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Farming & the land, 1909

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Dairying

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 8

THE annual general meeting of shareholders of the Barrengarry Dairy Company was held on Tuesday. The balance-sheet showed the butter…

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The Farmer Feeds Them All

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

The politician talks and talks, The actor plays his part, The soldier glitters on parade, The goldsmith plies his art…

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Immigrant Farm Workers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

THE early part of this year has started very briskly so far an immigration matters are concerned. Large numbers of specially selected young men have…

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Wheat Selection

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 13

Mr. E. G. M. Gibson, Science Master at the Longerenong (Victoria). Agricultural College, writes as follows in the official journal:…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 5

Antwerp wool sales opened on Friday [?] bales were offered and 3914 [?] Merinos advanced from 5 to 10 [?] and crossbred from 10 to 15…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—The soiling season is closing strongly, competition continuing animated for all descriptions, especially when the fact that the bulk of the…

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Farm & Dairy. Potato Growing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 7

Some potato growing experiments carried out on the Leeds (England) Unwera Farm, deal with the prevention of seab, and possibilities of manuring…

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New Milking Machines. Warning to Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury, Singleton Argus

On all sides one hears of the wonderful success of the improved "LKG" Machine, and as is the case with all successful patents, a crop of weak…

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Immigrant Farm Workers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 4

The early part of this year has started very briskly so fur as Immigration matters are concerned. Large numbers of specially-selected young men have…

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The Farmer Feeds Them All

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 4

The politician talks and talks, The actor plays his part, The soldier glitters on parade, The goldsmith plies his art…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes. Lucerne for Pigs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 13

The man who desires to make this cheapest pork and produces hogs that shall be in the best possible state of health and vigour must include alfalfa (lucerne) in his calculation. This is the…

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Dairy Notes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 7

Stock of all kinds get more nourishment front their food if supplied with variety. Animals kept in good condition are…

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Wheat and Wool Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1909 · page 2

During last week the Railway Department carried 94,384 bags of wheat to the seaboard, bringing the total for the season up to 1,363,691 bags. As compared with last year, these figures show increases of…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 7

Prescott, Limited, report:-Batter: The market on Saturday was very firm at 96s, and for a few lots of really choice quality 98s was obtained for Western Australia…

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Notes for Farm and Dairy. Milk in the Desert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 3

The cows of arid Mexico are thin, scrawny wiry animals, which subsist on sparse, dry herbage, and little water, most of the year round. Occasionally they get…

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Sale of Pastoral Propetit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 6

Trebeck, Son and Co. report:—states enquiry for large grazing properties [?] case, still there are buyers not yet supplied £10,000 to £10,000 to 20,000 purchases. With…

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Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 5

The wool sales opened with brisk competition, prices showing about 5 per cent. advance…

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