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Farming & the land, 1910

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Must Have Men. the Inducements Canada Offers. Ready-made Farms Provided

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 6

"This year has been a splendid one for the Dominion in every way. But you may take it that, other things being equal, we shall beat all records in 1910. Everything points to that…

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Farmers in Politics

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

The question now is—should farmers support candidates for parliamentary honors financially. You would think if would admit of easy settlement on…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Protection of Birds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

A recent "Gazette" proclamation gives a timely reminder to the public that certain birds are absolutely protected by law for specific periods. About 100 of them are…

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Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

COONAMBLE.—At the annual meeting of the Western district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association the president, Mr. G. J. Gilmour, presided. Delegates were present…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

PORT MACQUARIE.—At the half-yearly meeting of the Hastings River Dairy Company a satisfactory report and balance-sheet were submitted and adopted. There were…

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Dairymen Rearing Pigs. More Profitable Than Milk. Dapto

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

Dairymen at this centre express keen disappointment that an amicable settlement of the trouble in the milk trade has not been effected with the Camden suppliers…

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The Cane Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

MACLEAN, Monday.--It is many years since the cane crop on the Clarence looked better than does at present. With nearly 8 inches of rain during January one might expect this,…

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The Soil. Recent Literature. Irrigation, Dairying, Dogs, Etc

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

Among recent publications which bear upon the primary industries, few will be found more useful and instructive that the revised edition of Professor Newell's book on "Irrigation in…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 57

Impounding Stock.—Constant Reader (Brooklingtonvale): No person occupying land under a conditional purchase or conditional lease can impound any stock trespassing on the land unless the said land or the…

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Dairying Holstein Cattle. a Valuable Dairy Breed

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 14

Holstein cattle have not become general favourites with Australian dairymen. There are a few good herds scattered about the Commonwealth, but the big black and white…

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Dairy Cattle. State Importations. Into New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

The demand by the dairy farmers of the State for the use of the Government Guernsey bulls is so great that the Minister of Agriculture has decided to give our farmers further…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 13

Sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9303 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to 9321 bales, as under:…

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Our Debt to Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

W. B. writes:—Having lived in different parts of Australasia during the making of more than a half-century's sheep and wool history, it was with regret I missed several…

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New Zealand Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 13

Messrs. Reynolds and Co., in their monthly report, dated January 31, say with regard to wheat:—"We are just beginning whit with us is a new season, and some figures may therefore be of interest. For the past…

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Pastoral the Outlook. an Exceptional Season

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 8

Probably pastoral Australia never looked out from the summer months on a better prospect. Unlike many years, where the rains have been patchy, the present has been an…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

Three catalogues totalling 8260 tales were offered on the Sydney, market this afternoon. The first brokers in the rostrum, the Co-operative Wool and Produce Company, Limited, found…

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Cotton and Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

"A shortage of cotton must undoubtedly prove a drawback to the whole textile world (says the 'Textile Mercury'), for the cotton trade is larger than any other textile…

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Important Sale of Shorthorn Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

The dispersal sale of the late Mr. John Lee's old-established stud of Shorthorn cattle was an event of much importance at Bathurst last week. when the animals it comprised were…

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The Price of Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

It seems incredible that the price of wheat has doubled in the space of fifteen years, yet nevertheless such appears to be the case. In 1895 its average price was 22s 4d a quarter,…

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Hints to Producers. London Butter Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

Messrs. Mills and Sparrow write from London December 31:- "Since our last report the weather in Great Britain has been changeable. We have had…

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