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Farming & the land, 1909

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Sydney Wool Market

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Ltd, report:— After a shorter suspension of public business in wool than usual, auction sales in the Sydney market were…

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Sydney Wool Market. Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co. REPORT

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 7

The resumption of sales since the holidays shows the market to be five per cent. better for all good free wools; burry, short, and faulty wools are…

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The Indiana Farm Tragedies. Jury's Singular Verdict

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

Ray Lamphere, the fatm hand alleged to be concerned with Mrs. Bell Gunness in [?] mning the murder and matrimonial farms at Laporte, Indiana, and then with murder ing…

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Dairying at Home and in Foreign Lands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

The principal, Mr. H. W. Potts, delivered a very interesting address to the teachers of the Summer School, on the above subject. The mater was splendidly illustrated by views of the…

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Dairy Science School at Berry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

A DAIRY science school was held under the superintendence of Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, the Departmental Dairy Expert, at the Berry Butter Factory…

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Judging Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 11

"The main feature in judging dairy cattle from the farmer's standpoint is that the dairy cow should represent a perfect working machine that will convert cheap…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:— All sections of buyers have been operating at the wool sales during the past week, and, underkeen competition, almost the whole of the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Dalgety and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2

After a shorter suspension of public business in wool than usual, auction sales in the Sydney market were resumed on January 4th under very favorable auspices, the strong…

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Dairy Science School at Berry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 4

A DAIRY science school was held under the superintendence of Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, the Departmental Dairy Expert, at the Berry Butter Factory…

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Farming in Hungary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 3

In an interesting article on agricultural life in Hungary, which Baroness Orezy contributes to the Christmas number of "Windsor Magazine," the popular authoress says :—…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 11

The wheat heavest in the Bathurst district has proved the worst for 20 yours. The average yield is about 1 1/2 bushels to the aero, compared with 13 bushels last harvest…

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Developing Dairy Heifers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 11

After considering the question of breeding from good producing ancestry (says an exchange) the next step in improving the individuality of the herd is the feeding and…

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Farmers Burnt Out. Wagga

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 7

A serious outbreak of fire occurred at Malebo yesterday, 2000 acres of grass find much fencing being destroyed. Mr. J. G. Fletcher lost 3800 acres of grass and a…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 2

Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—Wool Marget shows a slight improvement on December closing rates for medium and faulty wools. Good wools are unchanged, but…

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The Wheat Harvest

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

The revised official estimate of the New South Wales wheat harvest places the total yield at 15,731,000 bushels, or an average of 12.6 bushels per acre. It…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

Daigety and Co, Ltd., report under date 8th January:—All sections of buyers have been operating at the wool sales daring the past week, and, under…

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Rise in Butter. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

Butter to-day advanced 4/- per cwt in price. Superfine is now quoted at 100/- per cwt., other grades in proportion. '…

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Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

Arrivals of wool number 347,000 bales Of these 157,000 bales have been forwarded to the manufacturers, and there are available for the first series of the year, with…

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