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Farming & the land, 1908

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 4

At Sydney Wool Sales yesterday, best descriptions met with good competition, at late rates, other sorts being irregular, with a lower tendency…

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Sydney Wool Sales. By Wire.—Tuesday Night

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 4

Messrs. Winchoombe, Carson, and Co. held their wool sale to-day, selling good grtasy to 11¼d, and sooureds to 21¼d. Good to superior wools were firm, but others were…

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Sydney Wool Market

Guyra Argus · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 6

The A. M. L. and F. Co. Ltd., Sydney, report as follows:—This Company's usual weekly auctions was held on Wednesday, 19th inst., 1,608…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & Co. report soiling on Tuesday good greasy to 11[?]d, scoured to 21[?]d. Good to superior wools were firm; others again weaker…

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The Cultivation of Wheat

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 2

COMPARED with the agricultural areas on the flat country, New England, as a wheat…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 4

A [?] catalogue was submitted at the wool sales yesterday, but one half of theclips were withdrawn. Medium and inferior wools were weaker…

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Farmers' Telephones

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 2

THE residents of Red Range should bestir themselves in the matter of securing telephonic…

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Experimental Farm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 2

MR. W. J. ALLEN the Government fruit expert, paid a visit to the Experimental Farm on Wednesday. During the course of a chat with the representative of the EXAMI[?], Mr. Allen…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 4

The wool market yesterday was very depressed, many parcels being unsaleable, except at considerably reduced prices. Greasy reached 11d,…

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Technical Education — Lecture on Sheep and Wool

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 6

Mr. A. HAWKESWORTH, lecturer on sheep and wool at the Sydney Technical College, delivered a most interesting and instructive lecture on…

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The Producer. Dairying. Washed Butter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

THE Kansas State Agricultural College last year conducted a number of interesting experiments to ascertain the effects of bacteria in the water used for washing the butter,…

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The Cattle King

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

Australia's mammoth cattle herd is that running on the Victoria River Station, Northern Territory, 320 miles south of Port Darwin. It numbers…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

MESSRS. WINCHCOMER, CARRON, and Co., Ltd., report:—The general appearance of the catalogam us indicative of the near approach of the end of the season. Many unskirted parcels, mostly from the…

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

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

At our sale on Tuesday last competition was animated throughout, occasional lots of good quality realising an advance of 14d per lb. .as compared with prices current during…

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Farming. a Winter Fodder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

THE growth of rye as a fodder crop is not carried on to any great extent in Australia, and yet it has much to recommend it. There are several varieties of rye, and experience…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes. the Rabbits

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 7

The crop and flock farmers of New South Wales who are so keenly interested in the prosecution of the Danyez experiments to their legitimate…

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Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

At yesterday's ward [?] of was difficut to [?] anything expert [?] [?] [?] There was no [?] ment in the [?] General [?]…

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Wool Sales

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd.; submitted on Tuesday a catalogue of 3148 bales which included some very good lines in both the greasy and…

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The Dairy

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 7

Mr T. L. Haecker, of the Minnesota Agricultural College, U.S.A., is a firm believer in the "special purpose" dairy cow. In his opinion, any other kind of…

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Farm and Field. Concrete Floors

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 7

No substance is so suitable for floors for farm buildings as concrete. It can be easily kept clean, and is free from all smells likely to be troublesome on…

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