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Farming & the land, 1910

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Australian Training Farms. Numerous Applicants. London, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 3

The training farms' committees has received :300 applications, and has already selected 150 respectable lads for despatch to New South Wales and Victoria…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 3

Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd., report:—On Tuesday we offered a catalogue of mostly medium wools, with a few fine spinning qualities, also some nice scoured parcels…

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Polish Farm House Tragedy. Revenge for Dismissal. London, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 5

A Russian deserter murdered a Polish farmer's wife and six children, with an axe. He then ransacked thee house, and stole four, pounds. When shown the photographs of his victims, he…

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Cattle Sale at Muswellbrook

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 4

Messrs Tindale and Co.'s sale of store cattle, previously advertised to take place at Muswellbrook on Tuesday, March 1st, will be held on Monday, March 7th,…

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Homebush Stock Sales. the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 2

68,000 sheep and lambs were forward. The demand was strong and values very firm at last days rates, and especially for primes, which sold readily…

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Queen Alexandra's Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 3

One of the most ohenming "bits" at Sandringham is the Queen's dairy, situated at the far end of the beautiful kitchen gardens. It is such a fascinating little place, built in…

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A Severe Hailstorm. Serious Damage to Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 4

The thunderstorm which broke over Maitland, on Friday afternoon, was particularly heavy in some of the outside districts, where a tremendous fall of hail was experienced, doing…

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Farming Implements

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 4

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent At torneys, of 163 Kingstreet, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 2

The haulage of wool over the railways is easing off, but the wheat figures are increasing. In respect to wool the carriage to the seaboard for the week ended on Saturday shows a total…

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Store Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

Attention is directed to an important sale of store cattle at the shire saleyards on Friday next at 2 o'clock. The auc tioneers are Messrs H. York and Sons,…

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Manchurian Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 5

[?] is supporting the protest of Russia [?]king against the interdict on the ex[?] of wheat from Manchuria…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 3

GOLDSBROUGH, MORT, & CO., REPORT. AT our sale last Thursday, we brought forward a catalogue of fine quality wools, including many lines in attractive…

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The Butter Factory. Satisfactory Output

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

THE output of the local Co-operative Dairy Co's Factory continues highly satisfactory. That for the fortnight ending 12th, was just on…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Old Fruit Trees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 6

To grub up all the old trees in a before young ones have been planted and have had time to come into bearing is an error that is sometimes made. The old…

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Topics of the Day. Capital for Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 3

It is essential that all who contemplate taking up land should seek the advice of practical men. So many theorists are crying "Go on the land" that it is necessary to sift the sound advice from…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

Trebeck, Son and Co. report:—The local sales show increased firmness, especially for irregular and faulty clips, good clips still selling at high prices…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports:—"At our sales yesterday competition was very keen for all classes of wool, and prices were very firm at best rates established…

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Dairymen Heavily Fined. Milk and Water. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 5

In the case of George Allent dairyman, charged at the Sydney Court to-day with selling adulterated milk, an analysis of the sample showed that there was 7.77 per cent,…

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Danish Butter Legislation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 3

The Danish Government has introduced a bill prohibiting the export of butter containing more than 16 per cent. of moisture…

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Butter Boxes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

The manufacturers of butter boxes in Sydney, having formed a trust and raised the price of boxes from 1/3d to 1/8 each, have a wakened…

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