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Farming & the land, 1911

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Effect on Wheat Market. Chicago

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 5

A sharp rise has occurred in the prices of wheat consequent upon the defeat of the reciprocity agreement…

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The Queensland Cattle Tying Championship. (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 2

sir,- Mr Bates appears to me as aman of coneeit, knowing, as. he does, that I am two days' stage per mail coach from Miles, and cannot post my…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 6

These Notes will be issued, every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefie), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to soive for the…

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Rural Camp Schools. Wheat Districts to Be Explored

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 10

The Minister of Education (Mr. Carmichael) lias decided to Rive the wheat districts a trial for the next rural camp for boys. The lads will be given an opportunity…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Use of Molasses As Food

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 8

In a recent Issue of their journal the Board of Agriculture (England) direct attention to the result of experiments carried out on the Continent to test the "use of molasses…

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The Queensland Cattle Tying Championship. Professor Bates has forwarded the following to the Sydney "Referee":—

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 2

Sir,—Mr Lawton appears to be looking for excitement, but does not seem to be too fast in putting up cash; also says he can beat me the best two out…

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Forage Crops. Departmental Experiments. Some Interesting Pacts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 4

In the current issue of the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture" Mr T. A. J. Smith, chief field officer, reports regarding the experimental forage plots for…

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The Dairy. Warm Food for Pigs. Important to Breeders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 4

Experiments go to show that under average conditions there is no gain in cooking the food for pigs, except, perhaps, in the case of potatoes. But it will…

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State's Unruly Boys. New Training Farm at Gosford

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 10

The Minister of Public Instruction (Mr. Carmichael) has approved of the site recommended at Gosford for the establishment of a training school to replace the Sobraon at Brush Farm…

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Pastoral. Black Disease in Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1911 · page 4

Flock-owners in some districts are naturally concerned about the persistency of "black disease" among their sheep. At the present stage in our investigation his…

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Fodders for Dairy Cattle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1911 · page 4

As farming cannot be successfully carried on without animals, the question of economically feeding them is of obvious importance. It has been pointed out time and…

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Wool Sales. Antwerp, Sept. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1911 · page 3

The Wool sales have closed. A total of 8396 bales of La Plata wool were offered and 1158 sold…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 4

Hill, Clark, and Co, Ltd., Sydney, report:—At the sales being held in Brisbane this week the market is reported firm at rates of the previous week here, good wools selling most readily, while…

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COMMERCIAL. Grainger" and Falkiner's, Ltd., Report. Special Cattle Sale

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 3

Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., conducted a sale of store cattle on Friday last, and yarded 2000 head, consisting principally of well-grown, steers and young…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 1

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

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1911 · page 4

Trebeck, Son and Co., Sydney, report:—The weekly wool sales have now started for the season The recent fall of 5 per cent. has not yet bean recovered while faulty lots still show great…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 September 1911 · page 1

FOR week ending September 23, 1911: Wool —No auction sales have been held in the Sydney market during the past week, but sales have been held…

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Weather and Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1911 · page 7

As a result of the recent copious rainfall, grass and crops around the Cessnock district are growing apace, and there is every prospect of a bounetous summer harvest…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1911 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., report—We held a woosale on the 26th instant, bringing forward a catalogue of average medium wools from the western and north-western districts. The market was…

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London Wool Sales. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 September 1911 · page 2

The fifth series of the wool sales opened today Competition was brisk at from par to 7 decline on the closing rates of the previous sales…

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