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Farming & the land, 1907

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus, The Maitland Daily Mercury

Dalgety and Co, Ltd., wool, grain, and produce brokers, Sydney, report:— Catalogues aggregating 22,000 bales have been submitted in…

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Clearing his Name. Determined New Zealand Farmer

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.— The Meikle Acquittal Bill was circulated yesterday afternoon in the House of Representatives…

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Explosion in a Rabbit Burrow. Farmer's Narrow Escape

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 1

An accident of on unsual character has occurred in the Wagga district. A firmer named Seidel was fumigating the rabbit burrows on the Flowerpot…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co, report.—Our side last Wednesday, though of orly moderate dimensions was most successful, practically the whole catalogue being sold out at auction at very…

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COMMERCIAL Sydney Wool Sale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 3

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO. REPORT: The wool market continues very active in Sydney and prices are almost on a level with the opening of the "boom" season. Merinos…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 1

FOR week ending September 21, 1907: Wool.—The auctions held during the past week revealed an exceptionally strong market. The offerings…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 3

[?] serifs of wool sales opened on Tuesday afternoon Bidding was brink, prices being [?] per to 5 per cent, in advance of the clos[?] of the last series. Buxton, Ronald,…

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The Wool Sales. (By Cable). London, "Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 2

The colonial wool sales opened to a brisk competition, and prices wore from par to an advance of 5 per cent, on closing rates of the last scries…

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Wire-netting for Farmers. Duty Paid Under Protest

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 2

The complaints made by farmers concerning the delays of the Lands Department in providing wire-netting applied for before the imposition of the…

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An Unlucky Farmer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 2

Since February last a Junce farmer named. Mulley, lost is milking cows and a draught horse through being poisoned by eathing rabbits killed either…

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Sheep and Wool. Lecture by Mr. Hawkesworth

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 2

PURSUANT to arrangements made by the local School of Arts Committee, Mr. A. Hawkesworth, expert in wool at the Technical…

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Rival Sheep Breeds

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 3

An interesting experiment was made some years ago in Iowa to test the relative merits of various breeds of sheep. Ten lambs of each…

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A Cattle Buyer's Risk

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 3

At the Burwood Police Court, on last week, a case of interest to cattle dealers, agents, auctioneers, but­chers, and others, was heard before…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 5

At the wool sales there was spirited competition , and prices were very firm. Crossbreds sold felly equal to July rates, and merinos were 7½ per cent higher. Prices for the undermentioned…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

Dalgety & Company, limited, report: Catalogues aggregating 22[?]000 bales have been submitted in the Sydney market during the past week to an excellent…

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The Farm and Dairy. Interesting Records

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 6

Some very interesting and extraordinary milk and butter records are published in the "Breeders' Gazette," Chicago. The first is that of an Holstein Frasian cow…

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