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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Pastoral Settlement. Deputation to Minister

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 3

A deputation urged the Minister for Lands to make available for closer pastoral settlement purposes being from 7000 to 10,000 acres chiefly in…

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Australian Butter Grading Essential

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 5

Messrs [?]and Company, the London butter experts, draw attention in their annual report, a copy of which has reached the Minister for Customs,…

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Heavy Losses of Cattle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 4

Details of the extent and effects of the flood in the north of Queensland are contained in a letter received in Brisbane from Mr. Donaldson. The writer states…

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Thousands of Bags of Wheat Ruined

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 33

The deluge of rain which occurred in the Murray district recently has made a pretty mess of the wheat stacks at the railway stations along the Yarrawonga…

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Size of Wheat Stacks. Powers of Railway . DEPARTMENT

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 3

The Premier bas asked the Attorney General for an opinion as to whether the Railway Department would be legally justified in imposing special…

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Country Freezing Works. an Advance of 2/6 Per Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 16

Mr. Siddall, the well-known meat trade expert, gave some very interesting information at Coonamble the other day when addressing a public meeting on the question…

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Trade with Japan. Export of Wool. a Growing Business

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 3

Mr Suttor, New Sooth Wales Commercial Agent in the [?] in a report to the Minister for agriculture, states that for the 11 months of last year…

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The Champion Ringer. Sheep-shearing Contest. Thirty-two in Two and a Half Hours

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 3

The first sheep-shearing contest decided in Australia for the world’s championship took place in the Austral Hall, Toowoomba, Q., on…

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Albury Wool, Skin, Hide, Tallow, and Fur Market. Friday, 17th February

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 8

The usual monthly sales we're held to-day by the Albury brokers, whoso reports appear below, They are published in the order in which the sales took place:—…

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Latest Sydney News. Sydney, Thursday, Wheat, 3s 3d. to 3s 4d. British and Foreign News. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 5

The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the Waratah has concluded. The court delivered its decision and found that the Waratah was properly equipped…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 16

Lucerne and clover will thrive in many districts with or without irrigation. They are worth persevering with, even though existing conditions may not bo altogether…

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Contagion in Dairy Herds

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 32

The Minister for Agriculture is seeking the co-operation of agricultural societies and dairy farmers in an endeavour to wipe out the comparatively new disease known…

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Albury District Court. Friday, February 17. (Before His Honor Acting-Judge Edmunds.) Dispute Regarding a Share Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 29

John Frederick Ebert, of Lavington, sued Patrick William Fallon, of Sydney, and John Aloysius Fallon, of Albury, claiming £100 for alleged breach of…

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The Dairy. Dairying for Settlers.an. Interesting Statement

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 5

When in Great Britain, and America Messrs. M’Kenzie and ,Mead were frequently asked : “Assuming that a man has a capital of from £300 to 1600…

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Appeal to Farmers. Rural Worker’s Union Scale. the Government Policy

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 3

Mr A. K. Trethowan, of the Executive Council of the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association of New South Wales, who is touring the Riverina in the…

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Electrification of Crops

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 5

Sir Oliver Lodge, the eminent English experimentalist, in the course of a recent lecture at Birmingham on the clarification of crops, said that of all the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort &• Co., Ltd., report The wool season closed in this centre on Wednesday, the 15th inst., Victorian sales from 1st July, 1910,…

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Butter Factor’y Co. Half-yearly Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 2

The ninth half-yeaily meeting of shareholders in the above was held at the Company’s office, North Deuiliqnin, on Thursday afternoon. Messrs J. V…

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Our Wheat Production Large Untilled Areas

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 6

A statement made by Mr. Griffith, N.S.W. Minister for Works, last week to a country deputation on the subject of encouraging the production of wheat serves…

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Prolific Tobacco Crops From Poor Soil

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 6

The attention of the Victorian Closer Settlement Board has been directed to the remarkable success attained by a radically new departure made in tobacco raising…

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