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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Dry Districts' Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

Among the many advantages derived from the factory-system of butter-making is the great advantage that hot climate districts, which previously would not provide a…

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The Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 5

[?] the best wool sales there have ar[?] 306,000 bales. Of these 178,000 [?] have been forwarded direct to the [?] and with those held over…

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Demand of the Canadian Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 4

THE Canadian farmers are thoroughly alive to the injuries inflicted upon the consumer as the result of protection. They have accordingly, with great…

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Canadian Farmers and Protection

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 2

"A similar municipal tax levied directly would cause the tax-collector to be chased with pitchforks" is what a Canadian farmer has to say about the high tariff duties which…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 3rd March:— Auction sales were held on two days of the past week, when the total clearance…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

DALGE[?] and Company, Limited, Wool, Grain, and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report:—Wool sales for the principal part of the season have closed under…

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Dairying

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

A visitor recently returned from London assures us that the butter and dairying products of Australia fill a very small corner indeed of the…

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Sheep Destroyed by Dogs

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. Cruicksbank, of Cessnock, has suffered considerably of late through the havoc dogs have played among his sheep. Last week Mr. Cruickshank…

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Sydney Wool Market. Winchcombe, Carson & Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

There is practically no change to report. The inquiry for wool is still very keen, but with very little of the raw material available ro satisfy it, supplies now being very moderate…

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Farm and Field. Fertilisers for Flax

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

The flax produced in Belgium is of a quality so superior to that grown elsewhere that its average price, according to an article in the "Journal" of the…

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Dry Districts' Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 15

Among the many advantages derived from the factory-system of butter-making is the great advantage that hot climate districts, which previously would not provide a…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 5

Antwerp wool sales, which opened there was a very large attend[?] buyers. There was a good wools, especially of merinos, which…

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Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 6

Brooding is of the utmost importance, but so is the individual excellence and strength which will enable the bull to transmit the good qualities of his ancestry, and so show…

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Warwick Farm Races. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 3

The following weights have been declared for the above meeting on Saturday next:—LIVERPOOL MILE.—Tatterdemallion 9st 10lb, Araxes 9st 8lb, Sir Leonard 9st 5lb, MArengo 8st 13lb., Graceton 8st 12lb…

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Boys for the Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 1

The attempt made by the Immigration League to find work in the country for city lads has not proved a success…

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Milking by Machinery. a Dairyman's Testimony

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

EVERY dairyman in Australia is deeply interested in the perfecting of the milking machine, and the idea seems to be gradually soaking in that success…

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The Butter Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 5

[?] committee of the House of Com[?]been appointed to inquire into the [?] of the butter trade and into the [?] of adulterating butter…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 5

[?] sales opened to-day and were [?] Sales were effected at an advance [?] to 10 per cent…

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Export Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 2

An advertisement in this issue notifies proprietors of butter factories that at the forthcoming Maitland Show, prizes of £3, £2, and £1 are offered for the best box of…

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Trade Trickery in Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 2

It is a well known fact that a large quantity of the butter sent from Australia in purchased by butter "fakers," who purchase the pure article, adulterate it in various ways, and sell…

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