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Farming & the land, 1910

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Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Winter School for Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 6

THE Winter School for Farmers at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College is to commence on the 20th June next, and intending students are reminded that…

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The Next Potato Crop. Providing for Clean Seed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 7

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

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Requirements of the Dairy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 7

Whether it be an "Alfa-Laval" Cream Separator, or an "L-K-G" Milk ing Machine, a Steam Engine and Boiler or an Oil Engine whether it be a Steam…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 2

Last week 1298 bales of wool were received at Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Newcastle depots, being 393 more than for the same week last year. The season's receipts to date number…

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Wool and Wheat

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

Last week 1298 bales of wool were re ceived at the Darling Harbour, Mcrpeth and Newcastle depots, being. 393 more than for the same week last year. The…

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London Butter-selling Frauds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 5

In the case brought by the Agents-General of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland against the Copman Bors, for selling inferior butter packed in New South Wales butter boxes,…

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Commercial. the Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 7

Prescott, Limited, report:—The improvement which was noticeable last week did not continue, and this week's market has not been very brisk. Quotations for choicest remain unaltered at 114/. sold from 98/ to 106/ in preference to placing them in cold storage. The inter-state demand has been limited to West Australia, as Victoria and South Australia have not been drawing to any…

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Wool-workers' Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 5

Wool-workers in the Huddersfield district, by a vote of four to one, have confirmed the tentative agreement with the masters…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 7

Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd., repot:— Since the auction sales last week, when good clearances wer made, the market has settled down to the usual quiet of the off…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—Pending the next auction sales at present fixed for the 18th, 19th, and 20th prox., very little business is likely to transpire in greasy wool. Judging, however…

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The Farm and Dairy. Pedigree and Individuality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 3

Pedigree is the recognised record of ancestry; a history of the parents and ancestors (writes Professor F. C. Minkler in the American Agriculturist"). The worst scrub of…

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Sanitation and Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Agricultural Society, Mr. John Frew, County Inspector, Bathgate, read a aper on "SAnitation and Dairying,"…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 4

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

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Rail Carriage of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 4

The annual meeting of butler factory managers not only tends to improvements in the methods of manufacture through the interchange of ideas on the part of experts, who wisely recognise…

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Prickly Pear. Pest That May Prove a Blessing. Turning It Into Cattle Food Interesting Experiment at Moree

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 1

During the next few days experiments with regard to prickly pear will be carried out at Moree, which should prove of the greatest interest to all…

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Dairying Industry. Factory Managers in Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 3

The fifth annual conferences of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers' and Secretaries' Association was opened in Sydney on Monday. There was a fairly large…

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Cleanliness in Dairying

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 4

The Under-Secretary of Agriculture in an address to the dairy conference in Sydney, dwelt upon three points the department aimed at in connection with the dairying industry. Mr. Anderson…

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Pigs on the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 4

Speaking at the conference of dairy managers in Sydney on Tuesday, the Minister of Agriculture said: "It was astounding that almost apathy exists regarding…

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Chicago Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 5

A further advance in the price of wheat has taken place in Chicago…

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Dairy Conference. The Improvement in Cream. Paper by Mr J. Searl, of Singleton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 4

The members of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Asso ciation of New South Wales met at Syd ney on Monday for the fifth annual…

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