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Farming & the land, 1907

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Alleged Baby Farming. Revolting Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

The trial of Mrs. Alice Mitchell on a charge of wilful murder of an infant, Ethel Booth, at East Perth (W.A.), on February 27, was continued in the Criminal Court,…

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Successful Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 4

One of the prime factors of success in dairying is a factor which is more generally neglected than observed, and that is the constant and careful testing of the performances…

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Dairy Produce

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 7

Hand-made butter, G. Bowden 1 and 2, Mrs. Geo. Grant 3. Separator butter, Frederick Voltmer 1, J. F. Munday 2, George Prince 3, D. Ferry c. Butter suitable for export, Bowthorne…

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Farming in Denmark

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 13

Mr. J. M. Gillespie, of the Victorian Closer settlement Board, has recently presented a report to his board upon agricultural education in Denmark. He visited a large college at…

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The Farm and Garden. [?] in Good Condition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 13

People with grass plots usually neglect [?] through the winter months, with the result that they require extra attention in [?]ring to have a uniform growth. Even if…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 2

Daring the past week 1168 bales of wool were Consigned by rail to the thee shipping depots—Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth—the increase as compared with the corresponding week of last year…

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Prime Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 2

Mr. E. W. Sparke offered at, the West Maitland Saleyards to-day Messrs. Capel Bros.' fat cattle, which took prizes at the recent show. The cattle, which were Very,…

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Alleged Baby-farming Revolting Evidence

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The trial of Mrs Alice Mitchell on a charge of having wilfully murdered an infant, Ethel Booth, at East Perth, on February 11th,was…

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Mortality Amongst Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

IT was reported on Tuesday morning that eight head of cattle had died during the previous night in the paddock adjoinining the Show Ground. The…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Cattle Mortality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 7

The extraordinary mortality that has recently bitten place amongst cattle in this and adjoining districts, and supposed to have been caused by a poisonous weed is naturally a theme of comment…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Schute, Bell find Co., wool find produce brokers, Sydney, report:—Interest in wool circles is centered in the revival of auction sales during the current week, when about 10,000 bales will be…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 1

FOR week ending April 13, 1907: —Wool —The condition of the local wool market is still unchanged, an excellent demand ruling for all…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 2

The first ordinary general or statutory meeting of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, will be held at the offices of the company, Bowthorne, on…

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Baby-farmer Sentenced Five Years Hard Labour

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 1

The Criminal Court, Perth, was crowded on Monday when. Alice Mitchell, who was found, guilty of manslaughter of a child (as reported in…

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Butter Classification

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

When the compulsory grading of butter for export was proposed by the Federal Government under the Commerce Act very strong objection was taken to it by operators of…

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British Butter Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 5

Sir Edward Strachey, who represents the Agricultural Department in the House of Commons, in moving the second reading of the Batter and Margarine Bill yesterday, remarked…

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Wool Sales Resumed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 7

AFTER a lengthy spell the local wool sales were resumed at the Royal Exchange, Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon. Despite the advanced state of…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—The wool sales for this week totalled about 10,000 bales, and or this quantity a large proportion was made up of small parcels of…

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The Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 5

There have arrived 352,000 bales of wool, of which 197,000 have been forwarded to the manufactures, and there are available with the sales left eves from last series 160,000 for next…

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Wheat Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery report:—The recent cables from London reporting a distinct improvement in Mark-lane, with a better inquiry existing for forward cargoes of wheat,…

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