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Farming & the land, 1911

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 4

Trobeck, Son and Co., Sydney, report.—Good quality wool sold this week at record prices for the reason, with a good market, but the faulty lots are inclined to case again…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 4

The New Zealand Merentile and Agency Company report, At our sale to-day competition was strong at best recent rates for all classes of wool. We sold—Mayvale from Barraba, to 15[?]d; R. J…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 1

FOR week ending November 18, 1911: Wool.—The improved conditions noted in our last report have been fully maintained during the past week, and the market r…

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Farm and Dairy Notes. Two Typpes of Ayrshires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 2

A very appreciative description of Scotch dairy met nods is contained in a report recently issued by the University of Illinois Experiment. Station, this being part of…

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Rural Workers. Farm Manager Favours Eight-Hour Day

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 1

Mr D. Booth, late manager of Mungerithorn, Narromine, who is at present in charge of about 500 acres of land in the Bathurst district, expressed the…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report:— For our ninth sale of the season we brought forward on Wednesday, 22nd instant, a catalogue of 6521 bales, including…

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Wool Sales. Antwerp, Nov. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday, buyers were numerous, but bidding was irregular. Fine morinos were from five to ten centimes below September Ogures, but cressbrds were…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Traffic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would impracticable to the individual producer…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles Experimental Farms Chapter Iv

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

When you land in Canada you are confronted with a whole host of new propositions. We landed in Quebec and found it was old and slow, and French. If Quebec had been Canada, I would have felt bad, but it isn't, it is Quebec. You can only understand Canada…

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A Word for Dairy Industry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 6

A DAIRY enthusiast in the United States says nothing that will bear repeating. "There are many things I night say in regard to the dairy…

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Holstein Cattle in America. Their Good Qualities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 14

The Holstein has become one of the most popular breeds of dairy cattle in many parts of America, and its admirers appear to never tire of singing its praises…

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Sale of a Dairy Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 4

Messrs. H. York and Son notify in this issue that, under Instructions from Mr. T. W. Dalzell, of Glennle's Creek, they will offer for sale a compact dairy farm, at…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agriculture. Growing, Manufacture, and Marketing of Chaff

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 2

The time has again come round when farmers commence marketing chaff. The producer in this case, as in all other trades and callings, must consider the…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles. Experimental Farms Chapter Iv

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 6

When you land in Canada you are confronted with a whole host of new propositions. We landed in Quebec and found it was old and slow, and French. If Quebec had been Canada, I would have felt bad, but it isn't, it is Quebec. You can only understand Canada,…

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Farm and Field. Notes and News

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 7

The Department of Agriculture, in an official statement, reports the system which the Agricultural Bureau is extending in New South Wales. The Government has decided to…

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Redder Conservation in Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 7

[?]ere are many and serious risks associated landed industries, but a capable far[?] shows capacity for his work by the [?] that he takes to redress such risks,…

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Siberian Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 6

Kurgan is the chief centre of the butter industry in South-west Siberia. The export of butter, which has grown so en[?]rmously of late, is one of the Principal products of…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 4

Hill, Clark, and Co., Limited, report:—Wool: The market remains firm at last week's rates, with strong competition for light conditioned line quality wools. By the…

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Farm and Dairy Notes, Effect Ok Food on Quality of Milk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 6

Although the physiological side of milk production is incompletely understood (says a bullet in issued by the United States Departmen of Agriculture). and there is need of…

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Bacteria in the Dairy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 6

The importance of bacterin in the dairy cannot be over-estimated. The popular impression that all germs are harmful and must be combated, writes "Latter," is quite…

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