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Farming & the land, 1909

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Farm & Dairy. Growing Potatoes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 7

The successful growing of potatoes demands careful and consclentions work from start to finish, for there are many details which, it neglected, mean…

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Dairying at Koroit. Milking Machines Favored

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 7

The milking machines have passed the experimental stage in the Koroit district, Vic. A great number of dairymen have installed them and are…

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The World's Maize Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 3

Like all other cereals, the total of maize produced in the world varies in quantity. The record yield was in 1906, when 445,000.000 quarters were harvested, the crop…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 11

The following applications for land have been lodged with the Crown Land Agent at East Maitland:—A. H. Matthews, additional conditional purchase, 40 acres, and…

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Hungry Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 11

Farmers of the right sort (says an American agricultural paper) feed the hunger of their farms as if it were their own. Nothing on earth gives them such a satisfied…

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Dairying at Korit Milking Machines Favoured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 7

The Making Machines have passed the experimental stage in the Koroit district, Victoria. A great number of dairymen have installed them, and are well…

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Fliles at the Dairy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 7

With ilies others besides dairy folk and their cows are familiar, but it is doubtful whither [?] can do more harm to any food Uian to milk. They have…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 2

Hill, Clark and Co. report :—Wool: [?] during the week has been restricted to [?] in fellmongered parcels, the inquiry for which are is satisfactory and where sales have been…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage, Land and finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mortland Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…

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Fall in Butter. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 2

Butter was down 4/- per cwt. in Sussex-street this morning, the figure quoted for superfine being 88/-, and seeond-class batter sold from 76/- to…

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Jerry's Plains Butter Factory. (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 3

Sir,—Since returning to the district, after a month's absence, my attention has been drawn to an article in your paper re Jerry's Plains…

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Excited Wheat Markets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 5

The American wheat markets are excited [?] to news of the crop being unfavourable. [?] May Options touched 1.22½dol. (5s 1¼d) [?] Patten sold seven million bushels since…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 4

Schute Bell and Co, report:— Such greasy wool as is coming to hand is chiefly being held for the auction sales fixed for the 19th and 20th inst when in view of the firm closing rate of the…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 2

The Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory is to the fore at the Sydney Show in the class for best butter for local consumption. It scored…

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True Story From a West Country Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 6

They came from London, man and wife, but had connections, it would seem, with Chicago. For they rather doubted the food of a farm where the milk became…

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The Upper Clarence as a Dairying Centre

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 8

Considerable attention is now being paid to the Upper Clarence district as a dairying centre. The success which has attended the efforts of dairymen…

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Wheat Profits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 5

In wheat, May deliveries at Chicago sold yesterday at 1.23[?] do. fars (5s 1:)-16d). Profit-taking caused a slight reaction. The profit of Mr. Patten, a speculator, is…

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A Prolific Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 11

During 1908 the Department of Agriculture and Stock distributed gratis, several varieties of seed wheat to formers in the wheat districts of the State, for the…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 6

Hill, Clark and Co. report:—Wool: Business during the week has been restricted to transactions in fellmongered parcels, the inquiry for which sorts is satisfactory, and where sales have been effected…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 8

Schute, Bell and Co. report:—Such greasy wool as is coming to hand is chiefly being held for the auction sales fixed for the 19th and 20th inst. when, in view of the firm closing rates of the…

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