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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 3

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report: Since our last report the wool market has shown increasing firmness, the substantial offerings each day. having been…

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The Wool Market. Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

Dalgety & Company, Limited, report: —Since our last report the wool market has shown increasing firmness, the substantial offerings each day having been…

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Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 3

The third half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above factory was held in the Victoria Hall on Wednesday afternoon last. There were about…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 4

DALGETY AND CO. REPORT: SINCE our last report the wool market has shown increasing firmness, the substantial offerings each day having…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 7

Messrs. Schute. Bell and Co. report:—We submitted a catalogue of 1170 bales yesterday, the selection comprising a few good clips, but being…

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Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 7

A great many farmers feed too much hay to their horses. The overplus does no good, [?] is a decided drag to the horse's system. There is no reason why hay should always be…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 4

Mr. W. H. Wheatley, auctioneer, announce as special sale of 2600 head of store cattle at Goulburn on Tuesday, 25th instant, at noon. The cattle comprise 100 bullocks. 1000 steers. 600 picked dairy…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report under date 9th February:— Since our last report the wool market has shown increasing firmness, the…

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The Wool Market. SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. report:—Our sale yesterday met a very strong market, with prices for most descriptions at the highest rates of the…

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Farming for Watercress. Where Workmen Wear £2 10s. BOOTS

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

More watercress is grown in Hertfordshire than in any other county in England. [?] will not grow in stagnant ponds…

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An Enterprising Dairyman. Construction of a Silo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

Whatever else may be said with reaped to the dairying industry and its management generally, there can be no question with regard to the wonderful development that has…

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Farm Labourers. An Unlimited Supply

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 4

IN many districts of the State, during the recent harvest, much difficulty was experienced by farmers in obtaining the necessary labour for taking off the…

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Sydney Wheat Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 7

Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Limited, report :—The firmer tone of the market, and improvement in values reported last week has been steadily maintained. Prime wheat,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 7

Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Co. report :—Yesterday's wool market showed a continuation of satisfactory conditions existing during the past few weeks, the demand was brisk,…

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Farm and Dairy Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 8

IN Denmark they look upon barley as the best feed for a good bacon. The grain is well cooked and fed with roots and an occasional ration of uncooked…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 11

A great many farmers feed too much bay to their horses. The overplus does no good, end is a decided drag to the horse's system. There is no reason why hay should always be…

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Farm Labourers. An Unlimited Supply

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

IN many districts of the State, during the recent harvest, much difficulty was experienced by farmers in obtaining the necessary labour for taking off the…

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Baby Farming at Perth. Children Neglected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

The Perth (W.A.) police are making investigations into the death of a bearded-out female infant, admitted to Perth Hospital on Monday. The unfortunate child was taken to the institution by the…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 2

Last week's arrivals of wool by rail at the three shipping depots—Darling Harbur, Newcastle, and Morpeth—amounted to 5113 bales, an increase of 3324 bales as compared…

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Butter Adulteration Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 3

Sir Edward Strachey, who represents the Agriculture Department in the House of Commons, yesterday introduced a Butter Bill which was read the first time. It is…

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