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Farming & the land, 1910

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Wheat Lumpers' Strike

The Worker · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 20

Dear Worker, In reference, to a paragraph that appeared in THE WORKER three weeksago re "Wheat Lumpers' Strike at Yarrawbnga,"…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 2

The market in Sydney for wheat continues dull. The shortage of trucks in several of the New South Wales wheat areas is still a source of great…

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King at Cattle Show. Many Prizes for His Majesty’s Cattle and Sheep

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

Once more his Majesty has been one of the most successful exhibitors at the annual Cattle Show of the Smithfield Club, held at the…

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Pure Butter

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

The question of pure butter is being widely discussed in agricultural circles In Great Britain. At a recent meeting of the Bucks Chamber of Agriculture,…

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Farm and Field. Remarkable Butter Yield

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

A most remarkable account of butter production from a Jersey cow is being published in the American papers, to which a few references may be…

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Under-Weight Butter

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

Reports form London stated that the weights of Victorian butter are not be satisfactory on arrival in England as are the consignments from New Zealand…

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New Butter Making Process

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

A committee of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, has just made public its report on the Taylor process for butter-making. It is recommended that Mr…

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Millet Makes More Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

In the west it has been noticed that better crops of wheat can be grown, first, after millet cut for hay: and, second, after millet buried as a green…

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Dees salt Increase Weight of Butter?

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

It is generally taken for granted thai when on ounce of salt is added to a pound of butter the weight of the salted butter is an ounce more than before the…

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A Plague of Baboons. They Ate the Crops in Nigeria So Fast That Natives Gave Up Farming

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

In many parts of Nigeria, and especially among the hill regions of the northern provinces, baboons are. one of the greatest plagues to the…

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Dairying on Costly Land

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

Why is dairying in Holland prosperous in spite of her high-priced lands, high taxes and other high costs of production? (asks a farmer in the "New York…

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Dairy Salt

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

A good sample, of dairy salt contains 67.5 to 99.5 per cent, of sodium chloride: the balance consists of such Impurities as lime, 'calcium chloride, and magnesium…

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The Farmers Column. Frightening Horses From Fire

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

A peculiar idea has been evolved for assisting to get horses out of a burning stable. It has been noted that a horse will refuse to leave a…

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Ration for Dairy Cows

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

On the supposition that one has enough of silage to feed, say, 40 pounds , per day per cow, the best meal complement, or at least a very suitable…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (COPYRIGHT.) (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.) How to Test Seed Corn

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

I have tried a number of different methods for testing seed corn, but the most convenient and satisfactory thai I have found is a shallow box…

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Dairymen Unite. Co-operative Butter Works for Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 7

Dairymen of the Wagga district met at the Pastoral Hotel on Thursday morning to consider the advisability of forming themselves into a…

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The World's Wheat Supplies

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 4

According to Beerbohm's list the world's wheat production just harvested, including Argentine and Australia, reached the record total of…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 4

The close of this week is witnessing good inquiry in Sydney for wheat for February delivery, but contracts by farmers for immediate delivery are in…

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Farmers' Fair

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 2

The annual fair arranged by the farmers of Wagga and district will, this year, take place on Wednesday nest, at the Oddfellows' Hall. Everything…

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Co-operative Dairying. Company to Be Formed in Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 2

At the instance of Mr. M. M'Grath a meeting of dairymen was convened on Thursday last in Wagga to consider the question of co-operation. Twenty-five…

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