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Farming & the land, 1905

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Record Potato Crop

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

Messrs. Drabsch Bros., whose farm is situated three miles from Guyra, report the enormous yield of 17 tons of potatoes to the acre. This easily establishes a record…

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Farmer and Company Limited

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

Mr E. G. Fletcher, representative of Messrs. Fanner and Company Limited, of Victoria House, Sydney, announces in our advertising columns that he will be at…

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Stud Sheep Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 1

We held a successful sale of Mr. G. L. Lethbridger's floak of merine sheep on the Singleton Show Ground on Friday last, during out the whote consignement at…

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Will Ensilage Fatten Cattle ?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 4

Australia seems to be in the matter of ensilage making where America was some 20 years ago, that is silos are only resorted to by long-headed, enterprising men, not…

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The Farm and Garden. Silage for Dairy Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 6

During the winter and spring of 1904, this Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station conducted an experiment to determine what affect the feeding of more oilage than…

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Sheep for the Farm. Shropshire Sheep Unsurpassed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1905 · page 4

The Shropshire breed of sheep stands unsurpassed as an all round farmer's sheep, adapted to all conditions, writes a correspondent of…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1905 · page 5

The arrivals of wool number 188,000 bales. Of those 80,000 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, and there are available for the fourth series of sales 110,000…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe Carson and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1905 · page 4

Our catalogue comprised 1066 bales, and for the time of the year was unusually attractive. Practically the whole of the offerings were cleared at…

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Diseased Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1905 · page 2

At the Singleton Court on Tuesday, before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. and Mr R. Faulkner, J.P., the Inspector of Stock (Mr G. R. Freeman),…

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Sheep-breeders Annual Show. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1905 · page 2

The sixth annual show of the Sheepbreeders' Association opened to-day, when there were 400 pens of sh[?] exhibited. The champion prize for the…

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The Sheep Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 3

The Sheep show was officially opened to-day by the Acting-Governor…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales opened yeterday. There was a large attendance, and biddings were animated. Ordinary wools advanced 5 centimes, primas 10 centimes, and seconds…

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Blown-sheep Fly. in the Western Country

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 4

MR. W. W. FROGGATT, Government Entomologist, has furnished the Minister for Agriculture with a report regarding his investigations into the…

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A Crack Shot the Late Mr. McINTOSH. the Old Farm Carried On

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 3

Of all modern retail traders, the gunsmith has retained more individuality, so to speak, than any other. In most lines the great wholesale houses, with…

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Diseased Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 8

At the Singleton Court on Tuesday, before Mr. E.A.L Sharpe, P.M., and Mr. R. Faulkner J.P, the Inspector of Stock (Mr. Q-. R. Freeman),…

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Selling Diseased Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 4

A case of considerable importance to stock-owners and speculators in cattle occupied the [?]ttention of the Singleton Police Court yesterday, when the stock inspector for the district…

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Wool and Produce

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 2

The Associated Wool Brokers report under date 24th June :— The concluding auctions of the statistical year were held during the past week,…

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The Sheep Show. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 5

The sheep show was officially opened to-day by the Acting-Governor…

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An Ear Mask Fob, Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 5

A French sheep farmer has invented a new form of metal ear-mark for sheep, which he has given to the country. It posesses several advantages, among…

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Sheep-breeders Annual Show. Sydney

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 4

The eleventh annual show of the N.S.W. Sheep-breeders' Association opened to-day, when there were 400 pens of sheep exhibited. The champion prize for the…

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