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Farming & the land, 1911

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 4

THE Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 3

Dalgety and Co., report.—At our wool sale held on Thursday last, we submitted 6000 bales, comprising a first class selection, a number of super wools in bright…

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The Lucerne Seed Crop

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

The prospects for the lucerne sped crop are reported to be very good, among the best crops being those of Mr. Collins, of Broke; and Frost Bros, and Mr. W. M…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 3

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Sydney Wool Sales

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

Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—For our sale on Monday we offered an attractive catalogue, comprising several superior clips showing good breeding and character, the bulk being good and medium…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

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

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. reports:— To-day's wool sales showed very strong competition, and prices ruled firm at the best of recent rates. We…

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General Cables. the Wool Sales. London, Nov. 29

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

At the wool sales Messrs. Buxton, Ronald and Co., Messrs. Jacomb, Son and Co., 9236 bales, comprising an excellent…

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Political Points. Arthur Griffith Wants Freehold. The Cringing and Whining Farmer. (By Hot 'Un)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 4

The joke of the week in the political world has been the coming to light of the fact that Mr Arthur Griffith, the Minister for Works, had been an…

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The Sheep-killer. Feat of Two Boys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 2

A half-bred native dog, which had for two years been the terror of sheepowners in Gundargo district near Goulburn, came to a dramatic end a few days ago…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. T[?], 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 be impract[?]able to the Individual producer…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, 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 be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 3

Our catalogue of the 29th instant totalled nearly 7505 bales. The selection was an attractive one, and included many notable clips, among others:—Warge Rock, 550…

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Sydney Wool Market. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 1

We brought forward on Tuesday a very attractive catalogue of 5213 bales, including some excellent wools from the New England, Inverell, Yass, and Molong districts…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Economy in Harvesting

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 2

Whether garnering the wheat crop with the stripper-harvester, or the reaper and binder, is the most economical, is a question upon which farmers hold somewhat…

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The Raymond Terrace Co—operative Dairy and Produce Co., Limited

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 7

The following is the seventeenth halfyearly report of the above company, presented by the directors at the general meeting of sharcholders held at the…

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Farmers and Milk Testing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 9

There has been a rapid rise in recent years in Canada of associations for testing and recording the milk yield of cows. According to the Canadian "Census and…

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Farm and Field. Notes and News. Effect of Food on Quality of Hulk

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 9

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

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Bacteria in the Dairy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 9

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

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 1

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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The Pastoral Finance Association Ltd: Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 1

About, 10,000 sheep and lambs penncil, the quality throughout being only fair, prime sorts scarce. A good attendance of buyers were present, includin S.M.P. Coy, and…

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