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Farming & the land, 1909

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 7

[?] & Co., Ltd., report:—The exceed[?] prices forthcoming last week [?] of wool have caused both sel[?] buyers to strain every effort to…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports. FOR week ending November 20, 1909

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 1

Wool.—It having been ascertained that there was sufficient tonnage available in vessels already coaled to permit of substantial wool shipments…

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A Farmer's Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 4

An accident, which resulted in the loss of a valuable mare and a quantity of potatoes, occurred at the Hunter River Company's wharf, Morpeth, yesterday evening. The mare attached to…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 4

Rarely have the prospects of the man on the land in the Upper Hunter looked better in the beginning of December than at present. The fine downpour of rain at the…

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Sale of Local Wool

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 2

From the "Wool Journal" we note that Messrs Hill, Clark, and Co., Sydney, dis posed of a quantity of wool from this district at their sales last week. The…

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Dreadnought Farms

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 3

London, Monday. Rev. R. L. Gwynne (who recently visit ed Australia in the interests of a South of England emigration project), addressing…

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Stroud Butter Factory

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

Mr. F. Napier, late manager of the Manning River Dairy Company, has been appointed to a similar position at the Gloucester…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 8

The following circular letter has been addressed by the members of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association to their constituents…

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Sydney Wool Market. Schute, Bell and Co. Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 4

THE exceedingly satisfactory prices forthcoming last week for practically all description of wool, have caused both setting brokes and buyers to…

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Farm and Dairy Notes Milk-producing Machine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 6

When a trained business man desires to engage in manufacturing of any kind he first snakes a careful investigation of every phase of the situation. Not alone the…

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Profitable Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 6

If we look at the dairy industry from any standpoint, it shows itself to be the most stable, most remunerative, and the least exhausting to the soil of any branch of fanning. Three…

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Farm Implements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 6

"One is very much surprised at the way many farmers use their machinery," said farmer East at a recent meeting of the Mallala branch of the South Australian…

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Smut in Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 11

The following simple recently as one on several methods advocated by Professor T. W.. Kirk, New Zealand Government Biologist, for prevention of smut in wheat :—…

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THe Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

At the wool soles prices realised for the fleeces of the clips mentioned were- Cobran, highest 16d, average 14d; Wanganella, 14½d, 12½d;…

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"The Stones." Islington Cattle Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

The famous dictum of Rabelais that "one half of the world knows not how the other half lives" applies equally to London. There are tens of thousands…

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Farm & Dairy. Pumpkin Beetles

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

Several methods have proved effectual against the ravages of the beetle. The most common Is to sprinkle the leaves with wood ashes or freshly slaked lime…

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North Coast Dairying. Milking Machines Favoured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

"Milking machines are the salvation of the dairying" writes Mr G. W. Robinson, "Roseneath," Casino, Richmond River, "and more particularly to those who are milking…

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Meeting of Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

In our advertising columns, a public meeting of farmers is called for Wednesday, 8th instant in the School of Arts, Morpeth, at 8 p.m., when Mr. Meares manager of the Coastal Farmers…

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Notes for Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 11

The farmer who tries to run his farm in these says of keen competition without keeping account of his receipts and expendditure, also other data relative to stock and…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 11

A caterpillar plague is raging in some parts of the Wingham district, the lucerne crops being demaged. At an auction sale of a subdivision of 12,000…

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