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Farming & the land, 1912

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Farm Bacon. Method of Curing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 6

In a recent issue of the "Irish Farmers' Gazette" the method of curing bacon on the farm is given. The carcase, it is stated, is thoroughly scraped…

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Education in Agriculture. Vacancies for Apprentices on Government Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 12

Commencing from the 1st February, the Department of Agricultural will have its scheme of training farm apprentices in full going order…

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A Payable Wheat Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 6

Regarding the number of inches or rain needed for the production of a payable deep, some valuable lessons have been learned during the past season (reports the…

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Cattle Sale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., will offer a very fine lot of store cattle at the shire yards, Singleton, on Wednesday next, including 200 head for the Chapman Estate,…

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Tuberculous Dairy Herds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 6

In a paper read recently by Professor Stewart, Professor of Veterinary Science, Sydney University, before the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science,…

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Dairymen and Tuberculosis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 6

In addition to the benefit derived from official activity, one must, recognise the fact that the dairying industry has made rapid progress of recent, years, and many astute…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

Hill, Clark and Co, Ltd., report under date 22nd March:—Auction sales will be held in Sydney during three days of next week, our sale…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

THE Australian Mortgage, la[?]d and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, mor[?] and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…

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Topics of the Day. Wheat Block in Canada

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 7

New South Wales is not the only country which is suffering from the inability of the transit authorities to shift agricultural produce as it is delivered to them by the…

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Amended Local Government Bill. a Farmer's Friend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Major Nicholson, member for Maitland, in regard to the Amended Local Government Bill, said:—I should like to know whether the Minister…

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Sale of Farms and Allotments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

At their rooms, Church-street, to-morrow, (Wednesday), at noon, Messrs. Swan, Murray, and Hain, will offer at auction, on account of Mr. Wm. Lowry, two first-class agricultural…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 1

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

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The Cattle Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 3

At the sale of store cattle conducted here yesterday by Higgens, Parkinson and Co., good prices were again realised. Wednesday…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report.—At our sale to-day there was good competition on Continental account, prices Knowing no material…

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CATTLE-DRIVlNG NUISANCE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 3

The Cattle-driving in the streets of the municipality, it would seem, is likely to be a perennial and constant source of danger. Quite a long while ago negotiations…

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Farm Cured Bacon. the Cumberland Style

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 7

Writing on the subject of farm-cured Cumberland hams and bacon, a correspondent of the "Farmer and Stockbreeder" gives the following directions. "One is safe…

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Are Sheep and Pigs "Cattle?"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 8

A New South Wales Court has decided that sheep and pigs come under the heading of cattle. Tim decision was given at Bourke the…

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Scottish White Cattle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 6

Lanarkshire has the distinction of possessing in the white cattle which inhabit the old forest park of Cadzow Castle, at Hamilton, the only animals of the race now existing in Scotland…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and M. Agency Co. Ltd., report by wire.—At our sale yesterday, good competition prevailed on continental account, but prices showed…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

Hill, (Bark and Co., Ltd., report: After an interval of five weeks. auction sales were resumed in Sydney on Thursday last, when we submitted a catalogue of 1458 bales. The greasy section…

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