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Farming & the land, 1907

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 4

FOR week ending November 16, 1907: Wool.—The easier tendency recently reported was continued at the auctions held during the past week, although…

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The Farm and Dairy. Keeping Qualities of Milk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 3

If a milkman or dairyman wishes to improve the keeping qualities of his milk, or to furnish his customers a bettor or more wholesome product, he will increase, the care in production. Keeping…

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[?] News by Cable. London, Nov. 20. [?]Sh Farmer Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 3

[?] a farmer, who was shot while leaving [?] under police escort at Kilconierin, [?] declares that many of the male por[?] congregation yelled derisively after…

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Loss of Sheep

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 8

An extraordinary mortality amongst sheep occurred at Muswellbrook last week. It appears that a flock of 2700 which had been sent…

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Flies and Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 3

NEAR the Queensland border the other day (wires A.S.G. in the "Australasian') I met a station manager who fights the flies by cutting the lambs'…

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Great Loss of Sheep

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

Particulars of the mortality among a flock of sheep at Muswell[?]brook show that 1600 perished. The sheep, numbering 2700, came…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 5

[?] wool sales opened yesterday. [?] was slow; 3263 bales were offered. [?] odd lots, and 864 were sold. Mer[?] 10 per cent., crossbreds 15…

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Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory

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

For the fortnight ending November 16, the above factory manufactured 6 tons 14 cwt. 90lbs, for which nett cheques amounting to…

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Bloomfield Sheep. Report From the Transvaal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 2

Sometime ago, it will be remembered that Mr. Vincent Bossley, agent for the Transvaal Government, South Africa, while in this…

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Mortality Among Sheep. Still Another Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 4

MR. A. J. CAMERON, a drover in charge of 3500 sheep, the property of Mr. T. Knight, Warembi, wee Waa, camped at Dubbledah reserve, 10 miles out, on…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports:—Wool: At our sales yesterday there was a decidedly better tone in the market, and a slight recovery…

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Sydney Wool Market. Schute, Bell & Co., REPORT

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 3

Yesterday's sales reflected to an extent, the improved tone manifested at our sale on Thursday last, when we realised to 15d and 15¼d for the top…

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Butter Making

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 12

Cleanliness must be a part of every effort that is used in the production of Sutler One of the most determined enemies of good but [?] It is of no use to try…

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Plants That Kill Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Mr G. A. Jones asked the Minister for Mines and Agriculture in the Legislative Assembly if he had soon in the daily Press statements with regard to…

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Extraordinary Mortality in Sheep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 12

Last week 2700 head of shEEp were brought to Muswellbrook by train and untrucked at the local yards. They had been taken from Collarendabri, and the owner,…

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Dryden's Famous Horse and Cattle Medicines

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 2

One of the most unique advertising exhibits at the late Queensland National Exhibition was that of Mr A. Dryden, the famous Horse and Cattle…

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Farm Aid Field. Commercial Cultures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 6

A few years ago considerable interest was created by the advent of cultures of nitrogen-fixing bacteria, which had been so much boomed in America, and…

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Dry Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 7

A bulletin recently issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, contains the latest experiments in the principles of dry farming, anh will at psesent have an…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 12

For a number of years Professor Gowell has been breeding hens to increase the yearly output of eggs, and has cached the maximum number of 255. There seems to…

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