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Farming & the land, 1905

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Alleged Butter Frauds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 3

Messrs. Coopman and Young, of Smith field London, are being prosecuted on eleven charges of falsely describing butter, one being the case recently referred to at Preston…

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Wool and Wheat Traffic

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

During the week ended 25th November, 51.188 bales of wool were carried on the railways, as compared with 39,489 bales for the corresponding week of last year…

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London Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd's., London dairy produce report for the week ended 27th October. 1905, is as follows:—…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 5
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 25th November:— Influenced by the high character of the wools offering, the market during the past…

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The Wheat Bushel Average

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 3

During Lord Jersey's visit to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J. M. Paxton (chairman of the grain trade section) showed the visitor how the mystic letters f.a.q…

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Sheep Losses. Blinded by Grass Seed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 5

Stock especially young Sheep, are experiencing a very bad time from grass seed in the Forbes district. Travelling sheep are the worst…

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Origin of Purple Straw Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 4

Mr T. H. Calaby, of Mount Barker, South Australia, has still got a sample of the famous wheat grown on his mother's farm over thirty years ago…

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Wool Sales. London, Nov. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 3

The sixth and closing series of wool sales opened yesterday with animated competition, and prices slightly in buyers' favour. Buxton, Ronald, and Co., Helmuth…

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Motor Waggons for Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 4

The motor waggon, system in agricultural districts in England is extending. Two services of motor waggons have been established to meet the needs of…

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Model Soil for Cereal Crops

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 4

Some years ago an extremely Important experiment was completed by a French scientist, since dead, who had been endeavoring to ascertain as…

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Share Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 14

The share farmer has been much in evidence in this State during the past few years, especially on the southern bolder, and it would be interesting to know what…

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A Farmer on Fertilisers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 4

Said a Freeling landowner a few days ago (notes the "Kapunda Herald"). When speaking of Professor Lowrie's advocacy some years ago of the use of artificial…

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THE Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zeal To rouse the henchman of the public weal. Saturday, Dec. 2, 1905. Adulterated Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 2

THE revelations which have been made as to the systematic adulteration of Australian and New Zealand butter appear to affect the good folks of the…

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Vitality of Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1905 · page 4

A correspondent of the "Queenslander" from a district near Toowoomba recently gave the following instance of the remarkable vitality of wheat:—"The wheat is…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1905 · page 5

There was a good selection of fleeces at the wool sales yesterday, and biddings were animated. Prices realised were:—Paika, 11[?]d; Gingle, 11½d; Nyanga, 12½d; Otago,…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1905 · page 3

Australia is interested and concerned in any information relating to possible competitors, (says the Melbourne "Leader"). It is well that our produces should be…

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Butter Adulteration

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

The question of butter adult[?] has again been brought before the notice of the public, and this time a sensation has been caused by a [?]…

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

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

THE advanced nature of the present wool season is brought home by the fact that from the present time to the suspension of auction sales for the…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 1

REPORT for week ending December 2:— Wool.—The market during the past week ruled firm at late rates, and…

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