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Farming & the land, 1907

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Farming on Shares. The Work of the Intelligence Department. How People are being put on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 4

THE Director of the Intelligence Department, Mr. H. C. L. Anderson, has given an interview to a representative of the Press on the subject of…

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Sale of Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 15

Mr. Jas. B. McDougall, auctioncer, Casino (in conjunction with Mr. J. N. Ferguson), auctioned the whole of Mr. J. T. Junor's dairy herd, at Deep Creek, on…

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Australian Pastoral Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 5

The Australian Pastoral Company Limited, realised a profit for the year of £39,539, which has been applied to the reduction of the debt…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales closed animated and firm. Coarse crossbreds were 5 centimes below January rates. 'A' total of 6582 bales of La Plata were offered, of…

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Wheat Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 7

Messrs. Pitt. Son, and Badgery, Limited report :—Since reporting on the 27th ultimo, the local wheat market has remained on a steady basis, and there it no alteration to…

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Wheat Tests & Flour Analyses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 5

In connection with the tests of wheat and analyses of flour made by the Chemist of the Department of Agricuture, the Minister for Mines' and…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 8

Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Co. report :—We brought forward a small catalogue of 850 bales, are able to report a very satisfactory clearance. The good tendency of…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 15

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, report:—Any variation in prices during the past week has been rather in sellers' than in buyers' favour. Extensive orders are still held by several…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 11

Scrubbing brushes are the best articles for in cleaning dairy utensils. Coarse linen cloths also be used, but they require more care in Keeping them clean. The same…

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Farm Anb Field. Fat Lambs' Competitions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 4

Competitions possessing special Interest to Australian breeders of lambs took place in connection with the Fat Lamb Show at the recent Christchurch…

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Infants' Bodies Burned. Baby-farming Revelations. Child Witnesses' Stories

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 3

Some amazing statements were made when Mr A. M. Forbes, the Edmonton Coroner, resumed his inquest at Edmonton Town Hall on…

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Farming on Shares. The Work of the Intelligence Department. How People are being put on 'the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 4

THE Director of the Intelligence Department, Mr. H. C. L. Anderson, has given an interview to a representative of the Press on the subject of…

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Money in Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 4

If money is to be made out of dairying, one of the first and most important considerations is the systematic and continuous testing of the dairy herd for the purpose of culling out the…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

The heavy truffle on the railways in wool and wheat continues, and the truckings to date are now fat ahead of those for the corresponding portion of last season. During the week ended Saturday last…

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Important to Sheep-owners

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 4

A CASE of importance to sheepowners was beard at the Glen lunes police court on Tuesday, when Mr. J. P. Hutton proceeded against T. Cruise…

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Alleged Baby Farming. the Perth Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 5

The inquest in connection with the death of the infant Ethel Booth at the home of Mrs. Alice Mitchell, East Perth; was concluded on Monday. The jury returned the…

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Bowthorn Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 4

'A' public meeting will be held in the Victoria Hall, East Gresford, on Tuesday afternoon next, at 2.30 p.m., when matters in reference to the proposed new butter factory…

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"Bobs" Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 2

There is, unfortunately, every reason to believe that a wheat of inferior milling character is being cultivated by some farmers under the name of…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 3

HARRISON JONES AND DEVLIN REPORT: We submitted on Monday to a full attendance of buyers a' small but very attractive catalogue of 850 bales. The sale throughout…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 4

FOR week ending March 9, 1907: —Wool.—Catalogues amounting in the aggregate to 18,596 bales were dealt with during the past week, and…

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