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Farming & the land, 1910

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the State of the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 5

There is reason for satisfaction in the character of the weather which has prevailed during the past week, for though it has been hot and oppressive in most places it has enabled…

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Queensland Letter. Experimental Wheat-growing

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 11

The manager of the State farm at Roma concludes an informative and detailed report on wheat experiments at the Roma farm during the year by pointing out that Fife wheats…

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Hints to Producers. Dollar Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 5

Last week closed and this week opened, with a number of sales Of N.S.W Wheat (at country railway station) at 4s 0½d per bushel, or equal to 4s 4½d (on trucks, Sydney). Thus the…

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Romney Marsh Sheep. Value of the Crosses

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 8

The popularity of the Romney Marsh sheep on the coast has been all too slow. There are signs of a change. Many farmers who hardly ever saw a sheep until the great drought…

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Wool Arrivals. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 9

Arrivals of wool number 405,000 bales. Of these there have been forwarded 229,000 bales direct to the manufacturers, and there are available for the first[?]series…

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Pastoral the Golden Fleece. in Australia and Other Lands

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 8

It is interesting to reflect that in no country in the world is shearing conducted upon such up-to-date lines as in our own country. Here, with the aid of modern shearing machinery,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. City Yards. Pigs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 15

Tuesday: Nearly 900 pigs, consisting of all descriptions. were penned at the City Auction Yards today. the quality on the whole being fairly good. The usual buyers were in attendance, and operated well,…

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The Butter Market. "An Extraordinary Position." Mr. N. Herbert Throsby, manager of the Berrima

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 7

"An extraordinary position has been created in the butter trade of this State. First-grade, or choice, butter is in request by the buying representatives of English firms up to 98s per…

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The Soil Stock-owners' Emergencies. Horse and Cattle Diseases. How to Diagnose and Treat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 7

In a country in which live stock bulk so largely in rural life as is the case in this State, there is nothing; with which the man on the bind needs more to be equipped than the knowledge or…

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N.S.W. Grape Crop. Picking Operations Active. Table and Wine Samples

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 7

In a fortnight's time the New South Wales grape-picking operations will be fairly active in the Hunter River Valley vineyards. The prospects for the early…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Saleyards Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 4

In directing attention to the question of the sal[?]yards site, Mr. C. H. Barton, in a letter in these columns yesterday, writes opportun[?]ly. It is most signifi[?]ant of the…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 4

RAYMOND TERRACE.—During the month of December the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy Company manufactured 90 tons [?]wt of butter, for which suppliers of first quality…

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Mr. Hughes's Farm. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 10

Sir,—Will you kindly permit me to say that the statements alleged by Mr. Hughes's oppo nents concerning his farm are entirely exaggerated and misleading; in fact, deliberate…

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Rural Education. Colleges and College Farms

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 11

The question of agricultural education has received much attention of recent years. A good deal of progress has been made, but there is still much need for bringing…

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Dairying the Dairy Industry. Necessity of Adopting Improved Methods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 14

The January issue of the "Agricultural Gazette" contains an exhaustive article by Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan on the manufacture of butter. The expert has gone into the…

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Green Crops for Manure

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 10

Green manuring, or the ploughing under of green crops, is of more than recent origin. This method of maintaining and increasing the productiveness of the soil has been…

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Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 6

The eleventh report of the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, a copy of which has just come to hand, deals exclusively with the nature and action of copper fungicides. The…

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N.S.W. Crops of Grapes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 5

For some weeks the Sydney market (as is usual in late November, all December, and early January) has been in receipt of supplies of grapes from Queensland. The arrivals from…

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Butter for Bread. Four Farmers Fined

Evening News · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND. Thursday.—Four farmers at Bulwarra were at the Police court to-day fined [?] each and costs for supplying butter without having their premises registered…

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The Wheat Standard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 9

The f.a.q. standard for the current season's wheat crop is generally fixed by the Sydney Chamber of Commerce on or about January 20. The usual arrangements have been made for the fixing of this year's…

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