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Farming & the land, 1910

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Sale of Dairy Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1910 · page 4

Mr.J . H. Brunker, acting under instructions from he trustee estate of the late Mrs. J. W. Boag, succeeded in disposing of a dairy farm of 263 acres 12 roods 9 perches…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 4

The prolific season, as far as wool is concerned, is drawing to a close, but large consignments of wheat continue to come forward. In respect to wool the carriage to the seaboard for the week…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 7

Prescott, Limited, report:— After the holidays the market was very dull, and had it not been for the delay in the arrival of steamers from the North Coast in the latter part of…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · 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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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 7

Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd., report:—Wool: The week has been devoted chiefly to holiday making, and transactions in wool were consequently limited. Beyond the ordinary lines of local scoureds there is…

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Curious Fads and Fancies. a Millionaire Who Painted His Cattle Violet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 6

A certain old woman, residing in a fashionable quarter of London, employs a curious and somewhat embarrassing method of feeding the poor and hungry, When she…

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Intelligent Dairying

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 1

Mr D. A. M'Donell, of Candle Plains, on the Lower Manning, has one of the most extensive and up-to-date dairies in the district…

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Underbank. Farmers and Settlers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Underbank branch) was held at Underbank on March 25th, 1910. Present: Messrs…

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Out of the Farmers' Pocket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 2

There are many kinds of friendship. Every one has had experience of the person, who premises a request for a favor by explaining that he is his…

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German Butter Boycott

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 5

The German butter boycotters (consumers) are strongly urging the removal of the prohibition of the importation of Australian and New Zealand butter…

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Public School Immigration League. Farm Training Scheme. London, Tuesday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 5

Under the auspices of the Public School Immigration League, Dr. Gray, headmaster of Bradford College, has taken a dozen youths and is training them on a thousand acre ranch in…

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United States and Canada. Railway Wheat Traffic Contest. London, Wednesday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 3

The United Slates railways have reduced grain freights from Fort William, Ontario, to the sen with the object oF capturing the Canadian grain trade. The Grand Trunk line in Canada has also…

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Let Farmers Judge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 4

Let the land owners and land users, large and small—the stock raisers, farm ers, settlers of all classes ask themselves how can they expect fair treatment from…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, Ltd. REPORT

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 2

During the month of March we manufactured 34tons 10cwt 89lbs, for which suppliers were paid cheques amounting to £1725…

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The Farm and Dairy. the Breeding Sow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 6

Quantity is too eaten given preference to quality in farm stock. It is the farmer that pays best and is the most satisfactory. Besides applying to horses and…

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Land Available for Farming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 3

Perusal of official notifications at present appearing in the "Mercury" with regard to land available for farming in this district may prove of advantage to young farmers…

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Suggestions for Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 6

Keep a record of the [?] cow, so you will know when to calve, and then allow her to [?] weeks before calving…

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Farming in Palestine. Some Crude Methods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 7

Probably no people in the world work as hard for their dally bread as the peasants of Palestine. The preparations for next year's bread supply begins, says the…

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A Farm Dinner

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 4

An amusing reminiscence of the experiences of the King, when, as Prince of Wales, he hunted with the Pythcbley forty-six years ago has been recalled…

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Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 8

Butter exhibited at the rocent Show was, on the whole, satisfactory, and the general opinion was that the average was up to that of 1909. Butter made…

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