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Farming & the land, 1909

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Dairy Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 5

The live stock returns just issued show there are now 775,491 dairy cattle in New South Wales, including a quarter of a million in the South Coast, and 150,000 in the…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 1

FOR week ending July 3, 1909: —Wool —The 1908 9 wool season just closed has been a record one for the Sydney market, the total turnover…

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Butter Tests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1909 · page 2

An analysis of the English Jersey Cattle Society's butter tests, published in the new volume of the Heivl BooK, provides some very interesting information. From…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1909 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday there was a [?], attendance and the opening of the scries [?] satisfactory, considering the extremely [?] bbishy selected submitted. Greasy…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1909 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., report:—Wool: Our wool sale yesterday found good competition, but prices compared with June rates declined par to 5 per cent for good and…

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Wheat Production. Interesting Statistics

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 July 1909 · page 2

The total area under wheat last year, according to a pamphlet issued by the New South Wales Government Statisti cian, was 1,989,103 acres, of which…

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Notes for Farm and Dairy. Lime in the Soil

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1909 · page 2

Take a few shovelfuls of soil from different parts of the field or orchard, and dry, pulverise, and mix them thoroughly together Take a few ounces of this powder, and…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd, report:—Our wool sale on Wednesday found good competition, but prices, compared with…

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Wheat Production. Interesting Statistics

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 4

THE total area under wheat last year, according to a pamphlet issued by the New South Wales Government Statistician, was 1,989,103 acres, of which…

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Dairy Science Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 4

While the annual meeting of the Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association was in session in Sydney recently importance was attached to the establishment of dairy science schools on…

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Food From the Air. New Crop Feeder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 6

What may be called the piece do resistance of the International Congress on Applied Chemistry, appeared, when Professor Bornthsen, director of the Baden Aniline and Soda Factory…

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Three Things Required in Profitable Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 8

It we look at the dairying industry from any standpoint, it shows itself to be the most staple, most remunerative and the least…

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Milking Machine Patents a Warning to Dairymen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 3

The "L.K.G,' Milking Machine having, proved an absolute success after 7 years' ago, a crop of weak imitation has came along, and we hereby warn [?]rrymen…

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Farming Notes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 8

The motto in dairying should be "Nothing but the best," An improvement in blood calls for a corresponding improvement in…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 3

Prescott, Limited report:—Supplies of strictly choicest fresh made are barely sufficient for the local and inter-state demand at 124s, but anything that does not come under this heading is difficult…

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The Sheep Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 3

The annual sheep show serves to remind as of the immense value of wool production to Aus-tralia in general, and to New South Wales in particular. In our trude with the old…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 3
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Hill, Clark and Co. report:—Sales will be held here on Tuesday and Wednesday, when small catalogues will be offered. The July series will also open in London on the 6th inst., the available…

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Royal Agricultural Society. Horse and Cattle Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 4

The schedule for the Sydney Horse Parade and Dairy Cattle Show is avail able, and contains several additions to that of last year. The new section for…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe, Carson & Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 2

We held our first sale of the new statistical year on Wednesday, offering a small but interesting catalogue of 445 bales. We found competition for all…

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