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Farming & the land, 1906

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The Murray Flood. Farmer's Awkward Plight

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 4

In connection with the floods in the Murray River, a farmer on Quat Quatia Station bad an unpleasant experience. Some of his horses had…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 30th June:- The past week has been a very quiet one in the Sydney market, business…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, Canon, and Co. Ltd, report:—The Sydney wool market is altogether without chane, business being confined within very narrow…

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The Coming Wool Clip

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

The prospects of the coming wool season throughout the State are reported to be, on the whole, very encouraging, the weather being favorable to the flocks,…

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Limitation of Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

Don't force all the wool into the market at once, is the warning raised by those who know. The market, at present, is firm and buoyant, and the…

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An English Paper on the Sydney Wool Trade

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

The following paragraph appeared in the Reading Mercury Berkshire, England, on May 19:— "A LINK WITH THE PAST.—The Annual Wool Review," issued by…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 8

Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—Again a quiet week must be reported in the local market. The supplies still remain very…

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An English Paper on the Sydney Wool Trade

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 8

The following paragraph appeared in the Reading Mercury, Berkshire, England, on May 19:—The "Annual Wool Review," issued by Messrs…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 8

The annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association will be held at Sydney on July 24th and the following days. The Executive Council,…

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About Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 4

A great many farmers cling to the opinion that a silo is too expensive a structure to have on the farm. The men who hold this opinion have not investigated the matter very closely. A 200…

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Selection and Treatment ol Dairy Cows

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 7

A an meeting of the Kapunda. (S.A.) Farmers' Bureau, held recently, Mr. Holthouse read an interesting paper on this subject. Great care and intelligence, he said must be…

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Dairying Drudgery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 8

"Dull and disagreeable" is the verdict which many young people living in the country pass upon the work involved in the dairying industry. Many who have been able to make…

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Our Pastoral Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 4

Very few people who live in the towns and cities of Australia have anything like a true idea of the immense value to the State of the pastoral industry. As a matter of fact there…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales closed without improvement on opening rates, and consequently sellers held back 7061 bales of La Plata wool were offered, and 1905 were sold…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 3

Mr. P. H. Suter, Dairy Instructor in South Australia, writing to the "Journal of Agriculsure," says:—"I am satisfied that it is only by conserving suitable crops in a green state in the…

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The Pastoral Industry

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 4

IT is imagined by many that the pastoral industry is carried on by very few people, but there are more engaged in that industry than any other in the…

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Australasian Wool Markets. Interesting Statistics. Compiled by Dalgey & CO

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 4

The following summary of annual wool statistics for season from July 1, 1905 to Jane 30, 1900, has ben compiled Dalgey and Company, Limited:—…

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Cadet Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

In pursuance of the scheme initiated by Immigration League for training city boys for farming pursuits, Dr. Arthur, M.L.A. (president of the league)…

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Butter Adulteration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 3

[?] committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the adulteration of [?] has presented its report, and the do[?] will be issued shortly. It is…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 3

The wool sales yesterday, Buxton, Ron[?] Co., Jacomb, Son, and Company, [?] Balme and Co., and Benjamin Hoare Company offered 10,040 bales. The…

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