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Farming & the land, 1909

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Butter Testing in Denmark

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 7

Mr. D. Cuddie, dairy commissioner to the New zealand Department of Agriculture, writes as follows in the official journal:— While visiting the Experimental Station at…

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Chicago Wheat Declines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 5

May wheat in Chicago, quoted at [?] dollars (5s O¾d) on Wednesday, fell [?] cents on Saturday…

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Notes for Farm and Dairy. Anthrax

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 7

This is an infectious disease due to a specific bacterium, the Anthrax bacillus. It is most commonly seen in cattle and sheep, but may attack any domesticated animal and man. The…

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Farmers and Milk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 7

Mr. Primrose M'Connell recently lectured on London's milk supply from a farmer's point of view, and said that it was not the number of microbes in milk that…

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Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 4

The weather was fine and the going good at Warwick Farm on Saturday Results;- Hurdle Racc. about 2 miles.—Ryde, by…

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Pastoral Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 7

Owing to the continued dry weather, the natural feed for stock is rapidly decreasing in various parts of the district, and some pastoralists have during the past week…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 7

Schute, Bell, & coi report :— satisfactory advices continue to be received as to the progress of the London sales, steady improvement in prices of most descriptions…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

The local police court was occupied for a considerable time last Thursday afternoon, and again yesterday afternoon, in taking evidence for the prosecution on a charge…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 3

[?] sales on Tuesday prices realised for [?] mentioned were:—Tbarroora, 8 ½d; [?] Mutti, 11½d; Toaniy, 12¼d;[?] Mount Bute, 16½d…

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Latest Cables. London, Wednesday. the Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 2

Splendid auction sales of wool were held in London yesterday. Good merino fleeces are very dear…

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Farm Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 2

I Bacon and Company Gunnedah report having sold on account of Mr. J. Campbell his Woodville property near Curlewis consisting of 640 acres to…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 5

SINGLETON, Friday The case ngalnst James A. [?] and Arthur S.Noble, for alleged cattle stealing, was continued yesterday before Mr. C.H…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 5

[?] sales prices realised for [?] mentioned were A [?] Delegate [?]…

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Prosperous Farm Labourers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 3

Mr. Rider Haggard, in an article on "The Small Farmer in England" in the November "Windsor Magazine," says:—In the neighbourhood of the town of…

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The Dairying Industry on the North Coast. Some Interesting Facts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 2

THE other day, Mr. E. G. Eagar, of Silverwood, and Chairman of directors of the local Cooperative Dairy Co., received an interesting…

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Correspondence. a Farmers' Federation. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate )

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 2

SIR.—It has been frequently advocated that farmers as a class should unite for their own mutual advantage, not only as far as their…

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Butter Fat Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 7

in a bulletin of the Nebraska Exper[?]ment Station U.S.A. the results of a ten years record of a dairy herd are given, and some suggestions are made as to the cost of…

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Butter Testing in Denmark

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 13

Mr. D. Cuddie, dairy commissioner to the New Zealand Department of Agriculture, writes as follows in the official journal:—While visiting the Experimental Station at…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 5

At the wool sales prices realised for fleces of the clips mentioned were:—Mathiur, 10½; Omarama, 10[?]d; Boolardy, 10[?]d; Merivale, 10[?]; Boonoke, 11[?]; ugbrooke…

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