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Farming & the land, 1910

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Scone Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

The special cattle sale at Scone advertised by Messrs J. A. Simpson and Co. for Friday, January 28th, has been postponed until Monday, 31st inst…

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25,000 Sheep Dead

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

BOGGABRI, Wednesday.—Now that the floods are subsiding a better idea of the losses can be gauged. It is certain that not less than 25,000 sheep have been lost,…

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COMMERCIAL. Sydney Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 8

HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN REPORT: We submitted on Tuesday a catalogue of 4746 bales comprising many excelient grown wools, all of which…

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Homebush Stock Sales the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd: Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 7

40,000 sheep and lambs were penned. The supply was well within requirements, causing competition to be good and values to rule very firm at last day's rates for all…

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Sale of Hunter District Dairy Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 7

Tindale and Co., Muswellbrook, report having sold for W.S Andrews, Esq., the following portions of the Belmont Subdivision, situated on the Goulburn River, 30 miles…

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Farm & Dairy. Comfort of the Cow

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 7

The health of the cow, quality, and quantity of the milk, and the profit of the owner, depend on proper milking. A noisy rough attendant will not produce…

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General Cable News. London, Jan. 21. the Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

At the London wool sales the following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips:— "Wonnaminta, highest 9½d, average 9½d; Tomera, 11½d; Hummocks, 11½d, 11¼d; Retro, 13d,…

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The Northern Floods. Destruction at Narrabri. Seven Persons Browned. 100,000 Sheep Perish

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

NARRABRI, Tuesday.—The most disastrous flood in the history of the north-west has occurred, and it is impossible to estimate the damage in this portion of the…

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Inexpensive Farm Gate. Details of Construction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 3

Mr R. H. Glennys, of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, furnishes the following particulars in respect to the construction of a pair of…

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Largest Dairy in N.B.W. Milking Machines Used

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 7

At, Ben Lomond, Mr. T. A. Stirton, the well-known pastoralist, is dairying on a very extensive scale. At present 350 cows are being milked under one roof, and this…

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The Dairy. Records of Cows. Success Op Dairying

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 3

Professor T. E. Woodward, of the. Utah Experiment Station, America, recently addressed the dairymen of that country on the important question of…

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Sale of Hunter River Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 7
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Tindale and Co., Muswellbrook, report having sold for W. S. Andrews, the following portions of the Belmont sub-division, situated on the Goulburn River, 30 miles…

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Farm Produce Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

The produce auction sales held this morning were poorly attended by buyers, and competition in consequence was exceedingly dull. Of the 63 truck loads offered twenty-five failed…

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Damage to Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 11

Consequent upon the copious rainfall along the watershed of the Hunter, the town of Maitland and the greater part of the district have had an extremely narrow escape from serious…

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Disastrous Floods. Losses of Farmers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 6

Mr C. Ashford,a farmer, who had been missing, and it was feared had been drowned, turned up in Gunnedah on Wednesday. His House is built 18…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

Messrs Griflith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, and a Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 4

During last week 8807 bales of wool were received at Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth. This is an increase of 3620 on the receipts for the corresponding week…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 7

Prescott, Limited, report:— Thanks to the "Concentration of Sales" policy adopted by the co-operative movement,the price still remains at 95/ per cwt. whereas the…

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A Queensland Pastoral Property Splendid Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Ernest A. Brown, writing from Waroonga station, in the Mitchell district, Queensland, on January 15, says:— I see by the "Mercury" that you have had good…

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