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Farming & the land, 1923

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Cattle Industry. Some Startling Disclosures. No Buyers at 5/- a Head. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 4

Mr. Syd. Peacock, writing from Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, throws a vivid searchlight on the position of the cattle Industry in…

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Variations in Cream Tests. Useful Information for Dairymen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 1

Why does the lest of the cream vary when the same cows and feed are being used and the separator is set to skim the same richness of…

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Friesian Cattle a Valuable Coosignment

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 8

From New Zealand to Australia there has been shipped a valuable consignment of 16 stud Friesian cattle. It includes the famous sire Woodcrest from…

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Stud Sheep. Sales in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 9

The highest price for the week at the stud sheep sales in Sydney was realised on the 6th inst., for a special Boonoke stud ram, purchased by…

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Wheat Prospects. Record Yields Expected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners, who have been on a tour of the Western districts of New South Wales, have returned to Sydney…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 12

At the wool sales to-day the best Queensland greasy combing merinos sold for 32d; Adelaide scoured merinos for 51 [?]d, and Western…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 3

Good condoned New Zealand greasy merinos were firm at to-day's sales. The offerings of Bawra and free wools comprised 11,600 bales…

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Prince of Wales. Visit to Canadian Farm. London, July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 5

The Prince of Wales will sall, in the first week of September, for Canada, and will return in October, says the London "Daily Mail." He will…

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Dairying Industry. Co-operative Enterprise. Educational Movement Among Producers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 4

It is claimed by advocates of co-operation that one of the fundamental differences between the proprietary system and the genuine broad-vistoned co-operative movement is that the latter always gives prominence to educational work among producers as one of its functions. It aims at increasing…

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Dairying. Bacteria in Milk. Methods of CONTROl

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 8

Bacteria, the microscopic forras of plant life which, if uncontrolled, so depreciate the dairy farmer, may enter milk in several…

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For the Farm Garden. How to Make a Hotbed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 8

A hotbed consists of a shallow framework, provided with a removable glass cover and with artificial heat in the shape of a thick carpet…

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Farming by Electric Light Successfully Tried at Dubbo

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1923 · page 3

Another remarkable example of the great utility of electricity has recently been afforded at the Guorie and Murrumbidgere stations in the Dubbo…

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Animal Rejuvenating. Applied to Sheep. London, July 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1923 · page 5

The "Times" Paris correspondent states that the reluvenation of animals through Veroneff's grafting process will be the subject of…

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Wheat Surplus. Decreased Purchasing Power. London, July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1923 · page 5

America's vital interest in Europe's economic recovery was emphasised to-day in the Federal Commission's report on Europe's…

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Trucking of Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 1

Mr. W. Cameron, M.L.A., has received a letter from the secretary to the Railway Commissioners as follows: "With reference to your call…

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Fighting the Drought. How Sheep Were Saved Dubbo

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 4

That stockwners of the west have by their piuck and perseverance saved many thousands of sheep and prevented a great loss to…

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The Future of Wool. Optimism Verses Pessimism

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Despite the fact that Continental exchanges have fluctuated further from par, France and…

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Ex-Sconeite in Queensland Cotton Growing and the Cattle Slump

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 4

Mr. H. F. C. (Harry) Brecht, formerly of "Dampton," Scone, and a member of one of our best known families, writes of his experiences…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Small Sheep Penning (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 2

At Homebush to-day 3540 cattle were yarded. The market was unaltered. Best beef made to 52/ per 100 lbs, second 45/, inferior 40/. Bullocks…

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Test Case. Cessnock Police Court, Claim for Advances on Butter, Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 5

Mr. A. R. Perry, relieving magistrate, occupied the bench at the Cessnock police court to-day. There were no police prosecutions…

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