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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 5

The principal things necessary for keeping utensils clean are hot water or steam, some alkali, a scrubbing brush or a coarse cloth, combined with plenty of elbow grease, to…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

New Zealand L, and M. Agency Co report: Our special sale yesterday found the market very strong, with spirited competition, at unchanged rates. We sold greasy…

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Baby Farming at Perth. Children Neglected

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 1

Theo Perth- (W.A.) police lire making investigations into the death of a boarded-out female .infant,, admitted to Perth Hospital last week. The…

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Market Reports. Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 7

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Wool, Grain, and Produce Bukers, report:—At the sales held during the past four days the wool market has been unchanged, as compared with last week. Offerings…

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Sydney Wool Market. Dalgety and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 3

At the sales held during the past four days up to February 15th the wool market has been unchanged as compared with last week. Offerings have aggregated 39.950 bales, the…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports. For week ending February 16, 1907

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 4

Wool.—The market for all good wools during the past week ruled very firm, especially for fine wools in light condition, and prices generally were…

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Wool Exhibit at the N.S.W. Agency-General. (From the British Australasian, 3rd January, 1907)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 2

In the New South Wales Government Olli[?]e at 125 Cannon street, is to be seen a most interesting collection of wool. The exhibit comprises a fleece…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 3

Dalgety and Company, Limited, wool, grain, and produce brokers, report under date of February 15th :— At the sales hold during the past…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 2

[?] Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.report:—At our sale yesterday we found a very strong market, with prices at the highest rates of the season. Good scoureds sold at enbanced rates…

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Butter Factories

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 3

The new British Butter Bill provides for the registration and inspection of factories where butter is blended, re-worked, or butter sub-stitutes are made. It empowers the Board of…

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Experiments with Wheat

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 6

Mr P. Baker, of Virginia, South Australia, during the last two seasons has sown 13 different kinds of wheat, to experiment on their productiveness with s…

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Cashing the Wheat Crop. Banking Methods in Canada

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 4

In Canada a man may grow what ho prefers, and dispose of it as he pleases. Nevertheless, it would be an extremely difficulty problem for the farmer to…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 5

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 16th February:— The market for all good wools during the past week ruled very firm, especially…

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Growing Wheat by Electricity

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 6

Good results were recently obtained in South Australia from an experiment carried out in growing wheal by electricity. It was only done…

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Cattle and Horses for the Coming Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 2

According to enquiries being made and the preparations of owners, the exhibition of horses at the coming March show will be one of the finest ever seen in the Northern…

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The Wool Market. SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 7

The New Zealand L. and M. Agency report :—Our sale yesterday found a very strong market, with prices at the highest rates of the season. Good scoured sold at…

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The Farmers' Page. Land Hunger

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 2

The Closer settlement League in Tamworth has, during the last month, received 350 applications for farm's on the Peel River estate…

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Farm Pars

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 2

The Queensland Government is gathering many immigrants to its broad bosom A late proposition by the Bananaland Minister for…

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Farm and Field

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 6

Improvements in. Swingle-Trees. At a recent meeting of the members of the Farmers Association at Reeve's Plains, South Australia, Mr. Shepherd…

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Utilising Farm Yard Manure

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 6

The "Southern Planter," published at Virginia, U. S. A., concludes some lengthy calculations as to the value or farm yard manure with the following words of…

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