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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Scone Co-operative Dairy Company. Meeting of Shareholders

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 2

A GENERAL meeting of the shareholders in the above was held, pursuant to notice, at the School of Arts yesterday morning. The chair…

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Our Special Illustrated Report. SYDNEY R.A.S. Easter Show Judging Horses the Royal Easter Show, 1909. Record Total of Entries, 7000. Horse Entries, 1100. CATTLE, 900. Five District Societies' Exhibits. a Magnificent Display

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 3

To the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales is due the credit of saying that the Royal faster Show of 1909, in several essential and…

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Grade Dairy Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 9

Dairy bull, any age: D. O'Keefe's Monarch, 1; W. Buchanan's Newington, 2; John Nelson's Royal George, 3. Cow, 4yrs old and over, in milk:…

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Best Dairy Cattle in Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

A cattle expert from Queensland, Mr William Charles, expressed the opinion that "the finest dairy cattle in Australia are in New South Wales. I'll tell…

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Grading Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 7

Mr J. B. Dowdall, of Dowdall Brothers, Manchester, who are probably the largest handlers of imported butter in the north of England, thus writes to a…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 6

Prescott, Limited, report:—Butt[?] our last report of the 2nd inst[?] has been a reduction in prices to [?] finest quality. This has had the [?]…

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Straw Butter Boxes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 7

An economical development in tinQueensland dairy industry has been effected by the perfection of a process for the manufacture out of straw of the…

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Fat Cattle Champions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Fat ox (Durnham), any age: W. Gardiner, 1 and ch.: N.S.W. Mortgage, Land, and Agency Co., Ltd., 2. Fat cow (Durnham), any age:…

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The Sheep Exhibits

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

This year the sheep exhibits numbered about 130, and, being housed in [?] shed, removed from the influence of the main arteries of traffic, did not…

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American Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 5

[?] wheat market became demoralised [?]. May wheat slumped to 1.26dol. [?] bushel, July to 1.14 dol. (4s 9d), [?] 15 minutes before the close, when Mr…

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Unsalted Butter for Export

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 10
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

There were 37 entries, and all the exhibits, with the exception of six secured first-class points in flavour. Manufacturing defects, however, were…

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Butter for Local Consumption

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 2

The exhibits were taken from the bulk on the [?] of the entrants' agent, two boxes every month from June 1, 1908, to March, 1909…

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Best Box of Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 10

Special prize, best box of butter, not less than 561b., opened on the first day of the show (Tuesday, April 6), but not judged till the fourth day of the…

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The Champion Bag of Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The champion prize for the best bag of wheat exhibited went to a sample of Bobs grown by Mr. W. H. Thibault in the Tamworth district. This also…

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Cattle Driving in the Streets. (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 6

Sir,—Whilst fully recognising that the weekly sales of stock are of considerable importance to the town and district of Singleton, it would seem that the…

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