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Farming & the land, 1905

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Australasian Dairy Produce

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 3

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

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The Farm and Garden. Onion Growing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 14
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The actual time for planting onion seed cas[?] not be stated, as it greatly depends upon the season and the state of the weather and condition of the soil in the early spring of the year…

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Farmers' Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 6

The farmers and settlers got through a lot of business at their conference las week. They are not making any picnic of the affair. Starting at 9.30 a.m. they sat on till 10 p.m. with two…

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Poetry. the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 2

It was just a plain old farm house But the dear old place I knew Seems a palace now, for distance Lends enchantment to the view…

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Farmers and the Shires Bill

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 4

Delegates to the Farmers and Settlers Conference were in anything but a friendly mood towards the shires Bill A sub committee appointed to deal…

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The Dairying Industry. Scone to Mount Mooby. What Is Being Done

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

ALONG the road from Scone to Mooby the country looks green. Though rain is undeniably requited, the pastures are not nearly so dry here as in places…

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Farming Operations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 2

Funning operations are at present making little headway owing to the continued dry weather, rain being badly needed throughout the Muswellbrook and neighbouring districts…

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

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 3

HOME advices received by mail during the past few days confirm the views recently expressed, that the very short supply of wool in European…

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The Dungog Co-operative Dairy Coy. to the Editor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 2

In view of the meeting of shareholders, convened by the chairman of Directors, for Wednesday. 30th inst., a day and hour which are most…

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Wool Presses

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 2

There are thousands of pastoralists in Australasia who are using "Koerstz." presses, to whom, no[?]e less, the name of Koerstz may be almost unknown, because,…

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I Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 4

The Associated Woolbrokers report Quder date 19th instant:-The monthly series of auctions were resumed during the past week, when,…

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Farm and Field. The Jersey Cow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 5

[?] interesting paper upon the Jersey COW was read by Mr Ernest Mathews before a meeting of the British Dairy Farmers' Association, in connection with…

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Poetry. the Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 9

It was just a plain old farm house But the dear old place I know seems a place now, for distance Lends enchantment to the view…

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The Farm and Gard[?] Beet

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 14

Few gardens, however smell, are to the without this favourite vegetable. Ac[?] chemical analyses, beet contains much [?] tive matter than any other root, [?]…

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Manitoba, Canada. No Place for Australian Farmers

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 3

Our farmers have heard a good deal of Manitoba wheat and flour, but little of the climatic conditions of the country in which it is grown. An…

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Danger to Farmers. [To the Editor]

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 3

Mine goot Herr,—I vas got mix oop mit der farmers at der Onion Sales on Yewsday. Der soopject vas onions. I vas always shpeaks…

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Labour Farm at Mudgee. a Government Proposal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 3

Very little having been heard during the past fortnight- regarding the proposed Government labor farm near Mudgee, an impression has gained…

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The Farmers and Settlers Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 August 1905 · page 3

Mr. Alan McCrae, of Cranbourne, the Merriwa delegate to the Farmers and Settlers Association Conference, made a brief stay in Muswellbrook on his return…

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Australian Dairy Produce

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 August 1905 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, report for the week ended July 21:— Butter.—The market generally since the…

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