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Farming & the land, 1908

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Forty Miles of Flame. Three laves Lost. Sheep Perish, in Thousands

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 3

A bush fire of great magnitude with a face of forty miles was raging in the Edenhope district. Victoria during Monday and Tuesday. This fire…

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Late Sheep Trains and Cattle Slump

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

The Homebush fat stock market yesterday was noteworthy in two respects; one was due to the lateness in the arrival of stock trains with the sheep, and the other was the…

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South Coast Drought Dairy Farmers Give In. Cattle Sacrificed at £1 Per Head. Town Water Supply Out. Albion Park

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8

The drought still continues. Six dairy farmers are leaving the district, They will take their dairy herds by special train to Inverell, thence to the…

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Wool Sales Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

The wool sales have been postponed in consequence of the fog…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

[?] the wool sales yesterday the following [?] were realised for the clips mentioned:—[?]ambil, [?] Gunbar, 10[?]d; Cy, 10[?]d; [?] Gal, 6[?]d; Abundance, 11[?]d…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7
Also in The Scone Advocate

Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Co. report—We are compelled by circumstances to issue our market report prior to the receipt of the news from London re opening of their sales…

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Our Sydney Letter. WOOL

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 2

The resumption of the wool sales was awaited with some interest. There had been an unprecedentedly long recess, as it was held that it would be highly…

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Australia's Wool Market. Sales Re-opened

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8

SYDNEY'S wool sales are again in fall swing. After a longer Christmas vacation than usual the wool exchange again resounds with the frenzied…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Forty Miles of Flame. Three Lives Lost. Sheep Perish in Thousands

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8

A BUSH fire of great magnitude, with a face of forty miles, was raging in the Edenhope district, Victoria, during Monday and Tuesday. The fire had…

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Raymond Terrace. Sale of a Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

Crumner's farm was sold by Mr. J. H. Brunker, of J. N. Brunker and Son, at Henderson's Hotel, to-day, and realised £3724. Mr. G. Pepper was the puchaser…

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Local and General. Fine Crop of Grapes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

Mr. Samuel Hipwell, of Springmount, sends us a case of grapes, comprising a number of varieties, the produce of the vineyard. The whole of the grapes are very fine, the bunches and berries being…

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The Dairy. Milk Fermentations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

It is not unusual to find persons connected with dairy work whose sole knowledge of fermentative processes is limited to the lactic acid fermentation—…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 7

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

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Improving the Wheat Yield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 12

Mr. Hugh Pye, principal of Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria, has carried out for several years an interesting series of experiments in breeding new varieties of wheat…

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No Wool Sales. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

Owing to a fog, there were no wool sales held in London yesterday…

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Sydney Letter (From our Correspondent). Sydney, Wednesday. WOOL

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

The resumption of the wool sales was awaited with some interest. There had been an unprecedentedly long recess as it was held that it would be highly…

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Very Latest Cables. the London Wool Sales. London, Friday afternoon. [?] best

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

At the London wool sales merino and [?] crossbreds were keenly competed for, while faulty sorts were slightly in buyers' favour…

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The Dairy. Milk Fermentations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

It is not unusual to And persons connected with dairy work whose sole knowledge of fermentative processes is limited to the lactic acid fermentation—…

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Farm at Raworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

Particulars will be found in our advertising columns of the sale of a rich agricultural farm at Raworth, in the estate of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Garnham, by order of…

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