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Farming & the land, 1912

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., report:—The usual winter season quietness prevails, and while, the inquiry does not show any change in values, very little business can be transacted for want of…

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Dunerog Co-op Butter Factory, Ltd. REPORT

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

The output for May was 42ton 6cwt. 531bs. Ruling market rates 120s, for which suppliers have been paid 12[?]d per lb. for first…

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Dairy Farmers' Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

A meeting of the Dungog Branch of the D. F. Association was hold iu Centennial Hall on Friday evening last, present being Mr R. L…

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Farmers of Foresight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

"Several of the Tanners of foresight in Riverina have founded their fortunes on such rural experiences as are just now afflicting graziers and agriculturists over a…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 1

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent At[?] of 163 King-street, Sydney, and Quèn-street, Melbourne report that following applications for patents…

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Drought in Gundagai District. Sheep at Tenpence Each

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

From Gundagai comes an awful take of drought of sheep dying by thousand, shortage of water for domestic purpose, and ruin staring many sma? settlers in…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. Antwerp, June 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 5

There was a good attendance at the wool sales yesterday. Germans were especially keen buyers of merinos. which realised last auction's prices. Crossbreds were less in demand…

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Dairy Farmers Conference. Rural Workers' Claims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 4

Those engaged in darying in all parts of the coastal districts, assembled on Wednesday at the Grand Central Hotel, Sydney, for the second annual conference of the…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Hints on Good Silage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 7

Dairymen (says the "American Agriculturist") are frequently heard discussing such questions us rapid or slow filling of silo, use of water as silage is cut, proper…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 4

John bridge and Co., Ltd. report.—We have just passed through another quiet and off week, with prices practically unaltered as compared with lately reported rates. Very little will be doing…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 2

The A.M.L., and F. Co., Ltd., report: Sales of a few lines of passed-in wools have been arranged privately during the week, and transactions in skin wool are…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 6

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impractirable to the individual producer…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. a Farmer's Estate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 5

The estate of the late John Synott, farmer, of Goolmangar, Richmond River, has been valued for probate at £18,067…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 4

During the month of May the quantity of butter manufactured by the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., at Morpeth totalled 96,079lbs, and for the same…

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DAIRYING. Advancing the Industry. United Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

During the Royal Show week there was inaugurated in Sydney a movement that has for its object a union of breeders of all classes of dairy cattle…

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Pastoral. Silage. a Somewhat Rare Use

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 12

Clear evidence of the value of silage is offering at Cowra Experimental Farm just now. In common with other inland districts, Cowra district has suffered from the absence…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. Antwerp, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 5

The wool sales closed yesterday. Prices were unchanged. In all 9522 bales of La Plata wool were offered and 5313 bales were sold…

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Small Wool Clips. How to Market Them

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 12

The statement is often made that "it does not pay to class small farmers' clips." This argument is best answered by the man who practises careful preparation. He knows…

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Dairy Farmers Conference. Rural Workers' Claims

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 5

These engaged in dairying in all parts of the coastal districts, assembled on Wednesday at the Grand Central Hotel, Sydney, for the second annual conference of the…

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Singleton and Its Surroundings. Its Representative Graziers, Farmers, Dairymen, and Orchardists. Lucerndale. The Property of Alfred Collins

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 7

Doubtless, when the King of Brobdingnag laid down the axiom that he who caused two cars of Wheat or two blades of grass to grow where one only grew…

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