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Farming & the land, 1906

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Duties of a Dairy Inspector

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 5

The work of dairy inspectors as designed by the law and desired by the Michigan State Department of Agriculture is (writes E. A. Haven,…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 7

The old maxim that "tillage is manure," has are shown to be true at Cornell University [?] where experiments were made in that di[?] Some plots of potatoes were cultivated…

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Dairy Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

Attention is directed to the clearing-out sale advertised by Messrs. Carlton and Abbott of Dungog, to take place on Wednesday, 11th instant, at the resident of Mr. R. Berry, Glen…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4

The Australian Mortgage, Land & Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Denman Dairying Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

One of the leading promoters of the above company informs me that 900 shares have already been applied for and allotted in the business, and the taking of only one hundred more will be necessary for…

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Dairying at Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

The subdivision of the A. A. Company's estate at Gloucester has given a great impetus to dairying in that district. Victorian farmers from the Gippsland areas having been amongst the…

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Colonial Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 5

Members of the colonial butter trade of London conferred yesterday. The Agents-General for the Colonies watched the pro[?]s. The meeting decided to recommend…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

New South Wales has a narrow escape of heading the list of Australian wheat producing States. Victoria reaped the biggest crop, 23½ million…

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Store Cattle Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

Mr. J. Enright reports private sales during the week of 740 bead of young cattle (mostly dairy heifers), all of which are being trucked at Farley, for the North West and Darling Downs…

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Cattle for Sydney Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

The famous Local herd will be well represented at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show in Sydney, for this afternoon Mr. Frank Reynolds trucked four bulls five heifers and one cow. The cow…

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School for Sheep Shearers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

The supply of a sufficient number of competent shearers and wool classers means a great deal for our most valuable primary industry, and those who can become really skilled in these…

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Opening of Gloucester Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

The opening of the Avon and Gloucester Butter Factory on Wednesday last was celebrated by a basket pionic, attended by 300 or 400 people…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 4

THE weekly wool report of Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool, Grain, and Produce Brokers, Sydney, dated April 3rd, contains the following:…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 3

The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 31st March:—The usual monthly wool auctions were held during the past week, when a very excited market ruled, values, as compared…

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Farmer and Company Limited

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Farmer and Company Limited announce in our business columns that their Mr.E.G. Fletcher will visit Murrurundi on Wednesday and Thursday next,…

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The Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

The improvements of the dairy herds New Zealand by the process of wedding of unprofitable stock is a measure which [?] repeatedly been urged upon the farmers…

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The Farm and Garden Care of Machinery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 12

I have often heard farmers complain about the cost of tools (writes an American farmer), and I do not wonder that some of them think farm machinery is expensive. The…

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Dairy Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 12

Gentleness always pays, but especially with the young cow. If started kindly she will express her confidence in the pail. But it is a virtue to be gentle for gentleness sake…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 4

During last week 772 bales of wool were received at Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth, being an increase of 421. bales on the quantity received during the same week of last year…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 6

The rearing of calves is an important, item in the dairy farmer's procedure, and is a process which, to be properly carried out requires constant care and attention on the…

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