspector of Stock applied for an order, under the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals…

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Farmers Going to Queensland. Northern State Inducements

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 8

"Why are you leaving the Richmond River country, where prospects are so bright, to go to Queensland?" "Cheap land, and the difficulty in…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales closed firm yesterday, sales being animated. 6579 bales of La Plata wool were offered, and 3728 were sold…

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Milk Fever in Cattle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2
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Mr D. Shearer, of Glendon. has received a letter from H. M. Williams, of Florida, Wollongbar, relative to the new air treatment for milk fever. The…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 5

The wool sales opened very strong at par to 10 per cent, advance…

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