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Farming & the land, 1905

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 2

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 5th August :— The past week, has been a particularly quiet one, owing, however, more to the…

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The Farm and Garden. the Sow and Her Pigs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 11

During the time the sow is carrying her pigs—about 112 days—she should have as much nourishing food as is necessary to keep her in good condition and product healthy…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference. Land Administration

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 6

The annual conference of the New South Wales Farmers' and Settler' Association was opened in Sydney on Tuesday. The president, Mr. J. M'Inerney presided…

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Farmers' Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 5

The Conference of farmers and settlors, yesterday adopted without material alteration the report of the committee on the Local Government Bill as presented on the…

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Farming in the Desert. Astonishing Results

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 7

All inter-State, travellers know the ninety-mile desert, which [?]ts South Australia off from Victoria, and helps to make the railway to Melbourne and…

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The Wool Clip. DALGETY & Co., Sydney, Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 4

THE present position of the wool market is a satisfactory one from the wool growers' standpoint, there being every prospect at time of writing, that when…

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What the Agricultural Department is doing for the Dairy Farmers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 4

In order that farmers may folly understand the nature and amount of help which the Department of Agriculture is present [?]…

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Farmers in Conference

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 4

DELEGATES to the Farmers and Settlers' Conference were in anything but a friendly mood on Friday towards the Shires Bill. A sub-committee…

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The Dairying Industry. (Continued) Murrilla

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

Mr. D. G. Hegarty was at home, and the advantage of obtaining information from the fountain head at once became apparent. It appears…

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Siberian Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1905 · page 5

The report of the British, Consul at St. Petersburg on Russian trade for 1904 contains the following relative to the Siberian butter industry:—…

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Australasian Dairy Produce

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1905 · page 7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co, Limited, 1 Coleman-street, London. F.C., report for week ended July 14:— The butter market remains steady at about the…

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Famine in Spain. People-Stealing Sheep. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1905 · page 2

Starving laborers at Andalusia are stealing sheep at night and eating them. The authorities are powerless to prevent them…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1905 · page 2

At the Conference of the above in Sydney yesterday the business covered several question of firm importance, including water conservation, the bull handling of wheat, the wheat standard, a tax of…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mortgage Company report:—Wool: At our s[?]e yesterday there was a strong demand for the new clip, greasies and superior scoureds selling at recent rates, but inferior and…

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The Farmers' Parliament

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 2

FROM 10 in the morning till late at night the Farmers' Parliament, as the Farmers and Settlers' Association is termed, sits debating matters of…

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The Dairying industry. What Is Being Done. About Parkville. (Continued) Cliffdale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 2

A GATE-HOUSE, an avenue of pepper trees being passed, the writer found himself at Mr. J. M. Dougall's dairy farm, distant 9 miles from Scone on…

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Siberian Butter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 7

The report of the British Consul at St. Petersburg on Russian trade for 1904 contains the following relative to the Siberian butter industry :—…

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Cattle Crushed in Trucks

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 5

On the arrival of a stock train at the local station on Wednesday night, it was discovered that some cattle were down in a couple of trucks. An…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 4

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 12th August:— Transactions have been very limited during the past week, owing to restricted…

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The Wool Season. A Well-grown Clip

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 4

The satisfactory progress being made in the early shearing districts is leading to the arrival of a number of clips in s[?]ore, and naturally very great interest is evinced…

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