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Farming & the land, 1909

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 6

Dalgety and Company, Limted, Arrangements have been made for the [?] the Sydney wool market to take place or and 17, when it is expected some [?]…

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Sydney Wool and Produe Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 4

FOR week ending March 6,1908:—Wool.—The weekly series of wool sales in the Sydney market were brought to a successful conclusion…

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The "Hon Gordon Farmer." Alleged Forgery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 5

At the [?] Court a young man, who claimed to [?]. Gordon farmer, and said he was the son of an English baron, was charged with having on March…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Sydney, report:—We have received tho following cablegram from our Loudon House under date of March 9th, viz,:—"The second series of home wool sales has opened…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 3

[?] Ronald, and Co., Charles Balme and [?] Jacomb, Son, and Co., offered 9289 [?] of wool, comprising a capital selection of [?] miscellaneous lot of merinos…

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Advance at Wool Sales. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 2

The colonial wool sales in London opened to brisk competition, and prices show about a five per cent, advance on the closing rates of last season…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., report under date, 2nd :—At the Brisbane sales this week clearances were very satisfactory, competition being spirited and general…

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The Advancing Wool Trade. Additions to Wool Stores, Pyrmont

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 4

SAYS the D. Telegraph:—The contract announced in our issue of Tuesday last as having been let to Messrs. Stuart Bros., in the office of Mr…

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Woman's Farm in Canada, the Story of My Experiment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 7

The August of 1905 I bought my Canada of 320 acres. In the end of my fourth season with a cent. profit…

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New Milking Machines, Warning to Dairymen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 2

On all sides one hears of the wonderful success of the improved "L.K.G." machine, and as is the case with all successful patents,…

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Central Butter Factory

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 4

Following is the Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Co.'s, Ltd., factory report for the four weeks ending February 30th, 1909:—141237 lbs, equal to 63 tons 1…

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Wheat Growing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 3

After referring to his experiences in the management of a Surrey farm on which he found wheat-growing more profitable than market gardening, and to the results of Mr…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 8

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Sydney, report:—We have received the following cablegram from our London House under date of March 9th, viz.:—"The second series of home wool sales has opened…

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High Prices for Crossbred Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 4

Advices from New Zealand state that the crossbred wool from Mr. Logan's Estate, Tapanui, recently topped the Dunedin sales at 12½d. per lb…

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The Advancing Wool Trade. Additions to Wool Stores Pyrmont (From Sydney Daily Telegraph)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 1

The contract announced in our issue of Tuesday last as having been lot to Messrs Stuart Bros, in the office of Mr Clamp, architect, for the erection…

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COMMERCIAL Sydney Wool sales. DALGETY & Co. REPORT

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 1

Arrangements have been made for the next sales in the Sydney wool market to take place on March 16th and 17th, when it is expected some…

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London Wool Sales. Dalgety and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 2

We have received the following cablegram from our London house under date of March 9th, viz:— "The second series of home wool sales has opened with a large attendance of…

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Farm & Dairy. Berry Dairy Science School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 7

A Singleton correspondent, signing himself "Butter Maker," contributes the following to a Sydney journal, under date March 6th:— There has been a good…

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An Island of Women Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 5

At Ouessant, a little island off the coast of Brittany, few men are ever seen, and the women do all the work. The men of [?]Ouessant do no farm…

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The Dairying Industry. Some Essentials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 2

At the Whyte-Yancowie branch of the South Australian Farmer's Bureau recently, Mr. R. Ward, a practical dairyman, dealt Mr. R. Ward, a practical dairyman. dealt with some essentials in dairying, as follow…

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