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Farming & the land, 1906

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Annual Wool Review

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 4

WE have received Winchcombe, Carson and Co's. annual wool review. It states among a lot of other information that at all events the vicissitudes and…

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Cattle Sale at Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 3

H. York and Sons conducted a special sale of store cattle this afternoon at Foster's yards. 1500 head were yarded, the majority being bullocks and cows. There was a good…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 5

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Messrs. Henry Crothers, Robert Scoble, and John Lee, Jo.P., John O'Donnell and Frank O'Donnell, on remand, were charged with…

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Gloucester Opening of Gloucester Butter [?] Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 6

Necessary last was a red-letter day [?] Gloucester. The Avon and Barrington [?] ter factory, situate in Gloucester, was [?]ed amidst great enthusiasm. The [?]…

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Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Limited. Annual Wool Review

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

We are in receipt of Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson & Co's Annual Wool Review, which deals exhaustively with the past season's business. The past…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Case Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 2

The case of the alleged stealing of five heifer calves, the property of Jeremiah Lechy and William Hooke Mackay, preferred at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday against John…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 3

DALGETY and Co., Limited, report:—Since our last report there has been very little change of note in the Sydney wool market. Rarely have stocks of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 7th April:—Since the close of the recent auctions private inquiry has been active, and the…

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Wool & Produce Sales. John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 3

Horns.—Occasionally 2s 6d higher. Horsehair.—A more settled market was experienced, but prices were about 2d lower as compared with the sales of…

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Glazed Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 6

Under the caption "Glazed Butter" German papers state that butter can be glazed by the use of sugar; that is, it can be con tod with a glass-like…

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School for Sheep Shearers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 15

The supply of a sufficient number of competent shearers and wool classers means a great deal for our most valuable primary industry, and those who can become really skilled in these…

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Sheep Holds Up Tramcars. Traffic Delayed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 6

A sheep, which would probably be dear at 50s, held up the electric tramrar service for half an hour on the morning of 11th January, and…

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Farm and Field. Potato Diggers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 6

Potato-digging appliances of various designs have been on the market for ninny years, and one or other of the different types may bo swn at…

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The Farm and Garden the F[?]m Separator

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 11

The benefits that result [?]om the use of the [?] separator on the farm are so readily apparent that there is no question as to the great utility of the machine to the average…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 16

The improvement of the dairy herds of New Zealand by the process of weeding out unprofitable stock is a measure which has repeatedly been urged upon the farmers of…

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Scarcity of Sheep

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 2

Sheep were not conspicuous by their large numbers at the stock sales yesterday in town. There were only eighteen head yarded, so that the…

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Dairy Management

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

The feature of the conference of dairy factory managers which closed in sydney yesterday was the absence of antagonism on the part of delegates representative of the many…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Singleton Heuston presided over a moderate attend-Farmers' and Settlers' Association, Mr. R. ance…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Annual Meeting

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Singleton, Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Club House Hotel on Tuesday afternoon. Present: Messrs R…

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Grading of Butter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 3

The CHRONICLE has for many yours advocated the grading and branding of butter for export by Government experts The…

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