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Farming & the land, 1911

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

Messrs Griffith and Hassell, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, and Queen-street, ,Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Wool Prospects

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 3

John Bridge and Co. Limited, write us that their cable of the close of the Loudon sales shows that all the better classes of merino wool were 5 per cent…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 4

Trebeck, Son. & Co., Sydney, report:-London auction sales still show plenty of life, and prices inclined to harden. Sales in Sydney will be held again on the 5th and 6th April…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 1

FOR week ending March 26, 1911: —Wool —The wool position remains unchanged. Business by private treaty is mainly confined to private…

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Progress on the Dairy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 3

This is an age of progress and what was good enough for our parents is not necessarily good enough for us, and everybody of a progressive mind is always on the lookout…

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Topics of the Day. South Australian Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 7

Professor Lowrie, speaking at the Agricultural Conference in Adelaide, said that the position of the farmer to-day was vastly diferent from what it was ten or twenty…

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Wheat Afloat

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 4

London, Tuesday.-The wheal [?] for the unlted Kingdom as destimated at 4.110,000 quarters, and for tha Coutineul at 3,000,0OO quaters. The shipments of…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 5

The prices indicated were realised for the undermentioned slips:-Boolathan, highest 10 1/2d, average 9d: Minilva, 10[?]d, 9[?]d; Marainanga, 11d, 9 1/2d; Napier, 10d, 9[?]d;…

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Record Victorian Wheat Yield

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 2

The Government Statist on Tuesday made available the official estimate for the recent wheat harvest yield. Apparently it has exceeded all…

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The Wheat Traffic. Darling Harbor to Blame

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 1

Mr T. Johnson, in reply to a deputation at Temora, made some important remarks regarding the wheat traffic When asked that more trucks…

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CATTLE-STEALING. Two Years Imprisonment. (BY Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 2

The trial at Armidale of William James harris and James Harris, graziers, who were charged with stealing and receiving cattle, was…

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Our Singleton Letter. Labour on the Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 4

The excellent season the district is passing through has created an extra demand for farm labour, which however, it is difficult to supply. This is essentially a dairying district,…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney. Thursday afternoon a Farmer's Estate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 5

The estate of the late John Howard, farmer and grazier, of Eagle's Nest, near Corowa, has been valued for probate purposes at £23,986…

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Farm Immigrants

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 4

The now Aberdeen liner Themistocics. which has arrived at Melbourne, on her maiden voyage to Australia, left Tilbury with a full passenger list and between…

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Receiving Stolen Cattle. ARMIDALE

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 4

THE charge preferred against Wm.J. Harris and Jas. Harris, of stealing 10 cattle at Ellangowan, on September 15th, 1908, also with felonously…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 7

Edward Higgens, Parkinson, and Co. report having, yarded on Tuesday, the 28th instant, 4000 (four thousand) head of cattle, comprising principally;…

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Poultry. Duck Breeding. an Extensive Farm. Something About Crowding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 4

It is usually considered necessary to allow one acre of land for every 100 birds. Any farmer who suggested concentrating 3,000 to the acre would (says…

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The Dairy. Art of Milking. Treatment of Cow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 4

To perform the operation of milking successfully, several important things must be observed. It is highly important that It must he done quickly,…

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The Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 6

An attempt is about to be made to revive the Muswellbrook branch of the farmers and Settlers' Association, as it is deemed necessary to do so to meet the…

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Farmers and Settlors Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 4

A public meeting under tho auspices of the Farmers and Settlers Association of New South Wales will be hold in the pavilion on tho Maitland show ground on Wednesday…

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