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Farming & the land, 1909

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date 19th August:—Quite a number of representative wools were placed upon the market this week, and…

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Commercial. Wool. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report:— The series of sales held on Tuesday and Wednesday last resulted most satisfactorily as regards good to superior quality wools, an…

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Sydney Wool Market. to the Wool Growers of New South Wales and Queensland

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 4

Dear Sirs, For some years past it has been manifest to the Broken that the absence of a Wool Selling Brokers' Association has is many respects operated most prejudically to those interested in the welfare of the wool trade. The…

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

The presence of poisonous weeds in gardens has been made apparent by the death of beasts in several localities. Besides those already reported, Mr…

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Farmers and Settlers of Mangrove District. New Branch Formed

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

A meeting was held at the residence of Mr. Pemberton, Mangrove Creek, on Saturday, afternoon, 14thAugust, with a view of forming a…

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Bell Sheep

The Worker · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 5

Dear Worker,—I would like to draw the attention of the shearers, especially the shed, reps, to the question of the "bell sheep," because it is one of the means of…

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Open Letter to the Delegates on Damp Wool Tests

The Worker · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 3

Fellow Workers,—I have just been from THE WORKER the result of the wet wool conference, between the A.W.U. delegates and the pastoralists, and…

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Cattle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 4

The cattle exhibits were decidedly superior to any brought forward at any previous show. This, it may be said, applied to all the classes…

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Sheep. Merinos

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 4

It has no doubt to be admitted that from the single standpoint of national prestige, the sheep exhibits at the Wagga Show suffered materially by the…

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A Butter Prize. (To the Editor "Wagga Advertiser.")

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 6

Sir,—I understand that it [?] has been the custom of the M.P.A. in past years to award a prize for fancy butter. Last year there were a goodly…

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The Wheat Market. a Fall of a Penny. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 2

A set back in the Melbourne, Adelaide, and London wheat markets was reflected in Sydney to-day, a fall of a half-penny to a penny a bushel taking…

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Dairy Produce

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 4

The dairy produce exhibits did not show any increase on former years, but the quality of the samples on view was equal to the highest standard yet…

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Farm Produce

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 4

From the agricultural point of view, the Show was fully up to the standard attained by these exhibitions. They have not, as a matter of fact, been…

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The Dairy. Siberian Butter

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

Siberian butter, In the opinion of "The Grocer." London, promises to exercise more Influence on the London butter market in the future than in the past…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 6

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:— At the auctions during the past week the offerings reached 12,781…

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A Record Wheat Harvest

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 8

Indications point to-the wheat harvest in in the Rivera district of N.S.W. being one of the best for many years past Rain has fallen just an most needed, the…

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The Markets Wool Reports

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report -under date 23rd August…

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The Markets Wool Reports

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 8

Messrs. Schure, Bell and Co., Ltd., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 16th August…

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Co- operative Butter Factory. Meeting of Directors

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the director -- four of whom Attended -- of the Tumberumba. Cooperative Batter factory was held on Saturday last, Mr…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Feeding Dairy Cows

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

In feeding dairy cows at this season it will have been noticed by dairymen that an increase of oil or fat in the food does not seem to have much effect…

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