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Farming & the land, 1910

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Denmark a Vast Dairy Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 5

Having paid a visit to Denmerly Mr, Christopher Turner, a well-known landowner in Lincolnshire, residing at Panton Hall, near Wragby, has just been giving his…

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Farm & Dairy. Swiss Cows

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

It is worthy of note that milch cows are usually imported from Switzerland into Southern Italy, and that they are of large size, excellent milkers, and…

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Money in Wheat. a Man with Nothing Makes £400 in Six Months

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 3

Last year a young man arrived in the Trundle district without any plant or capital, and went share farming. The owner of- the land found…

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Mixed Farming. New Zealand Example. a Profitable Return

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

Mr W. Adams, of the Pukckohe district, 30 miles from Auckland, New Zealand, has obtained a return in one year of L1136 from 136 acres of ground…

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Farmyard Manure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 7

Farmyard dung has always been highly esteemed and not without reason, for it is met only the most complete of all manures, containing all that is necessary for plant…

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What Dairymen Should Know

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 7

The cost of producing a gallon of milk. The cost of producing a pound of butter fat. The cost of feeding a cow one year…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 7

The maize crop in the Clarence district his season is the most promising the district has known for many years. It has been found in Tasmania that…

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The Dairy Bull

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

The bull at the head of the herd should not only be pure bred, but 'should be a good pure-bred.The time has gone by foe paying high prices for animals…

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More Immigrants. Budding "Boss Farmers."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 3

There were 297 assisted immigrants on the R.M.S. Osterley,' which arrived at Melbourne on Thursday, 40 being for Victoria, 48 for New South Wales, and 209…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 3

Messrs Griftith and hassel, Patent Attorneys or 163 Kins-street, Sydney, and a Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Wool and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 2

The wool receipts, at Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Morpeth for last week totalled 3953 bales, mid the season's returns numbered 749,828 bales. The week's wheat…

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London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 3

An the sales which closed on Friday there were catalogued 178,282 bales. of which 8000 were sold to home buyers, 81,000 to the Continent, 14,000 to…

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The Butter Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

Prescott, Limited, report:—The price of choicest butter was advanced to 103/ on Thursday. This is in sympathy with the Melbourne and Brisbane market. As far as we can judge…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—Last week we offered a catalogue of 2223 bales, of which a good clearance was effected, 2103 bales were sold at auction. The selection which…

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Irish Prelate's Pastoral. a Political Alliance Denounced. London, Monday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

Dr. O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick, in a pastoral, condemns the alliance of Irish members of the House of Commons with english parties, especially in view of the education…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Small Milking Plants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

The suitability of milking machines for large dairies has been successfully proved by leading dairymen in various parts of teo State ; but the practicability of the…

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Denmark a Vast Dairy Farm

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

HAVING paid a visit to Denmark, Mr Christopher Turnor, a well-known landowner in Lincolnshire, residing at Panton Hall, near Wragby, has, just…

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Breeding and Feeding for Dairy Type

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

At a meeting of Vermont dairy farmers Mr. Mr. E. F. M'Sparran, of Pennsvlvania discussed the question of breeding and feeding for the dairy type Quoting from the…

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Dairy Cow Foods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

Professor R. Harcourt, in a lecture before the Dairymen's Association of Western Ontario, said foods that are fed in an immature stale are liable to considerable variation…

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