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Farming & the land, 1910

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Coonamble Experiment Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 13

Mr. Valder, chief inspector for the agricultural department, paid a visit to Coonamble last week, his mission being to pick a site for the proposed…

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Farming Literature

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 11

Doodlckine (W.A.).—I have now forwarded to you the seven pamphlets about which you wrote me, namely:—"Farmers' Bulletin" on "Conference of Poultry Farmers"; government…

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Eight Hours on Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 3

Replying in the Temora "Star" to a letter from Mr. Marshall regarding the eighthours system on farms, an ex-farmer writes :—I fail to see how it…

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General Review of the Markets Produce Sales. Farm. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 12

Wheat.—The market is a little easier, millers having secured sufficient for their requirements for the time being, and as after the excitement in…

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DAIRY. C. J. Turner

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 12

The egg market is still in an unsetled state, and prices vary considerably. New-laid hen eggs ranged from 14½d, to 15½d., duck eggs 13½d, to…

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The Railways and the Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 5

The Molong municipal council has decided to write to the railway commissioners, drawing their attention to the shortage of hands at the…

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Floods in the North= Wist. Tamworth in Danger. Farms Inundated

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

TAMWORTH, Friday.—The Peel River rose rapidly at Tamworth last night, and other watercourses also contained flood waters. Great anxiety was felt by business people…

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Settling Canada. A1d for Farmers

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—Mr. Peterson, manager of the Canadian-Pacific Irrigation and Colonisation Company, in a pauper tread before the Royal Colonial institute, described the…

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Farmer's Fashions & Facts. the Summer Bonus Sale

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 13

It is difficult for a man to understand the significance, to a woman of a Summer Bonus Sale," or a winter one either. There is a heap of difference in the habits and thoughts of…

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The Dairy PIG-RAISING

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. James Barnes further discusses the mating of Large Yorkshire boars with pure or half-ored Berkshire sows, and the mating of the resultant sows…

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Dairy Inspection

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

The report of the Health In[?] of New South Wales for the year [?] touches, among other things, upon dairy inspection. It says the inspection of…

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Victorian Dairying

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

The exports of butter from Victoria this season show a big increase over those for the corresponding Period of last. Naturally, for then the drought…

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Eugowra Dairying Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

EUGOWRA.—The dairying industry of this district has, unfortunately, almost collapsed, the principal reason being due to the apathy of the da[?]ry farmer in not providing fodder…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Road Trains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

The successful trial in Queensland of the Renard road train is a matter of very general interest. The transportation question is always a vital one in any country ot great…

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Ready-made Farms. for Canadian Settlers. London, Thursday, 4.50 p.m

The Star · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 1

Before the Colonial Institute last night Mr. Peterson, manager of the Canadian Pacific Irrigation and Colonisation Co., read a paper on the company's project of ready-made…

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London Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 15

Foley Brothers, Ltd., report the following London cable giving the official butter quotations for this week;£New South Wales, Queensland, and Victorian: Finest salted 106/ to 108/. finest unsalted 108/ to…

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Record Wheat Loading

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 13

Mr. W. W. Hutton, wheat manager for the South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Union, chatting with a representative of "The Daily Telegraph" yesterday, stated that be believed…

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Wheat Vessels Despatched

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 14

The French barque Eugene Schneider, laden with 37,170 bags of wheat, was towed to sea by the tug Champion yesterday afternoon, bound for Falmouth. The steamer Kish left port last night for Las Palmas,…

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London Wool Imports

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

The list of imports of wool into London to the consignment of banks and financial institutions during 1909 shows some substantial difference in quantities, as compared with the…

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Wheat Destroyed by Fire. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 14

A fire occurred on J. Sermon's estate, at york, buring 600 bags of wheat in less than half an hour. Over 60 men saved Hammersley and Burge's estate, of over 5000 aeres, and…

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