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Farming & the land, 1910

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Dairying with Pure Stock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 9

Mr. E. J. Turner, Dairy Superviser in the official journal of the Victorian Department of Agriculture and Stock, writes:—Of the farms in the Fern Tree Gully Shire…

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Working Hours on the Farm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 9

The labour problem, is always with us. Many have solved it more or less to their satisfaction. With others, it seems almost incapable of solution. No one thing tends…

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Dry Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 9

C. W. Hendricks in the "American Agriculturist" writes:—One might use the following terms in classifying the different systems of dry farming: Crop annually a system where there is a…

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An Essential in Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 9

The first essential in the economical production of food for the cow is a fertile soil. The man who farms successfully and skilfully in dairy farming will always have…

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Motive Power on the Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 2

The internal combustion, or O[?] Engine as it is generally termed, is most favourably regarded by the progressive farmer as it makes him practically…

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Dairy Exports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 November 1910 · page 3

The dairy exports of Canada exported for the fiscal year increased by £252,000…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 4

Prescott Limited, report:—Local sales have been brisk at 96s, and export buyers are rather keen on operating at the same figure. Seconds and thirds are not selling freely, and the bulk of this class is…

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Two Crops a Year Wheat. Reported Remarkable Discovery

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 4

FEW of the world's wonders are more wonderful than a wheatsheaf I have been shown to-day—if all that has been claimed for it be true (says a…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 2

At John Bridge and Co.'s sale yesterday :— WTB, Scone, 24 bales at 12¼d angle JB conjoined, Scone, 7 at 10d. At Pitt, Son, and Badgery's sale last…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Limited, report:—The market is without alteration on quotations of last week, the improvement reported on good wools being maintained, while faulty…

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What a Dairy Farm Can Produce

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 1

Yet another Instance, of a small area keeping a family in comfort: this time in comes from an ex-Taranaki (N.z.) dairyman. Mr Tinkler. Mr Tinkler held [?]…

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Worth Dairyman's Notice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 4

In his monthly report Mr. A. E. Sweane[?] manager of the Inverc[?]l Co-operative Butter Co., refers to the herd testing work of the factory, "We have tested," he says, 122…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 4

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

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An Impounding Cattle Case

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 4

At Tamworth, on November 17, William Walker sued Sidney Perfrement for driving an animal from his land without giving notice…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 4

Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd., report:—On Monday we submitted a catalogue of 2808 bales coming from most portions of the State, and had a good sale. The market if practically unaltered…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 4

John Bridge & Company, Ltd., report that on Monday last they submitted a catalogue of 5002 bales, which comprised a number of medium and useful to good clips, but nothing of…

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Wool Sales Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 5

The opening of the fifth series of wool sales was postponed owing to fog…

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Treatment of Farm Hands

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 4

Members of the Scottish body of Commissioners who recently toured the State showed on more than one occasion they had their eyes open, and…

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Standard of Butter Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 3

What is your standard of butter, production? This question was asked a farmer recently who has the reputation of being quite a dairyman, and his reply was:—"I…

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Wool Sales Postponed. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 2

The wool sales have been postponed owing to a heavy fog…

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