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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

928 stories in New England's papers · page 26 of 47

Famine Prices for Butter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—There has been another advance in the butter market to 180s. per cwt., or about 1s. 7[?]d. per 1b. wholesale. This is the highest price since August, 1902…

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The Value of Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 1

Large stock-owners, horse-breeders especially, have long since more or less widely recognised the value of sheep at pasture improves. Horses…

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Wool and Mutton

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 4

Despite the great slump which has occurred during the past few months in wool values, it is pleasing to realise that the fall in prices was only…

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Big Deal in Fat Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 4

Perhaps one of the largest sales of fat sheep over made in Australia in one lime, is reported by Elder, Smith, and Co. Limited. This company,…

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Wool Sales. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

At the wool sales closing prices were mostly identical with the closing prices of the May series, the only exception being in the case of medium to good…

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Almost a Butter Famine. Another Big Advance. Record Sydney Prices

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 3

Owing to the great scarcity of butter in New South Wales, and to the interstate buying orders in Sydney (especially from Melbourne to Hobart), a Sydney agent on…

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Cablegrams. [Through Our Cable Representatives] The Wool Sales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. — At the London wool sales the closing prices were mostly identical with the closing prices of the May series, the only exceptions being in the…

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The "Spud" Crop

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

Potatoes going to market—team and drayloads going along the roads every day…

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District Intelligence. Mount Mitohell. Farming Operations

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

The rain will facilitate farming operations, which are now in full swing…

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Farmers and Settlers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 7

The Farmers' parliament continued its sittings on Thursday, when some important matters affecting "the man on the land" were discussed and…

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Federated Farmers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

At the Com[?] of Farmers and Settlers in Sydney on Saturday Mr. J. Perky Sault with the necessity for a Federated Farmers and Wethers…

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Farmers and Settlers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 4

Mr. Balird (Red Range) moved,—"That a referendum of all the branches of the Farmers and Settlers Association be taken as to the…

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Farmers' Allegations

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—At the conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association on Saturday one speaker argued that there were loop holes in the Western Lands Act for…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 7

One day last week a cow belonging to Mr. T. Blanch, of Swan Bay, gave birth to triplets—two bull calves and a heifer. The heifer calf was slightly…

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Wheat Elevators

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference has passed a resolution in faver of the Government taking immediate steps to inaugurate the…

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The Price of Butter

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

It is believed that the present extraordinary high price of butter will continue till the end of the present month…

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Strange Disease in Sheep

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 3

Messrs. Bouse Brothers, of Biraganbli: station are experiencing bad luck with their sheep, especially the stnd ewes. A few days ago, a…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 6

The fifteenth annual Conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was opened at Sydney on Tuesday. Armidale was represented by Mr…

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Emmaville. Pastoral Prospects

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 4

It is many years since the outlook from a farming and pastoral polst of view, was as promising as at the present time…

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Stud Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 4

Mr. J. Pottle, M.R.C.B.S., Sydney, writes:—"There is this year a terrible lowering in the price of stud rams. Money is Plentiful, and grass…

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