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Farming & the land, 1909

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

Prescott, Limited, report:—On 2nd instant our Melbourne representative writes —" Our market remains stagnant. Even choice butters are hard to place, while all others are dead. The weather has…

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Waste from Butter Factory

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

For some time past trouble has been experienced on account of waste pro ducts from the Singleton Farming and Dairying Co.'s, Ltd., butter factory…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 7

Hill, Clark and Co. report:—Locally matters show very little alteration, the enquiry continues good with sales being effected at satisfactory prices for any available lines. The May sales in London…

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The Wheat Gamble. London, June 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 3

The position of Mr. Fatten, the Chicago speculator, who has cornered the American wheat market, is so strong that he could have demanded 5 dollars a bushel. He…

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Condition of Butter Factories and the Training of Factory Managers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

IN view of the controversy in regard to the necessity for the establishment of a State butter factory and school for the training of factory managers, the report…

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Farm & Dairy. Flax Growing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 2

It is expected that a considerable area will be devoted to flax in Victoria this season, although a number of far mers who had decided to cultivate this…

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Poultry Farming. to Make It Pay. an Interesting Article

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 5

More opinions and theories have lately been advanced as to the possibility of poultry-farming being profitable or otherwise than any other branch of…

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Wheat Shortage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 3

Wheat in New York is being shipped back to the West, owing to the scarcity. This is a [?]vement without precedent in the commercial history of the United States. Mr. Snow…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 2

Hill, Clark, and Co. report :—We submitted a small catalogue, comprised chiefly of oddments, and had a good clearance. There was a good attendance of buyers, and while…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, Ltd

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 2

The Manager of the above factory reports—The output of butter for April was 24 tons 2 cwt 14lbs. for which suppliers were paid…

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Butter Factory Waste. a Puzzling Water Pipe. Discussion in Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 4

In the Singleton Municipal Council, last Thursday night, the question of pipes from the Singleton Farming and Dairying Co.'s, Ltd., butter factory…

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Notes for Farm and Dairy. Brains As a Dairy Factor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 3

Ex-Governor Board, of Wisconsin, believes that the thoughtful dairyman has a greater chance for success as compared with the man who never attempts to reason out…

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Molasses for Dairy Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 3

Mr. W. H. Hoard, of Wisconsin (U.S.), propritor of "Hoard's Dairyman," in a recent address, before the National Dairy Show, hold in Chicago, added his…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 6

Schute, Bell, and Company, Limited, report:—About 24,000 bales were offered at Brisbane on Saturday last, the sales being particularly interesting from the point of…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Company Ltd, report under date 8th June.— About 25,000 bales were offered at Brisbane on Saturday last, the sales being…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, Ltd

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

The manager of the above company reports—The output of the above Coy, for May was 17 tons 5 cwt. 1 lb., for which suppliers were…

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A Psalm of Farm Life

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 3

Tell me not in broken measures Modern farming docs not pay, For the farm produces chickens. And the hens—do they not lay?…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 6

Schute, Bell, and Company, Limited, report:—About 24,000 bales were offered a Brisbane on Saturday last, the sales being particularly interesting from the point of…

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Australian and New Zealand Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 5

The provision trade section of the London Chamber of Commerce is protesting against the excessive moisture in Australian and New Zealand butter, and is askin…

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Lincoln Sheep in Australia a Celebrated N.S.W. Flock

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 5

A flock which covered itself with distinction at the great annual show of the New South Wales Sheep Breeders' Association, held in Sydney…

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