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Farming & the land, 1907

1,409 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 71

Denman Co-Operative Dairy Company. Opening of New Factory

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 2

MONDAY last may be described as a red letter day in the quiet little village of Denman. On that day the above named company opened its new factory,…

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Denman Dairy Company. Denman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 6

The Denman Co-operative Company's Butter Factory, described in your last week's columns, was opened this afternoon in the presence of a large assemblage of ladies and…

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The Dairy, New Test for Moisture in Butter

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 6

Among the many things of interest presented before butter-makers at the recent meeting of the Iowa State Dairy Association, recently held at Cedar Rapids…

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The Farmers' Page. Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

The output at the above factory for the fortnight ending June 1st was 9 tons 17cwt 80lbs. of butter, suppliers being paid 9 1/2d per lb…

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Kidman, the Cattle King

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

Sid Kidman, the cattle king of Australia, is a man of medium height, dark complexioned, now tinged with grey, 51 years of age…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 6

The importance of good milk on the farm cannot be over-estimated. When dairymen are producing milk for the city trade they are more or loss compelled, either by inspectors or…

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Farm and Field. Nitrogen from the Air

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 6

Speaking at a recent conference of farmers held In Canada, Professor Saunders of the Canadian Department of Agri­culture, referred to recent experiments…

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Farm Pars

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

Nestles, the people who make a lot of condensed milk in England and Norway purpose establishing a factory in New South Wales, their…

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Dairying on the North Coast

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

It is surprising to note that while dairying in this State, and particularly on the north coast, is going ahead by leaps and bounds, the…

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Farm and Field. Experiments with Potatoes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 4

Some instructive experiments with potatoes have been carried out this season by Mr L. Watson, of Clareville, New Zealand. The conditions were similar in…

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Australian Pastoral Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 5

The Australian Pastoral Company has [?] to write down its ordinary capital ([?] by 85 per cent. and combine both [?] shares, ordinary and preference, into one…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 10

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. Report:—Keen competition prevailed for all descriptions of greasy wool at the Brisbane sales held last week at about the Parity of prices lately current in this centre. For…

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The Farm and Dairy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 14

According to an article in the "Chemical Trade Journal," the reason of the failure of the proposal to inoculate the soil with the nitrifying bacteria of the nodules of…

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Farm and Field. Exne[?]ments with Potatoes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

Some instructive experiments with potatoes hare been carried out this season by Mr L. Watson, of Clareville, New Zealand. The conditions were similar in…

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The Farm and Garden. Potato Cultivation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 12

In the course of a paper on "Potato Cultivation and Planting," read at a meeting of the Kingston (S.A.) Farmers' Bureau, Mr. M'Culloch said, as reported in the…

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Denman Dairy Company. Denman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 11

The Denman Co-operative Company's Butter Factory, described in your last week's columns, was opened this afternoon in the presence of a large assemblage of ladies and…

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Butter Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 3

[?] Houlder-Shire line is prepared to carry [?] on the same conditions and in the [?] class of ships as the White Star line, [?] Thompson and Co., (Aberdeen line…

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Leconfield Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 2

A meeting is announced to be held in the School of Arts at Branxton on Thursday afternoon next at 2 o'clock for the purpose of considering proposals and suggestions…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…

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Improvident Farmers. Director of Agriculture's Comments

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

"There can be no doubt about it, our farmers are too improvident," said Mr Campbell, Director of Agriculture, to a press representative. "They are far…

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