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Farming & the land, 1910

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd., report:—Wool: For our sale on Wednesday we offered an attractive catalogue of average to good wools, with a few superior lines from New…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 7

The sixth half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory was held at the factory, Bowthorne, on Saturday afternoon, when the chairman of directors (Mr. J. J. Pearse)…

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Important Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 4

Messrs. Carlton and Abbott will hold an important sale of cattle at Dungog yards on Saturday next, when about 1000 head of mixed cattle will be submitted. Particulars…

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Wool Shipments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 5

[?]rrivals of wool number 364,500 bales. Of [?]229,000 have been forwarded direct to the [?]facturers, and there are available for the [?] series of sales, with those left over from…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 3

Trebeck, Son and Co. report:—Very strong demand is ruling from all sections of the trade, at late rates. Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd. report:—Values…

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Influence of Feeding Stuffs. Milk and Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 7

Every year the requirements of householders with regard to the quality of the milk and butter supplied to them become more exacting and farmers and dairymen who…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 1

For week ending February 26, 1910: Wool.—The catalogues during the past week totalled 35,010 bales, of WHICH 32.755 bales were sold at…

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Homebuah Stock Sales. the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 2

22,000 sheep and lambs were penned. Best merino wethers made to 17s 7d, best merino ewes to 13s, best crossbred wethers to 15s 6d, best crossbred ewes…

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Farmers' Co-operative Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 4

The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Limited, who recently extended their business to embrace the sale of lucerne hay on the Sydney market, are now suggesting further…

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Farmers' Produce Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 4

Chaff and lucerne hay met with keen competition at this morning's produce auction sales. Prices realised showed an improvement of 5/ per ton, but other commodities remained unaltered…

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Farm Produce Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 2

Lucerne hay in small bales from the Mudgee district was eagerly competed for at the auction sales held this morning, and prices accepted showed an improvement of 5s per ton. Choice…

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Butter Boxes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 8
Also in The Scone Advocate

As the outcome of a conferences in Sydney of delegates from cooperative butter factory companies, it has been resolved to form a…

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The Butter Factory

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

THE directors of the local Co-operative Dairy Co. met yesterday, the Chairman (Mr. E. G. Eagar) presiding, when a good deal of…

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Butter Box Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 4

Owing to the rise in the price of butter boxes the majority of co-operative butter factories of the State have decided to form a Co-operative Box Company for the manufacture and supply…

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A Cardboard Butter Box

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 4

A New Zealander is reported to have manufactured a butter box which promises to get over the timber difficulties. It is declared to be waterproof, odourless, and unbreakable, while…

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Wheat Gamblers Retire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

James Patten, the wheat speculator of [?] who cornered the market last year, has [?]ed £4,000,000. He announces: "I have [?] my pile, and I intend to enjoy it."…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

There was a large attendance at the Antwerp [?] sales, but the animation of bidders was [?]mederate, due to their reluctance to pay [?]mits fixed by sellers. Merinos realised…

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The Gloucester District Co-operative Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 8

The seventeenth half yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held in the School of Arts, Stroud, on Thursday…

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Farmers' Produce Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 4

The produce sales by auction held this morning were well attended. There was a heavy supply of forage commodities, totalling 61 consignments, and competition was active, but the prices accepted…

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