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Farming & the land, 1906

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

DALGETY and Company. Limited, wool and produce brokers, report under date of April 17th :—The next series of "auctions will be held on the 23rd and…

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Wheat for Pigs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 5

There are one or two facts in connection with the feeding of pigs which most pig-breeders accept as general rules First, a young, growing pig requires…

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Denman Butter Factory. (To the Editor of the Chronicle.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—Within the near future it is the intention of the Provisional Directors of Denman Dairy Co-operative Co. to call a meeting. At this meeting it must be decided what…

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Farm and Field. Care of Farm Machines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 5

Now that the harvest is over, the present is a most opportune time for saying a word or two about taking proper care of the machines used during the harvest…

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Feeding the Dairy Cow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 5

The actual solution of the question in money as to whether or not extra feeding pays can be soon ascertained by comparing the quantity of milk…

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Candle Estate Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

On Wednesday next at the School of Arts, Cundletown, Mr Alex, Perrett, auctioneer, will offer for sale a number of farms in the Candle Estate sub-division, comprising about…

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Dairy Management

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 6

The feature of the conference of dairy factory managers which closed in Sydney this week was the absence of antagonism on the part of delegates representative of the many…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 4

During last week 1262 bales of wool were received it Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth, being an increase of 901 bales on the amount received during the same period last year. The receipts for…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 6

The "Michigan Farmer" considers that there is no better grain ration for young, growing pigs than wheat middlings, The pigs like it, and it contains the food…

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Cleanliness in Dairy Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 4

Those who are most successful and deservedly so in dairy farming, are the people who are willing to take trouble to attain to excellence of production. They will justly complain…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 4

Encouraged by the success of the summer school for teachers, the Minister for Agriculture has decided upon running a winter school for farmers for one month,…

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German Army Stud Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 7

'At Trakehnen, in Eastern Prussia, ten miles from the Russian border, is the Government Stud Farm, founded in the eighteenth century by Frederick the Great. It…

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A New Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 2

IN another column we give a a description of the method adopted for the production of dry milk powder in factories in New Zealand, Denmark and in various places on the…

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Letter to the Editor. Winter School for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 3

Sir,—In your leader of 25th instant you suggest that teachers who attended the summer school would perhaps recommend their neighbouring farmers to strive to enter the…

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Cattle Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Milking Shorthorn Cattle Association of New South Wales was held during show week in Sydney at the Royal Chambers, Hunter-street,…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

IN their weekly wool report dated April 24th, Dalgety and Co, Ltd., wool, grain and produce broke: Sydney, write:—The April series of sales…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

Messrs. S[?]hute, Bell, and Co. report:—At the auction sales of wool held this week brisk competition prevailed, mid although, offerings were necessarily limited at this…

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Local and General News. Cattle Creek Settlement Leases

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 2

Those interested in the Cattle Creek Settlement Leases, which were taken up in January, 1905, will be pleased lo learn that after a delay of about 15 months,…

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The Farm and Garden. the Dairying Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 6

Our Stanhope correspondent writies:— Ranking foremost as the most successful means of obtaining a livelihood in this division of the Commonwealth is our…

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Immigrant Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

In connection with the matter of finding situations for immigrants desirous of settling upon the land Mr. H. C. L. Anderson, director of the Intelligence Department, has forwarded a circular letter to the…

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