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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Ten Commandments for Buying a Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 2

A conference of Jewish farmers was held in New York recently. There was a number of communi ties in the Eastern States where Jews have been included to settle upon the land. These…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 7

Prescott, Limited, report:—On Monday the local rate was reduced to, 98/ for finest quality. At this price there is a fair quantity going into consumption, but at present it is not possible…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 7

Hill, Clark and Co., Limited. report We offered a nice catalogue on Monday, containing a number of good useful wools, though nothing exceptional Competition…

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The Wool Returns

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 3

There was a large quantity of wool carried on the railways last week. No doubt it is being hurried to the seaboard for shipment lest an extension of the…

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Wool and the Strike. Railway Authorities Afraid

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

ON Saturday last, instructions were issued along the railway that, pending further notice, no wool was to be received for Darling Harbor,…

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Training of Farmers. Prowess in America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 3

Mr. R. J. Crosby, Specialist in agricultural education in the Deportment of Agriculture (U.S.), has just concluded his study of the advance of agricultural education in the United…

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Visit to Hawkesbury College Letters to a Farmer. V.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 3

Dear Old Bak-blex Bill,— I meant to have a talk with you this time, Bill, about the boys. We have an immense area of agricultural land on this…

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Dairying

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

Kameruka estate has been feeding the milking cows with ensilage the past five months, with satisfactory results. A recent test between two…

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Wool Arrivals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 4

Woll arrivals number 152,000 bales of those 57,500 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, and there are available for the sixth series of sales 98,500 bales…

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Carriage of Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 4

The Sydnoy wool-selling brokers have received a notification from the goods manager of the Railway Department with regard to the receipt and carriage of wool on the railways in the following terms:-…

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Farm and Dairy Notes Pumpkin Beetles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 8

Several methods have proved effectual against the ravages of the beetle. The most common is to sprinkle the leaves with woo ashes or freshly slaked lime, In Canada it…

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Visit to Hawkesbury College Letters to a Farmer. Vi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 8

Dear Old Bak-blox Bill,-When the delegates to the Congress of Chambers of Commerce were here, they paid a visit to the H.A.C. There they were…

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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 8

The results of some experiments in feeding calves with separated milk to which a quantity of cod liver oil was added have been published by the Agricultural College…

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Wheat Items

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 4

The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,695,000, as compared with 2,035,000 a year ago. The quantity afloat for the Continent is 1,740,000…

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Wool Traffic Impeded

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 2

Owing to the big coal strike, the wool traffic from the north to Newcastle and Darling Harbour is being hampered. At the local station yesterday there were 70…

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Farm Produce Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 2

At this morning's produce auction sales potatoes were found hard to dispose of, and salesmen had to be content with a reduction of 10s per ton on the rates accepted yesterday. The announcement that…

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Antwerp Wool Salts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 4

The Antwerp wool sales were opened. Competition was inanimate, the choice effed was poor, and buyers were scarce. Trices were 5 centimes below September rates…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

During the month of October the above company manufactured 24 tons, 11 cwt., 92lbs of butter, for which suppliers were paid…

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Wool Detained in Transit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 6

Owing to the fiat of the Commission that for the time being wool shall not ? received at country railway stations, rangements are being made to store man…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sales Suspended

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

WINCHOMBE, CARSON, & Co.'s REPORT. —Owing to the difficulties caused by the coal strike and the inability of the buyers to make shipping arrangements, the…

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