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Farming & the land, 1913

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Women Farmers in Canada

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 5

In the course of u paper on "Lund and the Woman In Canada" read on Tuesday, April S, 1.013, at a meeting or the Royal Colonial institute, London, Miss Binnie…

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Dairy Science School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. J. L. Trofle,. M.L.A.) has sanctioned the holding of another, science school, on, the lines of those previously held, from July 21. to August…

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Farm Workers' Strike. Opportunity Settled. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 5

Coincident with king George's industrial our ir Lancashire, the strike at Ormskirk of farm workers reported on june 27, which extended over a large area, has been settled…

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Seed for Flooded Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4

Councillor J. A. Niland, president of the Tarro. Shiro. Council, and a member of the executive committee, of the 'Maitland flood relief fund, has, written to the Minister of…

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Farmers and Settlers. Annual Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 8

Mr. Robert Patten, M.P.. presided over the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, which opened in Sydney on Monday. Nearly…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 1

Messrs. Griflith 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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A Missing Farmer. Murder Suspected

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4

As the result of a discovery made at Mathina (Tasmania), color is lent to the supposition that William James Mullins, a farmer, who has been…

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Farmers Deny Cruelty

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 3

Mr John Per[?]y, one of the vice-presidents of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, speaking at the conference at the Manchester Unity Hall, Sydney, alluded to state…

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Dairying Industry Problems

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 4

There are two matters connected with the expansion of our dairying industry to which our Government dairying authorities need to give special attention at the present time;…

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Farmers and Settlers. the Country Party. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 5

Debate on the motion to form a straight out country party was continued at tho Farmers and Settlers' Conference this morning An amendment to lounch a moderate…

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News by Telegraph. Sydney. Thursday afternoon. Price of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 5

Butter declined Sper cwt. at auction to-day. The rate is now 112/ pit cwt…

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Farmers and Settlers. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 5

The Fanners and Settlors Conference to-day decided to urge the Government before the next. State elections to amend tho Electoral Act, substituting preferential voting…

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Rural Workers and Farmers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 3

Speaking at the Farmers and Settlers Conference in Sydney on Monday, Mr J. Flannagan (Gunbar) stated that in the past they had fought against…

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The Country Party. Farmers' Vote. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 2

The Faremrs' conference, by 208 votes to 96, decided that in the opinion of the Conference the time has arrived when the Farmers and Settlers'…

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News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Stud Sheep Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 5

At the stud sheep sales to-day a ram, belonging to the estate of the late F.E. Body, of Trangie, realised 550 guineas…

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Farmers and 'Settlers.' Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 5

The Farmers and Settlers conference rejected the motton in favour of the amendment of the Electoral it compulsory for every elector to vote…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Bowthorne Co-operative Factory Limited reference was made to the honours gained by the society at the recent…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

At the stud sheep sales to-day two special stud rams from Bundemar realised 570 and 300 guineas respectively…

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A Big Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

Cattle buyers requiring good bullocks for fattening will be interested in an advertisement appearing in this issue announcing that Messrs Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Ltd.,…

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A Rise in Values for Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

Valces in the cattle section at Homebush last Monday gave no cause for complaint. Rates were a good 10/- better than at the previous day's sales…

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