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Farming & the land, 1910

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Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 7

In the Jersey class[?] Herbert Fitzgerald's Maitland Pride justly took first place. This bull was calved in 1905, and was bred by A. Murray, Mt…

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Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 7

As elsewhere stated, the annual ex hibitions of the Sheepb: ceders' Association rob the Agricultural Show of much of its glory…

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Butter-fat Test

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 8

In the Royal Champion Butter-fat Test, prizes of £15, £10, and £5 were given for the cow, any breed, giving the best butter-fat results under the…

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Late by News Wire. the Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 5

The wholesale price of butter will be lowered by 2/ per cwt. from Monday next, making first grade 102/, and other qualities in proportion…

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Sunshine in the Dairy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

Since the introduction of the famous "L.K.G." Milking Machines what a great amount of drudgery and tedious work has been abolished in the dairy. We have sold…

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Farmers' Trophies

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 8

In this section there was a tremendous tussle between Prevost Bros., Mount Meruyla, Moss Vale, and Trevitt & Son, Peel, Bathurst. Their…

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My Australian Impressions. Money in Dairyfarming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 9

One of the most remarkable things about this in is the rapid development of new industry on the land. First of all came woolgrowing, then the discovery of gold, then the…

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Farm and Field News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 13

The Victorian Government has notified the Agent-General that it has made special prop[?] on irrigated areas for farm labourers [?] children…

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New Milking Machines. a Warning to Dairymen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 13

Milking Machines are becoming as plentiful as blackberries on a bush. The marvellous success of the "L.K.G." has raised quite a crop of imitating machines, all claiming superiority…

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The Strike, Labor, and the Farmer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 3

The Labor party expects to get sup port in the country districts, where it is busily campaigning. What was the object of the coal…

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Let Farmers Judge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 7

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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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 4

The returns of wool and wheat carried on the railways continue to be satisfactory. In respect to wool the carriages to the seaboard for the week ended on Saturday shows a total of 2152 bales, an…

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Ness Moisture in Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 5

Commissioners of Customs, at the cattle Police Court, prosecuted Messrs. [?] Kislingbury, butter salesman, for [?] by the P.M.S.m Omrah 33cwt, of…

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Wheat and Wool Returns

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

The total quantity of wheat that has been received in Sydney for the season now amounts to 3,092,333 bags, an increase over last year of 1,516,011. It is still…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 3

Schu[?]e, Bell, and Co., Ltd., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report:— Private advices as regards prospects for the ensuing series of sales opening in London on the…

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Alleged Larceny of Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 5

At the police court to-day David Tehan was committed for trial on a charge of stealing 19 bales fo wool valued at £300, the property of Ostermayer Derwez and Van…

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W. R. Co-operative M. and Butter Co

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

The third half-yearly meeting of this Company took place on Saturday afternoon last. The chairman of directors, Mr F. A. Hooke, occupied…

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Export Duty on Wheat and the Labor Socialists. What the Farmers and Settlers Can Expect from Socialistic Labor

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

Labor socialistic candidates in the country constituencies are making des perate efforts to explain away the pro posed export duty on wheat. The facts…

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Farm Produce Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 4

Competition was exceedingly brisk at the produce auction sales this morning. High prices were realised for all commodities, with the exception of pumpkins, which showed a decline of…

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