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Farming & the land, 1908

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Colonial Wool Report. November-december Series

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 3

Messrs. Williams and Overbury report:—The sixth and last series of colonial wool soles for the current year which commenced on the 26th ult., closed on December, 10…

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Farm and Field

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

Progress in Wheat-Growing. Speaking at a recent meeting of farmers at Georgetown, South Australia, Professor Custanee said that a great improvement had been made in the…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 12

The Transvaal is turning attention to the development of orange groves, with a view to the oversea trade, A box of 150 oranges can be delivered in London from the Transvaal at 3s Id, including…

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Farmers' Disabilities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 12

At a recent meeting of the Georgetown branch of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau, Mr. M'Auley referred to the fact that the farmer was often called a…

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Lamb Raising on the Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 12

In the course of a paper on lamb-raising, read at a meeting of the Wandearah French of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau, Mr. Birks, as reported in the official…

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Farms in a Rich District

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

Ben Lomond, a noted estate in the heart of New England, has reached the end of its days. as a pastoral property. Recently, the place changed hands, and…

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Sudden Mortality in Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 8

Inspector Powell has received a report from Luskintyre, to the effect that ten head of dairy cattle died there in a very sudden manner last night. He has gone out to investigate the cause of such an…

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Important Sale of Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 4

Saturday, February 8th next, is the date fixed for the sale by public auction, at the station yards. Tenterfield, of the bulk of the noted Tenterfield Station herd. comprising…

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Cattle Sale at Scone

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

An important safe of cattle will be held at Scone on Thursday by J. A. Simpson and Co., when 800 head will be offered. The consignment includes 150…

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Is Cattle Driving a Crime? Irish M.p. Explains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 3

Mr. Wm. O'Malley, M.P., writes thus to the London "Daily Mail":—I am frequently asked by English friends: What is cattle-driving, and what does it mean? I also meet persons…

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A Prize Farm at Tamworth. "Woodhouse."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. C. J. Britten's farm, Woodhouse, situated about 10 miles from Tamworth, has been awarded first prize in the "Herald" and "Mail" farm competitions for the…

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The Department of Agriculture. Object Lessons in Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. Perry, who will shortly be sworn in as Minister of Agriculture, has not yet been provided with an under-secretary. The present Minister of Mines and Agriculture is an…

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Mortality Amongst Dairy Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 4

Regarding the mortality amongst dairy stock at Luskintyre on Sunday evening, when Messrs. Kussell Bros lost 10 head in the space of a couple of hours, Inspector…

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Mangled by a Train. a Farmer's Terrible End

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 4

A fatal accident happened at the open crossing in High-street. Shepparton (Vic.), on Friday, a pessenger train to Melbourne running into a buggy and…

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A Dairyman's Loss

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Mr Beh. of Mite D's Flat, has sustained a heavy loss in his dairy herd. He had turned the entire herd (23 milkers) into a field of Indian grass which…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 7

Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—By the time this report is printed the wool sales will have reopened, ans in all probability a basis for transactions during the remaining…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 1

FOR week ending January 18, 1907-: —Wool.—Auction sales are to be re asumed in Sydney on Tuesday next, 21st instant, and during the three…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 3

At the London wool sales there was keen competition for all qualities, and prices were maintained at the full opening rates…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 3

The wool sale opened on Tuesday with brisk [?] Prices showed a decline from par to [?] cent. below the closing rates of the last [?] Buxton, Ronald, and Co., Jacomb…

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The Wool Sales. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

The first series of wool sales opened with a brisk competition, and prices ranged from par to live per cent decline on the closing rates of previous…

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