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Farming & the land, 1909

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 3

Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—Competition was particularly animated at our sale on Thursday last, prices realised being most satisfactory to owners generally. Although no actual advance could be…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales opened. There was good competition on English and German account. Prices showed an improvement. Merinos were from 5 to 10 centimes…

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The King's Prize Cattle. Smithfield Successes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 6

The most thorough of all the visitors to the Smithfield Show, at the Agricultural Hull, Islington, was the Prince of Wales, He made a complete tour of the winning…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report:—Wool: Our sale yesterday found the market very firm at…

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Family on the Move. Want a Farm on Shares

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2

A family of 15, consisting of the father, mother, two daughters, and 11 sons, arrived at Casino this week from Victoria looking for a farm to work on…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 6

Prescott and Co., Limited report:-Butter: The market in Sydney and Brisbane advanced this week to 100s for first grade, and Melbourne remains unaltered at 11d per lb. for choice westerns…

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Wheat Experiments

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 8

MR. F. A. HEILIGMANN, of Currabubla, is a great hand at experimenting with wheat (says the Tamworth News) He used to keep up regular…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercautile Co. report:—At our wool sale on Wednesday the market was very firm at an advance of 2½ to 5 per cent…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 4

The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday with less competition, owing to a poorer choice. 3952 bales of La plata wool were offered, and 2407 were sold, plus 400 between the sittings…

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Letter to the Editor. Glenoak Tomato Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 3

Sir,-In your issue of the 9th instant [?] notice that your Glenoake correspondent writes that owing to the oxceossive heat, the crop is completely Spoilt. "This means a grout…

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Another Would-be Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 6

Among the hundreds of letters that have come from British lands to the Immigration . League of Australia is one which runs :- "I have a very strong wish to go either to…

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Dairy Inspector

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

Dairy Inspector Viner is at present in this district inspecting the dairies, so those whom he has not already visited should prepare for him…

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Cattle Prohibition with Drawn

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 3

A cable message has been received by the Minister for External Affairs from Lord Crewe, Secretary of State for the Colonies, intimating that the…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 3

Dalgoty and Company, Limited, report : Notable business has been transacted in the Australian wool centres since our last report. It has been well expressed that…

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Method of Payment for Cream Supplied to Butter Factories

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 2

The attention of the Department of Agriculture has been drawn by its dairy inspectors to the pernicious system of payment for cream adopted by some…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe, Carson & Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 7

The wool market retains its strength, the best rates of the previous week being fully maintained at our Wednesday's auction. For [?]st wools the market is now fully 7½ per…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market. Dalgety and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 1

At the second week's wool sales in the Sydney market in the new year a very firm market has been experienced, and, under brisk competition,…

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Notes for Farm and Dairy, Immature Seed Potatoes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 6

In the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture" Mr. Geo. Seymour refers to the relative returns from mature and immature seed potatoes. He says that the great majority of growers if asked…

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Farm Amd Dairy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 2

[Under the above heading the "Argus" has arranged to publish each Saturday a series of articles written by thoroughly practical men connected with the…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 11

A communication from the Agricultural Department to the Fruitgrowers' Union states that phylloxera is spreading in the county of Northumberland…

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