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Farming & the land, 1905

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Sale of Stud Sheep. MR. G. L. Lethbridge's Stud

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 16

On Singleton Show Ground on Friday. Messrs. H. York and Sons conducted an important sale of high-class stud merino sheep, the property of Mr. G. L. Lethbridge…

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Farm and Field. the Gueler Sanitary Milk Bucket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 5

It is easy to produce pure mlk If you remember that pure milk is clean milk. When drawn from a healthy cow, milk 1 always pure, and becomes impure only…

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The Biggest Farm in the World

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 3

On the northern boundry of Okla[?] homa U.S.A., lies the biggest farm in the world. It is leased by a Mr. G. W. Milier. and contains over…

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The Orange Crop

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

The orange crop throughout the district is this season prolific, and fine samples, of the luscious fruit are at present on view in the local shops…

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Stud Sheep Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 5

The annual stud sheep sales opened this morning. The attendance was very large, including many prominent pastoralists, and bidding was spirited. Mr. Maiden challenged…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday with animated biddings. 7412 bales were offered, and 3267 bales were sold, Including 747 Punta Arenas. The latter realised an…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1905 · page 5

The London wool salEs opened brisk at par to 10 per cent. advance…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 3

The London wool market was firm to-day at opening rates…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 3

At the wool sales, which opened yesterday, Jacob Balme and. Co., Buxton, Ronald, and Co., Ducroz, Son, and Co. offered 9822 bales, chiefly inferior crossbreds…

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Singleton. (Central Co-operative Butter Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 3

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholde's of the above company was hold on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Jame G. Dight (chairman of directors). Presiding over an attendance of shout 90…

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The Wool Sales. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 2

The wool sales opened on Tuesday and the competition was brisk. The prices from par to 10 per cent [?] on opening rates of last series…

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American Cotton Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 3

Great excitement prevailed in the cotton market of New York yesterday owing, to the publication of the Government's estimate of a crop of 10,500,000 bales in 1905…

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Singletion Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. Election of Directors

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the above company was held at the [?] Hall on Tuesday afternoon. The chair was occupied by…

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Farm and Field. Breeding Dairy Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 3

There are two theories before the world on this question: The theory of breeding for specific purpose and type, the theory of breeding for dual-purpose and type…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 5

At the wool safes yesterday the following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips:—Longburn, 12[?]d Peakdowns, 12[?]d; Maylor, 7¾d; Galatea, 12d; Gear, 11[?]d…

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The Wool Clip. Interesting Statistics

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 2

WOOL growers are perhaps more interested in the retrospection of the past selling season, but for purposes of record it is interesting to have a…

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London Wool Sales. a Satisfactory Advance. London, July 4

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 5

THE fourth series of wool Gales opened to-day with brisk demand, at from par to 10 per cont advance in prices on the closing rates of the third series…

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The Farm and Garden. the Babcock Test

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 7

A Richmond River newspaper publishes the following for the benefit of dairymen: There are very few farmers that don't lower their own test a point or two every week because…

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Diseased Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 4

There is an authoritative rumor to the effect that efforts are to be made and pressure brought to bear order to secure a mitigation of the…

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The Sheep Fair

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 2

The annual stud sheep sales were opened by Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., at their wool stores, Circular Quay, Sydney, on Monday last. There was a…

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