Commercial Intelligence. Sydney Wool Market
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 6
Schute, Hell and Co. report:—Decidedly the most encouraging features of the London September series of sales has been the small proportion of offerings which has been passed in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer and Shire Council. a Claim for Damages
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 7
The case William Walker v. Peel Shire Council, which has occupied the attention of the Tamworth Circuit Court since Wednesday, was concluded yesterday, when Mr. Justice Sly granted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Summer Dairy Problems
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 12
Dr. George A. Billings, New Jersey. Experimental Station, writes. Whore there are but a few cows, green forage, like oaten hay and peas, can cat by hand and hauled…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm and Field. News and Notes
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 12
The following applications for land have been lodged with the Crown Lands Agent at East Maitland:—Homestead selection, H. Chappell, portion 316, 146 acres, parish of Heddon; homestead…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heavy Shipments of Wool
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 October 1908 · page 3
Two steamers are timed to leave Sydney to-morrow for London with an aggregate of 14,000 bales of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Feeding Dairy Cattle. How to Get Best Results
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 3
A writer in "The Farmer and Stockbreeder" lays down the following principles to be observed in the matter of feeding dairy cows: Now that dairy farming in the way of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Demand for Jersey Cattle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 3
The popularity of the Jersey cow for dairying has long been recognised, and now Denmark, the leading butter-producing country is importing large numbers, which will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coming Wheat Crops. Large Increase on Last Year
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 1
The Government Statistician's annual estimate of the growing crops for New South Wales shows that there has been a net increase over last year in the area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farm and Dairy. a Great Onion Crop
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 3
An onion grower writes as follows [?] "American Agriculturist" :—Last year I raised eleven acres of onions, securing an average yield of 669 bushels per acre. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 2
The New Zealand Loan and M. A. Co. report :—Our sale yesterday found the market stronger than when we last sold, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Topics of the Day. Wheat Crops of the United States
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 6
A bulletin of the United Stales Department of Agriculture gives particulars of the wheat crops of the United States from 1866 to 1906. In the former year the area…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Wool Shipments. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 2
To-morrow two steamers are timed to leave Sydney for London with an aggregate of 14,000 bales of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Co Prevent Birds Destroying Crop in [?]
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 3
[?] to a correspondent who wished to know of a pickle for treating wheat and peas to prevent birds eating the seed when sown: also, how to prevent parrots, cockatoos. etc., pulling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep and Flies. Important to Sheep Owners
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 4
MK. T. C. SUTTOR, of Triamble, Hargraves, called at this office some days ago with information which souuld be of considerable value to sheep men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Traffic
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 4
The wool received at the three shipping depots— Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth—by rail during the past week amounted to 44,386 bales, a decrease of 12,435 bales as compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 4
Schute, Bell, and Co report:—Throughout last week's sales decidedly more animated competition prevailed than at the earlier sales of the season, and at yesterday's auctions demand was equally keen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen's Associations Needed
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 4
The dairying industry has advanced very rapidly in this State during the past decade, and it is capable of very great expansion and of becoming much more profitable than it is at present to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy and Store Cattle Sale
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 2
At the Campbell's Bill yards to-morrow afternoon Messrs. Carr Brothers, auctioneers, will offer for sale by auction 600 head of dairy and store cattle, comprising 150 head choice Durham dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Teams
Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 2
Yesterday two ten-horse trains conveyins wool from Messrs White Bros., station at Belltrees. passed through Singleton [?]n route to Morpeth. The weight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rise in Butter. r
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 3
Sussex-street dairy merchants to-day raised the price of butter to 2s per 1b…
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