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Farming & the land, 1910

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 8

Schute. Bell, and Co., Limited, report:—The most encouraging feature of recent sales has been the re-entry of United States operators into the field of competition. Although as yet their…

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Big Sale at Store Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

During this week Messrs H. York and Son, auetioneers, sold privately 615 head of store bullocks and steers to Mess is Frost and Siggs, of – Goulburn…

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Farm & Dairy. Home Cheese Marking

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 2

Get a bottle of rennet tablets for 23 cents anil a dairy thermometer. Strain sweet milk into any sort of a vessel that will hold the desired quantity. One…

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The Dairy. Ripening of Cream. the Use of Starters. Instructive Hints

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 5

Ripe or partly-soured cream has been found to yield butter with a better flavor and having better keeping qualities, with less loss in churning, than…

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Freetrade with Britain. Canadian Farmers Demand. Vancouver. Dec. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 5

The farmers of Western Canada, at a meeting at Ottawa, adopted resolutions demanding freetrade with the United States in all horticultural, agricultural, and…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1910 · page 2

At the West Maitland Police Court, to-day, Leonard Charles Dodds was charged with having on or about the month of May, 1909, stolen one yellow and white heifer, the…

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Our Sydney Letter. Sheep and Wheat

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 2

THE Government want to see more land occupied by men, and lees by sheep. So spoke Mr. Griffith at the opening of the Peak Hill…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 4

Prescott, Ltd., report:—During the week sales have been good. This is due to the extra Christmas demand, and there has also been a substantial order on the market for Vancouver. London buyers have…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 2

Mr J. L. Tretle, Honorary Minister for Agriculture, stated to-day that the sum of £14,22[?] was still due to the Government for seed wheat. During the…

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Sheep and Wool. Modernising the Methods of Handling. Establishment of Classes In Singleton

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 3

The Headmaster of the Singleton Superior Public School (Mr J. Dunlop) has received the following letter from the Superintendent of the Sydney Technical…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 4

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

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 4

Treback, Son, and Co, Sydney, report:—Last sales of the year have been held, and the market has been very even throughout. Good free wools sell readily while for burry, seedy and short stapled…

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COMMERCIAL. Sydney Wool Market. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 2

Having sold on Monday 6000 bales, which included—Thomas Armstrong, Murrumbateman, 12½d; John Murphy, Blandford, 12¼d; George Manuel, Yarrowyck, 12d; Thomas…

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Breeding Cattle for Milk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 7

One of the difficulties with which dairy farmers have to contend in [?] for milk is the selection of suitable animals for the perpetuation of their herd. To rear…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Quantity and Quality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 7

The result of a very painstaking study is given by Professor James Wilson in a paper published in the report of the scientific proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. The…

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Dairy Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 7

Where cheese is made from mixed milk, the night's milk should be filtered as soon as it is drawn from the cow. After this it is cooled to about 60deg. Fahr., in…

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The Years Oat Crop. Official Estimate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 3

The Government Statistician (Mr. J. B. Trivott) has furnished the following particulars respecting the area under oats, together with an estimate of the probable…

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A Peasant Farmers' Country

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 4

Denmark is a prosperous little country, ruled by peasant farmers, ninety per cent, of whom own their old holdings. The farms are small. but worked like gardens. The State…

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The Dairy. Preservatives in Milk. Effects Produced

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 5

In a recent issue of the British "Farmer and Stockbreeder" an expert writes:—"Everyone knows that the use of preservatives is to prevent…

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Stud Cattle for Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 5

The New South Wales Government is shipping 23 stud bulls and cows, mostly milking strains, by the P. and O. steamer Pera…

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