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Farming & the land, 1912

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., report:—On Monday we offered a catalogue of 2,406 bales, the bulk of which came from the north-western and western districts, but Southern New England was also…

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Grading Wheat. Australia's Milling Capacity. Sydney. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 5

Thomas Wise, a Riverina miller, giving evidence before the Victorian Commission, which is inquiring into the handling of wheat, explained that he had studied…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 2

Hill, Clark and Co. report under date 25th lnst:—On Monday we offered a catalogue of 240C balos, the bulk of which came from the…

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New South Wales Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 5

New South Wales wool is attracting attention at the Hudderfield Exhibition. The Mayor of Huddersfield in opening the exhibition, described the New South Wales…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 2

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming and…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 1

JOHN BRIDGE AND Co., LTD.,REPORT: For our sixth sale of the season we brought forward on Thursday, the 24th instant, a full catalogue of 4866…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 1

FOR week ending October 26, 1912:—Wool —Large and attractive cata logues have been dealt with in the Sydney market during the past week,…

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Fruit Famine in Sydney. Citrus Crop Fails

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 5

It is 20 years since fruit was as scarce in Sydney as it is to-day. The Bathurst-street Exchange resembles more an empty case store than a fruit market. The stalls are…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report:—No sales ave been held by any of the brokers in Sydney this week. Business has, therefore, been rather quiet owing to the…

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Our Sydney Letter. The Wheat Harvest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 2

The prospects of the wheat harvest are not quite so dismal as they were. Light rains have fallen over a comparatively large area, and it is…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 6

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

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Dungog and its Surroundings. Its Representative Men. Its Representative Graziers, Farmers, Dairymen, Orchardists, Etc. Its Picturesque Spots. and Its Industries and Trades Robert Finlay Graham, J.P. and BELLEVUE

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 10

In adverting to the failure or success in life of those who at some time or other had come to the surface and been brought into contact…

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Found Hanging From a Beam. Rosebrook Farmer's Tragic End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 5

Consternation was created at Rosebrook yesterday afternoon, when it became known that the body of James A. Jarvis, a well-known farmer of the locality, had been found…

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Pastoral. Lice-infested Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 12

"While visiting many flocks in the State lately. I have noticed a large number of lice-infested sheep," said the sheep and woll export recently, and he added that in many…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 1

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON LTD REPORT: Owing In the intervention of the Brisbane wool sales no auctions will be held in Sydney this week…

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PASTORAL. Our Natural Pastures. [?]Ful Information Gathered

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 7

The appeal recently made by the [?]mie Botanist of the Department, information regarding the natural [?]ne gra?es of tlic State, brought a…

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Marketing of Butter. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Empire Trade Commission Mr. Norton of the South Australian Agency advocated an evener distribution of Australian produce by means…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tre[?], Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiment of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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The Dairy. Farm-cured Bacon. Strength of Brine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 4

The dry-curing of farm bacon was referred to recently. The Tasmanian pig-expert (Mr R. J. Terry), in the pamphlet qnoted from, further states…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agriculture. Cultivated and Neglected Fallows. Some Victorian Results

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 7

Experiment conducted by officers of The Victorian Department of Agriculure, last summer, and reported in the "Journal" for September, furnish direct…

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