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Farming & the land, 1905

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Wool & Produce Sales. Winchcombe, Carson & Co, Ltd, Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1905 · page 2

We have attain to report an excellent inquiry for wool, but with strictly limited supplies available. Most of the wool now in Sydney is…

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Faked Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 1

An ingenious Dutchman has in vented a method whereby butter may be mixed with cheaper falg in such a manner that the casual observer shall…

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A Butter Test

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 4

An interesting butter test was conducted at the St. Louis Exposition in July, in which four Breeds took part, namely, Jerseys,…

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Wool and Produce

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report under date June 10th:—Wool.—The good private demand for wool referred to in our last report…

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Farmer and Co. Limited

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 4

Messrs. Farmer and Company Limited, of Victoria House, Sydney, announce in our business columns that their representative, Mr. E. G. Fletcher, will be at…

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The Farm and Garden Cows at Their [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 14

The production of milk and butter [?] dairy cows under normal conditions creases with each year up to the [?] sixth, when the cow is at her best. [?]…

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Farmers & Strikes

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 3

A couple of collectors from Weston paid Cessnock a visit during the week for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions…

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A Dairy Company

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 4

Attention is drawn to the notice to cream suppliers contained in an advertisement by the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co.,…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage, Land & Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and…

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The Jersey Cow As an Ideal Dairy Cow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 6

A number of breeds of dairy cattle are now urged upon the attention of the dairy farmer with a good deal of persistent clamour, and he may well be somewhat…

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The Farm and Garden. Cows at Their Best

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 6

The production of milk and butter fat by dairy cows under normal conditions increases with each year up to the fifth and sixth, when the cow is at her best…

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Important Sale of Sheep

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 June 1905 · page 2

Special attention is directed to the important sale of high-class stud merine sheep, to be sold by Messrs H. York and Sons by public auction at the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 3

The resumption of auction sales in Sydney on Wednesday was marked by considerable animation, and more than ordinary interest appeared to centre in…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report: At our wool sales yesterday there was a very strong market; prices on the average were 5 percent higher than last month. The new clip of…

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Wool & Produce Sales. DALGETY & Co., Sydney, Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 3

WOOL.—Favourable conditions continue to prevail in the Sydney word market During the past week be have placed several lines by private…

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Aberdeen. Lecture on Dairying

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 3

MR M. A. O'Callaghan, Government Dairy Export, lectured to a large and appreciative audience in the School of Arts on Tuesday evening last…

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Wool, and Produce

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 5

The monthly auctions were commenced at the Wool Exchange, Sydney, on Wednesday last, when last month's auction values were fully maintained, and…

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Important Sheep Sale. Mr. G. L. Lethbridge's Stud

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 5

Messrs H. York and Sons conducted a sale of high-class stud merino sheep, the property of Mr G. L. Lethbridge, of Bridgman, at the Showground…

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The Farm and Gard[?] Silage for Dairy [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 14

During the winter and spring of [?] Ohio Agriculrural Experiment St[?] ducted an experiment to determi[?] fed by dairymen, with a correspondent…

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District Notes. Lecture on Dairying

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, Government Dairy Expert, lectured to a large and appreciative audience in the School of Arts, on Tuesday evening last…

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