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Farming & the land, 1909

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 7

Prescott, Limited, report:—On Monday the market opened at 116s. Melbourne started to buy a few lots of special quality, and inconsequence the price was advanced on Wednesday to 120s. Since…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 7

Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—Auctions will not be held in Sydney again until early in July, and in the interval ra[?]tters must continue very quiet. When the…

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Farm Labourers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 4

THERE are constantly arriving from the British Islands, under the Government's scheme of assisted immigration, many stalwart youths, whose ages range…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 14

The son of a dairyman was fined £5 at Newtown for refusing to give an inspector a sample of milk. The clearing of the Pilliga lands is proceeding expeditiously. Some blocks are ready for…

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Milking Machine Patents. a Warning to Dairymen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5
Also in Singleton Argus

The "L.K.G." Milking Machine having proved an absolute success after 7 years' use, a crop of weak imitations has come along, and we hereby warn dairymen against using any other…

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Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Bowthorne Co—operative Butter Factory, Ltd., was held at the company's office, Bowthorne, on Saturday, for the purpose of confirming an…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 3

Prescott, Limited,, report:—Business was brisk last week, and on .Wednesday prices for fresh were advanced to 124'/. This has had the effect of checking sales. Stored lines…

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State Wheat Production

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 4

Mr J. B. Trivett, Government Statis tician, has furnished the Premier with a statement showing an area under crop and production of wheat in the State…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 3

Hill, Clark and Co. report :—Outside die few sales of fellmongered scoureds the wool business is at a standstill. Sales will by hold early in July, but catalogues will only be small and confined to a…

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A Puailist Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 4

A new settler in the Tamworth district is "Bil" Squires, the well—known pugilist, who will new take a hand at farming. When he was allotted a farm on the Peel River resumed…

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The Dairy Conference

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

The fourth annual conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers, and Secretaries' Association, of New South Wales, was…

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Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 5

Wool arrivals in England number 275,000 bales. Of these 185,000 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, and with the number left over from last series there…

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Commercial. the Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 3

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report:—To-day is the close of a wool season that all concerned in the growth, handling, and sale of wool can look back upon with vivid…

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N.S.W. Wheat Harvest. 15,483,406 Bushels

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 1

Mr John B. Trivett, Government Statistician, has furnished the Premier with a statement showing the area under crop and production of…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 7

An attempt is at present being made to revive an interest in the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, the Muswellbrook branch of which has been in a state of coma for some years…

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The Sheep Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 3

The following awards were made to Northern owners at the Sheep Shop:— Champion merino ram for holders of not more than 5000 acres, P. Mullens petwyn Vale,…

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The Sheep Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 4

The annual sheep show serves to remind us of the immense value of wool production to Australia in general, and to Now South Wales in particular. In our trade with tho old…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 3

Schute, Boll & Company Ltd., wool & produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 29th June.—To-morrow will be the close of a wool season that…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 5

The wool sales at. Antwerp opened with the usual attendance of buyers, among whom there was some, hesitation in bidding. There was a decline of from 5 to 10 centimes in medium…

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