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Farming & the land, 1911

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Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 2

The eighth half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, was convened to be held at the Morpeth School of Arts on Saturday…

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The Mormons As Sheep Breeders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 3

According to the American "Sheep Breeder," the Mormon interest in sheep is a great one. When the pionoors entered Salt Lake Valley and for many years, so say…

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The Butter Factory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 2

WE give elsewhere, a gist of the proceedings of the half-yearly meeting of the Scone Co-operative Dairy Co. The position which the…

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Williams River Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 2

The half yearly meeting of the W. R. Co-op. M. and B. Co., was held in Centennial hall on Saturday last. There were present: Mr. GG. A…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—A fair selection was submitted by us on Wednesday last, a number of clips showing attractive condition well above the average. Competition was keen and…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 2

THE A.M.L. and F Co., Ltd report: Our catalogue last week comprised 2371 bales, of which 1725 were sold at auction. The offerings in the grease included a…

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Commercial Intelligence. the Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

Prescott, Limited, report:—The reduction in price to 88s for first grade butter has brought along a number of orders from South Africa, Adelaide, and Western Ausiralia, which have been a…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 6

In no part of the Upper Hunter has the dairying industry made greater headway than at Denman, where the rich grazing country has been worked chiefly on the…

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Scone Co-Operative Dairy Company. Adjourned Half-yearly Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 2

THE adjourned second half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the above, was held at the School of Arts yesterday afternoon, when…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 1

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

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Commercial. Sale of Neotsfield Dairy Herd

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 3

Grainger and Falkiner's, Ltd., Report. On Friday last we held a very successful dispersal sale, on account of Mr R. H. Dangar, of his well-known dairy herd at…

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Team Colliders with Cart. a Dairyman Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 3

A Serious collsion at St. Peters (Sydney) on Friday night between a tram and a springcart caused the death of one man and Injuries to two cthors, James…

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Sheep Stealer's Salutary Sentence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 5

Thomas Ryan, a grazier, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude at the Bathurst Sessions to-day for sheep stealing. His Honor said he had never known a worse case of the…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 1

FOR week ending.February 25, 1910: Wool—Some nice lines of fine spinning wools from New England were included in the catalogues…

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Wheat Afloat

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 4

London, Tuesday.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,380,000 quarters, and for the Continent a. 2,095,000 quarters. The shipments of…

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Wheat for London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 5

The steamer Clan Ferguson left to-day for London with 78,071 bags of wheat, being one of the largest cargoes on record…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 5

The third series of wool sales will be limited to 160,000 bales, but the remaining sales will be unlimited…

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Local and General News. Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory will be held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon, 18th instant, at 2 o'clock,…

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Sheep Stealing. a Grazier Receives Four Years. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 2

At the Batiurst Sessions to-day Thomas Ryan, a grazier, was found guilty of stealing 40 sheep, and was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. The…

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