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Farming & the land, 1910

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Drumfin: A Model Stud Farm. Redigree Stock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 7

Drumfin Farm, the property of Mr. J. W. Pender, is situated at Oathampton, on the Hunter River about 2½ miles from West Maitland. It comprises about 28 acres, divided into…

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[?]Loser Settlement Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 7

[?] lands Department announces that [?]ole Park and Malton Estates, ac[?] by the Government under the Clo[?]lement Acts, have been subdivided…

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Farm and Field. Notes and News

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 7

[?] Supplier to the Pittsworth (Q.) factory re[?] cheque for £110 17s 11d as payment for [?]th's cream, the produce of 72 cows. [?] has been received that one of the ewe's…

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Labour on the Farm. a Scheme for Destitute Families

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 4

A proposal for the establishment of a labor farm for families is outlined by Mr Schey, Director of Labor, in his annual report. Hitherto the refuge of such a…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1910 · page 2

The Railway Department commenced its new season in regard to wheat on December 1. The quantity that arrived at Darling Island last week was36.042 bags…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 4

Prescott, Limited, report:—When the price was reduced to 94s on Monday it looked as if the market were being brought below fair values, but since then London prices have gone back, and although…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 5

At the wool-sales the price, of merinos is unchanged, and there is a slight irregularity in quotations for crossbreds…

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Experimental Wheat Plots

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 3

Mr. W. R. Fry an inspector of the Department of Agriculture, has made known the result of the cultivation of the experimental wheat plots on Mr. Sylvester…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 4

THE Australian Mo[?]agage. Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison, James and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

New Zealand Loan & M. Ager[?] Company report:—At our auction s[?] Thursday last, competition was keen for all superior wools, at higher rates than [?]…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—Very satisfactory sales of good to superior quality wools were effected throughout last week, United States operators acquiring a larger proportion of the offerings…

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What Dairy-farming Means

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 4

"WE are very ignorant in Sydney," said Mr. J. Russell Crone whilst lecturing on "History of the Northern Rivers." "We are like the…

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The Grate Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 3

Vignerons in some districts are experiencing a good deal of trouble in the spread of oidium among the young grape crop. However round Singleton there is an absence of…

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Dairyman's Terrible Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

At an early hour on Saturday morning the Brisbane ambulance brigade received a call to Eagle Farm, where it was found that a dairyman, whose name Was given…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 1

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

The sales closed firm, with good competition…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 4

FOR week ending December 3, 1910: Wool.—The catalogues dealt with during the past week have been most attractive, and included many super…

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Argentina Wheat Yield. Buenos Ayres

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

It is estimated that the surplus of wheat for export from Argentina will amount to at least 3,000,000 tons. Some districts have yielded 37½ bushels to the hectare…

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Cattle Show at Islington the King's Successes. London, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

At the Islington Cattle Show, King George secured six first and three second prizes, and just missed securing the champion prize…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Unchanged. London, Dec. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

At the wool sales prices of the various caps mentioned were:—Beltana, highest 9½d, average, 8 1/4d; Karratha, 10½d, 10d; Tarella, 11d, 10d; Ngatapa Awheh, 10½d, 10 1/8d; Horopito,…

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