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Farming & the land, 1908

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., report.—Recent cables from New York clearly that the panic stage of the American financial troubles has passed, and that confidence is…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday prices realised were:—Marainanga 9 [?]d. Titi 9[?] Pakipaki 10d, Liss 10 1/4 d. Tilltill 10 5/8. Dagworth 21 1/8…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 5

At the wool sales there was a fair for all sorts. Prices were unchanged, Americans operating freely…

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Butter Factory Returns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 2

The Singleton Co-operative Dairy Company. Limited, report for the four weeks ending December 28, 1907, having treated 91.683 lbs butter, equal to 40…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 3

The London wool sales were animated. Merinos are hardening, but crossbreds are very regular…

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letter. the Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 3

At the sales yesterday prices realised were:—Mortlock, [?]; Boolearrol, 9½d; Gore, 10½d; Mudgee 10½d; Doondi 10½d; Muti 10¼d; CY, 10½d; Mount Euston…

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The Wool Sales. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 2

American buyers are operating freely at the wool sales…

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Federated Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 2

A Federated Conference of Australian farmers took place recently in Adelaide, and a deputation from that conference has recently waited upon the Minister for Customs to…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 5

At the sales yesterday prices realised for [?]rs were:—[?]hoe 9 1/2d; Bundure, [?] 3/4d; Downs, 11[?] Canowie, 12d; Terrick, [?] Leefield, 12 1/2; Plains, 21gd…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 5

The wool sales arc irregular, and there have been considerable withdrawals of good wools, which are very firm, but oilier sorts are in favour of buyers…

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Handling Wheat in Bulk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 2

Australian farmers are evidently preparing themselves for a revolution in the handing of their wheat crops, and, though the change may take several years to bring to…

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Correspondence. Lads for Farmers. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

SIR,—A number of city lads and young men are coming to me, stating that they are anxious to adopt a country life. Some of them wish to…

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Late Sheep Trains & Cattle Slump

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 16

Homebush fat stock market on Thursday 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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Salting Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 6

The following suggestions in the salting of butter have been issued by the Iowa Dairymen's Association, U.S.A.:—No established rule for salting butter…

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The Age of Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 6

The method adopted in connection with the great international show at Chicago for testing the age of cattle by their teeth was as follows:—…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 5

The wool sales are brisk. There were some withdrawals of faulty grainy wools. The following prices were realised for the clips minimi:—Bellana, 9d; Ngatapa, 9[?]d;…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 5
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN REPORT: After an interval of five weeks we [?]esumed selling on Tuesday, 28th instant, submitting a catalogue of 3734…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 8

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report :—At our wool sale yesterday we found the market firm at opening rates, but a half-penny to a penny lower…

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The Wool Sales. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

At yesterday's wool sales good wool sold at very firm prices…

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