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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

928 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 47

Travelling Sheep

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 6

We have been banded for publication the following circular from the Chief Inspector of Stock, Tamworth: It has been noticed of late that…

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Bananas for Cattle

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 7

The use of the banana for any other purpose than that of human food would seem, in these days, when the fruit has become such a popular favorite, to…

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Wool Report

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 3

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, report on Thursday, 13th, We brought forward a catalogue of 3240 bales, which included several good…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 6

The A. M. L. and F. Co, Ltd., report:—Our third sale of the new-year was held to-day, (February 11), when a catalogue of 1969 bales was…

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Ben Lomond. Cutting Up New England's Finest Estate. Splendid Farming Lands

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 3

Splendidly situated, amid rich surroundings, a few miles from Guyra, and in the very heart of New England, are the park-like lands of Ben…

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Dairying in Russia

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 7

Siberia is the country which must sooner or later (writes an exchange) carry all before it as the cheapest butter-producer in the world. It is a…

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The Dairy. Dairying and Fertility

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 7

Any branch of farming which increases the general fertility of the farm land, while paying a living profit, is worth more than another which steadily…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article, [All Rights Reserved.] Farm Cattle

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 6

The sooner farmers who buy in their stock annually begin to pick up a few growing stores for wintering the better. At Michaelmas a good many sales…

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Butter Values

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

IT is an excellent sign of the stability of the butter marker that values at Home are maintaining such a high…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

MESSRS. SO[?]UTT, BELL and Co. report, under date February 18:—Cantion is still the predominant feature at the current sales. Competition has of late been general and fairly animated to a point,…

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Commercial News. Top Price for Wool

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

AT Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co.'s sale on Monday last New England wool made top price of the day with 13½d per lb. The wool was sold on account of Mr. J. B. Button, of Black…

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Correspondence. the Cattle Saleyards. to Tick Editors of the Armidai.k Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

Sirs,—The leading article in your issue of the 14th insfc. anent the above question is very opportune. When you say that the "almost…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday the market was without material change. Greasy reached 14¼d, and scoured 20½d…

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Wool and Wheat

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

Up to the end of last week 705,615 bates, of wool were received at Darling Harbor, being a decrease of 14,493 bales as compared with the receipts for the…

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Butter Export

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

Last week then were exported from Victoria 265 tons of butter…

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

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

Cantion is still the predominant feature at the current sales. Competition has of late been general and fairly animated to a point, but no one section of the trade appears to…

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The Producer. Dairying. Milking Coud

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 3

THE loss of milk log time owing to calaing is on an average, from six to right weeks. That leave, roughly, the usual 300 day and the length of the milking…

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Farm Laborers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

As the ploughing season will shortly commence, agriculturists, Bays an exchange, should be glad to learn that a number of farm hands are now on their way to…

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Farming. Thousands Sterling in Eggs

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 3

A NEw company is now being formed for the purpose of acquiring the patent rightS for the Commonwealth of "An Improved Egg Carrier, now owned by a New Zealand…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 7

A correspondent writes as follows to Sydney 'Telegraph' re feeding sheep on blackberry vincs. He says:—"In parts of New Zealand, farms that…

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