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Farming & the land, 1910

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French Farming. Big Bullocks at Paris Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 4

English farmers would both scoff and wonder at the animals which win champion honors at the French National Show. The champions are picked out…

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Farm and Field

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 11

During the week ended May 25, 25 new settlers took up 29,962 acres as original holdings, while 12,961 acres were acqurred of additional holdings…

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Dry Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 11

Professor Severance, of the Washington Agricultural College, says that "with 10in. of rainfall per annum a saving of one-half the precipitation for 12 months would…

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How to Improve the Dairy Herd

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 11

Professor J. W. Sanborne, addressing the [?] Association of Dairymen, said, as re[?] in the "Country Gentleman":—"In the [?] of breeding we are without fixed laws; like…

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Does Your Dairy Pay?

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 3

Have you considered the importance of Knowing the profit derived from each individual cow in your dairy? The cost of feeding a profitable cow is no greater…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 2

Last week 1007 bales of wool are received at the depots at Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Newcastle, being an increase of 487 bales on the number for the corresponding week last year…

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Breaking Up Cattle Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 3

Mr.A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, replying in the House of Commons, said that the Government did not desire to interfere with the press in its advocacy of breaking up grass…

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Canadian Wheat Acreage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 3

The acreage under wheat in Canada amounts to 9,295,000 acres, an increase of 154,400 acres over 1959…

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Threatened Wool Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 3

The situation regarding the threatened strike of wool-workers in Yorkshire became more hopeful after the conference between representatives of the labour department of…

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The Next Potato Crop. Providing for Clean Seed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 3

Owing to the fact that Tasmania is only reported to be putting half the area under crop this season that was cultivated last session it is expected that there will be a stimulus in the…

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Butter Trade Prosecution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 5

The case brought by the Agents-General for New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, for selling inferior re-packed butter in New South Wales boxes had been…

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Poisoning of Cattle. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 2

In connection with. the poisoning of Is bead of valuable cattle, a man named Donald Reed has been arrested, and charged with polsoning the…

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The Fox. Will He Kill Sheep and Lambs?

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 4

As the question of the depredations of the fox is being much discussed by the local P.P. Board and others just now, we republish portions of an…

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A Patriotic Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 4

The Minister of Defence yesterday received the following letter from a New South Wales settler, who signed himself "Pioneer Farmer".—"I am a farmer, with 600 acres river frontage to the Peel…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 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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Do Foxes Kill Sheep?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 4

At the last meeting, of the Upper Hunter, P P Board, held at Scone, reference was made to the much dis cussed question whether or not foxes…

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Sale of Dairy Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 4

Messrs. Carr Bros, yesterday conducted a successful clearing-out sale of dairy stock at Allandale, consisting of Mr. W. T. Badgery's No. 4 Dairy. The herd consisted of 127 cows,…

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[?] Educational Gifts. Recluse Farmer London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 5

[?] Rankin, a farmer, living al [?] cluse at St. Louis, U.S.A. who [?] given £30,000 to a college has [?]£600,000 to endow a trades…

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A Patriotic Farmer. Assistance Towards Defence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 1

The Minister for Defence on Monday received the following letter from a New South Wales settler, who signed himself "Pioneer Farmer":-"I am a farmer,…

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The Dairy. Salting Butter. Different Methods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 4

An English dairy expert, in a recent issue of the "Farm and Stockbreeder," deals with the question of salting butter…

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