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Farming & the land, 1910

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Co-operative Dairy Conference. Regulation of Prices

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 8

A CONFERENCE of representatives of co-operative dairy factories was held on Tuesday at the premises of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy…

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Farm and Dairy. Bloat in Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 6

Mr. C. D. Strong, one of the dairy supervisors attached to the Department of Agriculture in Victoria, in the course of a lecture at Mildura on the "Common…

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Business Methods and Dairy Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 14

It would be useful to know what proportion of the' farmers who sell milk keep complete records of the yield of every cow. Of course it is largely done by pedigree…

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Dairy Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 6

Caring for the cows, gathering food for them, and the manufacture and sale of the product occupies the attention of the Hollanders to a degree difficult to understand…

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Very Latest Cables. Jewish Colonisation Scheme. Farming in Argentina. London, Friday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 5

T[?] wish Colonisation Association reports that [?] families settled by them in Argentina [?] 20,000. harvested cereals valued at 3,[?] dollars for the year…

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Farm and Field News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 14

The Queensland Department of Agriculture is initiating a system of testing cows for butter fat. The importation of sheep and cattle into…

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The Dairy Herds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 14

Too many dairyman are holding on to the low yiclding cows. to the deadheads of the herds. These ought not to be in the dairy herds at all. They charge unreasonable…

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Farm Horses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 14

Addressing himself to the question of farm horses at a recent mooting or the Kanunantoo branch of the South Australian". Farmer's Bureau, Mr. Hair made the subjoired…

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Tragedy at Rockhampton. Farmer Shoots His Wife

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 5

It was reported to the police, by telephone from Wyearbah. Queensland, on Wednesday, that a farmer at Busthiey had shot his wife, who was in a dying condition, and escaped into the…

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Tragedy at Rockhampton. Farmer Shoots His Wife and Attempts Suicide

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 1

It was reported to the Rockbampton (Q.) police on Wednesday afternoon, that a farmer at Bushley had shot his wife, who was in a dying condition, and…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 2

Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., report:—On Wednesday we offered a small catalogue, and included in it were a few early shorn clips. The market was very firm at late rates, with particularly good…

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Vegetable Fibre in Wool. Disheartening Response. London, Aug. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

The committee on vegetable fibre in wool ap[?] by the wool trade reports that the [?] prowers in Victoria. New Zealand, and [?] Mrica have responded to the request to…

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Irish Blight. Eleven Victorian Farms Affected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

Eleven farms in Victoria are affected with Irish blight. In order to give some friendly assistance to growers whose:farms have been quarantined, the Minister of…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 4

Prescott, Limited, report:—The supply of choicest has been hardly sufficient for requirements, at 112/, and supplies have been helped out by small importations from Brisbane. This is…

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The Butter Factory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

THE first half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Scone Co-operative Dairy Co. is convened for Monday next (5th September), at…

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Transaction in Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 5

In the Supreme Court, to-day, Henry Edwin McDonald and Jane Elizabeth Mary Miller commenced an action against Dalgety and Co., Limited, to recover £12,000 for alleged breach…

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Quality Ok Australian Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 6

A statement in Messrs. Weddel and [?] review" if the butter trade for 19[?] is of serious importance, and it [?] doubt, have considerable weight in [?]…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 4

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report:—At the wool sales held last week an unusually large at tendance of butter was in evidence, many new [?] being noticeable from the rostrum. In…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

The seven half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, limited, was held in the Morpeth School of Arts on Saturday…

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'Possum Farming

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 4

THE suggestion of Mr. Lee Scheuf that opossum forming is practical, and would yield handsome profits, is being discussed. A prominent pastoralist…

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