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Farming & the land, 1908

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Wool Record

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 4

Anderson Bros., of Fremantle, near Bathnret, hare just completed shear ing 85,000 sheep, the wool from which valued £46,000, which…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell, & Co's. Ltd. Report

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 30th Dec As at present arranged the Melbourne selling houses have decided to re-open sales…

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Dairying

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

THE farmer talks in the same sense that money talks—for he has the attention of the whole world. THE breeder of to-day who succeeds must…

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The Producer. Farming. Curieg Hay

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

SUN-DRYING bay is not curing it at all. To curt bay so that it will retain its highest feeding value, it should be taken out of the sunlight as soon as possible, and put into…

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Fodder Crops

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

HE cultivation of fodder crops to increase the stocking capacity of wheat land, and ensure quick maturity of export lambs, is a practice which is receiving a good deal of…

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Experimental Farm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

MR. HENN-GENNYS, manager, invites farmers and others interested to visit the Glen Innes Experimental Farm on Friday afternoon, at 8 o'clock, chiefly to inspect the…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes. Farming Without Capital

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 6

Mr. Alex Davis, of Woodlands, Gilmore, who won the second prize in the "Herald" and "Mail" elopes and plains farms competition this year,…

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The Age of Cattle

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 6

The specification adopted in [?] tion with the great in[?]rnational th[?] at Chicago for [?] the age of cattle by their [?] is as follows. and is…

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The Wheat Market

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 6

Messrs. Lindley Walker and Co., Sydney, report that the year is closing with the wheat market once store in very, unsettled condition…

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Coming Wool Sales

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 6

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date of 2nd inst., that the absence of actual transactions has characterised the past…

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Commercial News. Wool Reports

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6

SCHUTE, BELL A Co., report under data 30th December:—An at present arranged the Melbourne selling houses have decided to re-open sales on the 13th January,…

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Farm Competition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. C. J. BRITTEN, of Woodhouse, Tamworth, has been awarded first prize in the "Herald," and "Mail" farm competition for the northern tablelands division, while…

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Farming as a Gamble

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

A WELLINGTON (N.S.W.) farmer considers that farming is a pure gamble, as one year a man might have a splendid crop, while the next all his belongings might be lost…

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Dairy Cattle Disease

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

MAMATIS, the dread of the dairy farmer, has broken out among the herds of Wairarapa, N.Z. There appears to be very little success following the efforts of the vet, and…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell, & Co's. Ltd. Report

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 8th Jan. The reduction in the Bank of England rate from 7 per cent to 6 per cent last week has…

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New England Farming

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

THE following report, contributed by Mr. R. H. Gennys to the "Agricultural Gazette," for the month of January, will be of interest to many of our readers:…

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Farming UTILISING [?]

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

THERE are good indication [?] will, in the near future take a [?] position as a stock fodder. Some highly interesting experiments have been lately made,…

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Dairying

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

THE loss of fat from hand-skimming will pay for a separator in a surprisingly short time, through butter saved from the skim [?] and through reduction in cost of…

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Farm Competitions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

THE "Sydney Mail" and "S.M. Herald" farm competitions in connection with the Northern Tableland Division have been decided. The judge, after exhaustive…

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