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Farming & the land, 1910

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 8

Prescott, Limited, report:—The local demand last week has been heavier than usual on account of Christmas, and selling agents had difficulty in supplying their orders on account of the erratic…

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Commercial. the Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

Prescott, Limited, report:— Outside local business there has been very little doing in the market this week on account of the holidays which have evidently interfered with…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd., report:—A fair inquiry exists, and sales, where made, have been on a satisfactory basis, which promises well for the New Year…

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"Tip" in Wool. Its Value to Wool Growers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 3

The value of a good "tip" is well-known to every wool grower. A nice "tip" prevents dust and other deleterious matter penetrating into the…

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Big Shipment of Butter. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 6

The Morea leaves Sydney to-mor row for London, and takes a large cargo, including 14,000 boxes of butter…

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Farm & Dairy. Keep Farm Accounts

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 7

It may be well believed that no other business in which men engage is conducted with no little attention to the accepted rules of business man agement as is the average farm. In these days…

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Indian Cotton Crop. Remarkable Returns. London, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 5

Remarkable prosperity is attending Indian cotton cultivators. Already 10,000 bales have been shipped to the United States, and there is prospect of a larger…

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English Farmer Robbed of £1000. Adventure in London Theatre

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 7

London detectives have been busy investigating the circumstances of an extraordinary robbery. Mr. Walter Smith, a bluff, hearty…

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Visit to Hawkesbury College. Letters to a Farmer. Viii

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 13

Dear Old Bak-blox Bill,—For the eighth and hint time, so far as my recent visit to the H.A.C. is concerned, I take up my pen to write to you of impressions gained during my day at…

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Best Dairy Breeds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 11

A correspondent asks a contemporary what is the best breed of dairy cattle? The answer is, there is no best breed that is, there is no breed that is best in all…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 11

Prolific hay and wheat crops have been harvested in the Morriwadistrict. Up to date 17 large estates have been resumed for closer settlement at a cost of…

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Looking After the Farmer. The Experimental Plots

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 1

The system of farmers' experiment plots is proving one of the most popular and useful innovations of the Depart ment of Agriculture. A special point…

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Farm and Dairy Notes Comfort of the Cow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 2

The health of the cow, quality, and quantity of the milk, and the profit of the owner, depend on proper milkng A noise rough attendant will not produce good…

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Latest Commercial. Farm Produce Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 2

Sixty-eight truckloads of produce were submitted this morning, and 27 were paused in unsold. The usual buyers were in attendance, and competition was fairly keen. Chaff formed the major…

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Facts for Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 2

You doubtless have made some mistakes; you wouldn't be human if you hadn't. You will doubtless make a few more this year, for that, too. is human; but don't make the same mistake…

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The Local Butter Factory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

The first fortnightly pay in con­nection with the Scone Co-operative Dairy Company was made to-day, and amounted to ,£634 16s, to 66 suppliers. Tho largest cheque was £U odd. Tho returns for tho first consign­ment of butter eent awav shows…

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The Wool Clip

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 1

Latest advices from Sydney are to the effect that on and after Monday next, the 10th just, the wool sales will be resumed, present indications…

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No Cattle Sales at Homebush. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

There were no cattle sales at Homebush to-day…

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The Clip and the Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

There has been a big rush of wool and wheat to Darling Harbour since the resumption of the goods traffic on the railways. The wool carried for the week which ended on Saturday…

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The New Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

A farming export of South Australia, who took one of the press representatives from the old country, who came out with the delegates to the Congress of Chambers of Commerce, to…

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