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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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Intercolonial News. Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

Harrison, Jones, and Davlin, Ltd. report:— We offered 4000 bales of wool at our sale to-day and cleared the bulk of catalogue. Good values…

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Wheat traffic delayed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 2

Is has been represented to the Premier that the wheat tra[?] is New South Wales is no heavy be the railway that the commissioners…

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Cattle Stealing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 2

William Henry Samp[?] ind[?] for having on 30th June 1900 at Coolsma[?] stolen one cow the property of Ah Lin pleaded gailty…

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Dairying in the Dalgety District. To the Editor, "Manaro Mercury."

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1901 · page 2

SIR,— Permit me through the medium of the "Mercury" to criticise the evidence of Mr. W. Willmott as reported in your issue of February…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Thursday. Sydney wool market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and M. Agency Co. report The wool market was to day. very brisk Prince for merino and crossbred…

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Free Trade for Farmers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

Where does the wheat Farmer come in with Wheat selling in Protected Victoria at a shilling a hushel less…

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Farm and Orchard. Original Articles. Honey Combs

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

LACE Paper Edgings for covering the imperfections about the outer edge of honey combs are much used in England…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Guinea Fowls for the Table

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 1

ONE cannot understand why more guinea fowls are not raised. They are excellent table fowls, possessing a true game flavour…

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Developing the Dairy Calf

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 1

The calf destined for the dairy should never be fed a ration which will make it put on fat. If the flesh-growing habit is acquired by the young growing animal…

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Sanitary Farming

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 9

A very [?]ble suggestion made by Mr. Henry Richmond, of Lyth [?] in a Manchester paper, deserves the [?] possible publicity (says Land and Wate) It is that…

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Wool sales in London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 2

At the wool sales on Friday evening there was strong competition, and Prices had a hardening tendency…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. the Jersey Cow

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 2

THE Jersey cow has a record of thirty one pounds—one and one- third ounce of better for seven consecutive days. This butter contained…

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Fire in a wool ship

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1901 · page 2

The Straathgryfe, a four-masted ship, with a cargo of wool, from Sydney to London has put into Port Chambers, a fine having…

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High Prices for Cattle

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 2

All qualities were represented in the 819 cattle which were yarded at Homebush on Monday. There were a few prime medium and light weights. The…

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Maffra Cattle Market

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 7

Messrs A. M'Lean and Co. report under date Mar[?] 15:—We yarded a large number of cattle at [?] to-day, but in consequence of not many being…

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The Bombala Co-Operative Dairying Co., Ltd

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting called for Thursday afternoon, fell through for want of a quorum. The adjourned meeting will be held on the 18th April…

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Maffra Cattle Market

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

Messrs A M'Lean and Co. report, under date March 22:—We yarded a large number of cattle at Maffra on Friday: only a moderate attendance of buyers…

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An Automobile Sheep Fold. Electricity

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 3

Of recent years nearly every town is provided with an electric generation plant, and frequently the wires are strung along country roads from town…

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The "Smoko" Sheep Shearing Machine

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 8

Not many years back the idea of shearing sheep by machinery was laughed at as a fanciful impossibility, but in this marvellous age of progress there seems to be almost us…

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M'Dougall's Non-Poisonous Sheep Dip

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 5

If there is one question more than another of interest to this State it is the improvement of our staple product—wool. To effect an increase of even a quarter of a pound in…

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