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Farming & the land, 1907

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

The London wool sales closed firm, prices obtained being the highest of the series…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—Wool selling operations on a large scale in the Sydney market for this season commenced on September 30th, when 5650…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 3

The Co—oporativo Wool Company offered 3300 bales for competition, which was keen, and the market was extremely buoyant. Top prices wore realised for all wools of average character…

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The Wool Sales] (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 4

At the wool sates to day all sorts were firm, with an upward tendency…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Friday afternoon. Cattle Driving in Ireland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

Sir Antony MacDonnell, Under-Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, addressing the Congestion Commission at its sittings in Castlereagh, declared that cattle driving hampered the efforts…

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The Farm and Dairy. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 13

On Sunday night a special train left Bathurst for Sydney containing 300 tons of rabbits from the Blayney freezing works. Eight dairies in the Berry police district and 324…

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The Co—operative Wool and Pro duce Company, Limited

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

Following is an extract from the speech of the Chairman, of Directors at the annual general meeting, held at the head offices, of the company, Hoskins Buildings,…

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The Dairy Acidity in Cheese-making

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

Since the introduction of the acidimerer in cheese-making, Canadians have been developing from 1 to 1.2 per cent, acid on the curds—or, more correctly, in…

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Preserving Farm-yard Manure

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

Overheating of farmyard manure is avoided by keping the mass well compressed. This is secured, according to a leaflet issued by the Board of…

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Farm and Field. Care of Farm Machinery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

Considering the money a farmer has to invest in agricultural machinery one would think there would be no need to draw attention to the necessity of taking…

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Cattle-maiming Mystery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1907 · page 7

The story of Mr. Edalji'R misfortunes has oecn revived by the renewal of cattle outrages at Great Wyrley. This young gentleman the son of a Parsee, who is vicar of…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1907 · page 5

It the weal sales which closed .yesterday [?] catslogued 94,600 bales of which [?] sold to home buyers, 33,000 to [?] and 2000 to 'America, and [?] held over. Compared with July…

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Local and General. The Wool Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1907 · page 4

During the week 238,497 bales of wool have been received at Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Newcastle Railway DepotS, those figures showing an increase of 30,931 bales on the amount received…

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Wool Traffic

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 3

During last week 28,497 bales of wool were received by rail at the three shipping depots—Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth-and the increase,…

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Sydney Wool Market

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Limited, wool; grain, and produce brokers, Sydney, report:— Wool selling operations on a large…

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Experimental Farms. Excellent Results

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 3

Mr Moore, the late Minister for Mines and Agriculture, has been displaying considerable energy recently in improving experimental farms in-different…

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Care of the Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 5

From the January "Journal" of the Irish Department of Agriculture the following rules are taken :—To ensure that milk shall be free from…

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Royal Dairy Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 3

[?]Dairy Show at Islington opened yesterday[?] are 125 entries of colonial but[?] the following have been awarded[?] Butter.—Downs (Queensland), [?]…

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Famine Likely in India. Widespread Failure of Crops. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 3

The month of September proved dry and hot in India, and there will be a great shortage in crops. In Western Bengal the crops are…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 4

At the wool sales on Tuesday 99[?]4 bales were sold. The market was firm at late rates. The top price for greasy was 13½[?], and 24[?]d for scoured…

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