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Farming & the land, 1911

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report:—For our last sale of the first portion of the season we brought forward on Monday, the 18th December, our No. 1 catalogue…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 8

Hill, Clark, and Co, report — On Tuesday last we brought forward a catalogue of 2659 bale. The selection included chiefly good general…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of tho 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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"The Farm Centre of Sydney."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 5

This is the age of specialising and doctors, barristers, scientists and practitioners generally pay particular attention to a department, or branch, of…

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New Food. Mule and Butter Standard

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 3

The pure food regulations concerning milk and milk products have been revised and issued. The stnudnrds for milk and cream remain what they were…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tref[?] 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 he impracticable to the individual producer…

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Canadian Wheat Harvest. Traffic Congested. Winnipeg Dec. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 2

and the railways are unable to deal with the congestion. Thousands of tons of grain are stacked in the streets of country towns, and…

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Sydney Wool Market. John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 1

For our last sale of the first portion of the season we brought forward on Monday, 18th December, our No. [?] catalogue, consisting of 6634 bales. It was a highty…

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"The Farm Centre of Sydney."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 5

This is the age of specialising and doctors, barristers, scientists and prac[?]tioners generally pay particular attention to a department, or branch, of…

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A Word for Dairy Industry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 2

A dairy enthusaist in the United States says somothing that will bear repeating: "There are many things.I might say in regard to the dairy industry. It enriches…

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Farm and Dairy Notes, a Mutton Ham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 3

The process necessary for converting a mutton leg into a very near approach to a very appetising Yorkshire (pig) ham is as follows:— "To a kerosene tine of water add salt dissolving…

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On a Boer Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 3

An American woman travelling in South Africa was detained by foods and compelled to spend a month on a Boer farm. The, first night, she writes in "Health Culture," was…

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Lactation of Dairy Cows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 3

It used to be generally considered (says the Farmer and Stockbreeder") that a long rest from milk production on the part a dairy cow helped the yield of milk on…

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Our Wheat Harvest

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

The official estimate of the wheat crop for the Stale gives the total yield as 23,372,000 bushels, or an average of 10.31 bushels per aero. This is slightly below the average…

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Dairying Northern Rivers Districts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 6

The Wollongbar State Experiment Farm, 8 miles, from Lismore, on the Richmond River, in surrounded by an extensive area of undulating, arable country, comprising…

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Season's Fruit Crops

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

Most people enjoy fruit, hut prices so far this season have been so high that many, residents have been either compelled to do without it or have only been able…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 1

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 168 King-street, Sydney, and [?] Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following application for patents…

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Wheat Growing—reminiscences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 6

The leading article in Wednesday's "Mercury" caused the reflection that wheat growing which has now practically ceased in Muswellbrook, was successfully engaged in…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 2

SCHUTE Bell, and Co., report:—Closing prices of the weekly series point to continuance of a firm market. As yet this season, operators on Yorkshire account…

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"Miracle Wheat." Twelve Pounds a Bushel

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 6

Many of the devoted followers of Pastor Russell, whose indefatigable efforts in the vineyard of the Lord have attracted wide attention in Brooklyn, are…

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