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Farming & the land, 1908

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co. report:—There has been no material change in wool values during the past week, business having been on somewhat restricted lines owing to a tendency to await events at the…

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The Butter Factory at Gostwyck the Opening Ceremony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

Saturday last was a day to be remembered by all dairymen in the district, inasmuch as it was the day of the opening of the butter factory just completed for the Raymond Terrace…

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Mother and Son at Law. a Bullahdelah Farm. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 3

The hearing of the suit brought by Mrs. Emma Caroline Ellen Maiden against her son, Edwin John Maiden, with respect to the ownership of certain lands at…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 3

SCHUTE, Bell and Co., Sydney, report under dale 16 June:—There lias been no material change in wool values during the past week,…

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Experimental Farming. the Minister's Intentions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 3

Mr. J. Perry, Minister of Agriculture, returned to Sydney on Thursday from his visit of inspection to the Glen Innes Experimental Farm. The trip was undertaken with the object of ascertaining what expenditure…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 7

Hill, Clark, and Co.'s report :—Wool : There is a slight inquiry for wool in this centre, though a little bit spasmodic. News from London does not speak hopefully…

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Butter Consumption in New South Wales. a Prodigal Country

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 1

Perhaps one of the best arguments that can be adduced in favor of New South Wales as a suitable Held for immigration lies in the fact that during…

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The Dairy. Uniformity in Milk and Cream. Weighing, Grading and Testing. (Paper read by Mr J. Proud, Korumburra, at the recent Butter Factory Managers' Conference held in Melbourne.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

"In all purchasing of milk and cream the weighing, grading and testing are performed by the buyer, the vendor very rarely being present to satisfy himself…

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A Dutch Dairy Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 13

On a Dutch farm the dwelling house, stable, byre and barn are all under the same roof. The byre usually runs the length of the building, and the cows face the…

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Durable Home-mane Farm Gate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 5

The farm gate here shown, is 14 feet wide.It is made of four boards 4 inches wide, the same style as is in general use, by using barb wire between boards…

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Farm and Field. Agriculture in Argentine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

As the reports from the Argentine Republic are at present ruling the European wheat market, the following facts from the latest report of the British…

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Farm-hands From Great Britain

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 5

SCARCELY a vessel arrives from the United Kingdom without a small party of agricultural labourers who have accepted assisted passages for the…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 13

An application for a conditional lease has been lodged with the Crown Lands Agent East Maitland, by Henry James Croft the area being 60 acres in the parish of Millfield county Northumberland…

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Mother and Son at Law. a Bullahdelah Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 6

The hearing of the suit brought by Mrs Emma Caroline Ellen Maiden against her son, Edwin John Maiden, with respect to the ownership of certain…

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Sheep on the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 7

"I never knew a man to follow the sheep industry faithfully and intelligently, for the term of 10 years, who wasn't better off at the end of that time than at…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 3

Hill Clark, and Co. report :—Wool: Enquiry this week is certainly quieter, though this is no doubt due to the near approach of auction sales next week. We consider…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison Jones and…

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Dairy Farm at Ben Lomond

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 4

Messrs. Robert Gunn and Co., of Melbourne, report having sold and shipped per s.s. Monaro to Newcastle 518 stud and grade Ayrshire heifers and six stud Ayrshire bulls…

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The Farm and Dairy. Cow Rations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 7

To attain the most profitable results, the farmer must possess a responsible knowledge of the ration fed to his cow, and its possible effects. If the food be properly…

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Topics of the Day. Queensland Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

One of the most striking features of Australian dairying has been the rapid rise of the industry in Queensland (says "The Pastoralists' Review") That State not only made sudden…

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