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Farming & the land, 1910

1,512 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 76

Colic in Farm Horses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 6

Whenever a house has an attack of colic remember it was causes by either watering excessive drinking following extreme thirst standing in a draught and…

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Scone Co-Operative Dairy Company. Special Meeting. All Cream to Be Taken

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

A LARGELY-ATTENDED special meeting of the shareholders of the local Co-Operative Dairy Co. was held this afternoon, at the School of…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 4

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 3

Schute Bell and Co., Ltd., report:— The London sales have closed with animation and all factors seem to point to continuance of a buovant market. Arrivals in…

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Commercial. the Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 3

Trebeck. Son, and Co. report:—The London auction wool sales last week closed with a strong demand for good sorts 5 per cent above opening rates. No local sales will be held before the first…

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Wool Stealing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 8

WHEN David Tehan came up for sentence at the Darlinghurst Sessions on Friday last for stealing 19 bales of wool from the Co-operative Wool…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Good Old Seed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 7

[?]F.J. Baker, A.R.C.Sc., F.R.H.S., a [?] for many years of the Scientific [?] of the Royal Agricultural So-[?] recently read an interesting paper…

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A Veritable Poultry Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 5

"If there is one thing which fetches me out of bed in the morning quicker than another it is the savoury smell of frying bacon floating up the stairs," said one of…

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Scone Co-Operative Dairy Company. Special General Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 2

A SPECIAL general meeting of the shareholders of the above was held at the School of Arts (upper room) on Tuesday afternoon last, for the…

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French Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 11

Professor Henry E. Alvard, of the United States Department of Agriculture, has been making inquiries with regard to French dairy cattle. He finds that France…

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A Clever Sheep Dog

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 3

A shepherd once, to prove the quickness of his dog, which was lying before the fire in the house where he and a friend were" talking, said to the latter in the…

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How to Tell the Age of Cattle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 11

At 12 months an animal should have all its milk (calf) incisors in place. Fifteen months.—At the age the central pair of incisors (milk teeth) may be replaced by a pair…

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Our Butter Export Trade. Review of the Assistant Comptroller-general's Report. The Protection of a Great Industry. (Written for the "Singleton Argus.") Part Ii. the Use of Preservatives

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 7

Under the Commerce Act Regulations not more than 0.5 per cent, of boric acid is permitted to be used in the manufac ture of butter for export…

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The Farm and the Body

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 2

There is a wonderful similarity in the processes of Nature. The highest productivity of a farm and the highest capacity of the body are attained by nourishment, cleanliness,…

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Farmers' Winter School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 4

The winter school for farmers at the Hawkwshury Agricultural College is to commence on June 20 net, and intending students are reminded Unit applications close on the 31st inst. The…

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The Farmers of Dundalk. Irish Land Purchase

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Mr. Charles E. Hands writing from Dundalk to the London "Daily Mail" says :— I must point out that the story I am about to tell must not be regarded as…

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King Edward's Rural Life Farmer and Stock-breeder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 14

It is probable that if King Edward had been able to follow his own inclinations, the life he would have mapped out for himself would have been that of a farmer. The importance of the…

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Farm and Field News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 11

Owing to the drought in the country there is every probability of a shortage of chaff and other produce. Produce merchants forecast some big prices in chaff during the next few days if…

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Dairy Shorthorn

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 11

According to the report of the Dairy Shorthorn (Coates' Herd Book) Association good progress is being made in pushing to the front the type of Shorthorn which the…

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