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Farming & the land, 1910

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Pastoral Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Mr. John Roberts, of Dunedin, N.Z., on his recent visit to Scotland, bought two Aberdeen Angus bulls for Gladbrobk station. It is authoritatively stated that English and…

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Roscommon Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. W. W. Killen, of Merribee, and owner of other station properties in New South Wales, has imported seven Roscommon sheep from Ireland. The consignment consists of one ram…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Wheat Crop. Inverell Impressions. Xvi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 7

The Inverell country looked very attractive about the end of the year. Good summer country it was covered with a green tinge, and formed a pleasant contrast with the bulk…

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Wild British Cattle

The Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 4

The wild cattle of Britain have become one of the curiosities of the bovine race in the country, says London "Farm and Home." There are only very few herds of…

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Dairying Butter and Margarine. New Regulations in Force

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 14

The new regulations which came into operation on January 1 should have a decided effect in regulating the manufacture and sale of margarine and butter. For some time past war…

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Victorian Wheat Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 11

In the opinion of the Minister for Agriculture the estimate that the wheat crop of Victoria for the season will be about 28,000,000 bushels is likely to be more than realised…

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Australian Wheat Cargoes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday.--The wheat cargo by the Mashona has been sold at 39s 7½d per quarter. In addition, 10,000 quarters South Australian December-January shipment, 12,000 South…

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Dart's Imperial Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 20

It is hard to over-estimate the value of personal observation in farming methods. Notwithstanding all the valuable operations of experiment farms, there still remains…

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Tasmanian Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 7

LAUNCESTON Tuesday.--The annual wool sale, held to-day, proved satisfactory. Nearly 50 foreign buyers were present. The wool offered consisted of 5139 bales, of which 4500 were sold, practically the only lots unsold…

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"Like Lost Sheep." Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

Interviewed at the close of the day's meeting, local miners expressed the wish that a ballot be taken throughout the district to test the feeling regarding the old and the new…

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Butter and Margarine. the New Regulations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

The new regulations under the Pure Foods Act, which came into force on January 1, stipulate that butter, "shall contain riot less than 82 parts per centum of milk-fat, and not more…

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Dear Wool in America

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

"The price of wool continues to rise in this country, with its ever-increasing population and consequently enlarged consumption of raw material, and with production of wool…

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Commercial the Wool Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 16

In the local wool market, business is being once more resumed, but only in a quiet sort of way, for the holiday aspect has not yet entirely disappeared from the market…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the State of the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 6

With satisfactory conditions prevailing over the greater part of its territory. New South Wales has entered upon the new year in a manner pleasing to the majority of those…

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Wheat for the United Kingdom

The Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 6

The Italian barque Letizia sailed from Sydney for the United Kingdom this afternoon, and she passed through the Heads at 1.20 o'clock. The Letizia arrived at Sydney in…

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Queensland Pine for Butter Boxes. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 8

The secretary to the Minister for Agriculture of Victoria has arrived in Brisbane to make inquiries on behalf of the Victorian Government into the suitability of Queensland…

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Tasmanian Wool Sales. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

The Launceston wool sales opened to-day. By noon about 4500 out of the 5100 bales offered had been disposed of. Competition was strong right through. As regarded prices high-class merinos did not realise the…

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Food Standards. Butter and Margarine. to Operate From January 1

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 14

The Government have issued fresh regulations, to come into operation on January 1, governing the manufacture of butter and margarine. In respect to butter, regulation…

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Hints to Producers. N.s.w. Wheat Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 7

The holiday week was an eventful one for the N.S.W. wheatgrower. The true position of the Sydney market has, not been understood by some of the up-town…

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Coal Ship Re-chartered. Loads Wheat at Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Owing to the strike the Italian ship Antares, a vessel of 1672 tons, which has been at Newcastle since October last, was unable to secure her coal cargo…

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