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Farming & the land, 1911

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Tuppal Farms

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 2

The following additional farms on Tuppal have have been applied for :— Farm 70, of 525½ acres, John Pyle, jnr., Berrigan ; farm 26, of 500 acres, James…

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A Farmer Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 2

A farmer of East Clare named John Hynes was shot and seriously wounded on Thursday. The crime had its origin in an agrarian dispute…

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Wool

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 3

The following figures show the quantity of wool sold by the various brokers in Victoria from 1st July to date:-- Dalgety and Co. Ltd. 105,420 bales; New Zealand…

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Cheese Instead of Butter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 4

Some weeks ago Mr. R. Crowe. Victorian Superintendent of Goods for Export, recommended to the Victorian industry that cheese instead of butter should…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 3

The secretary of the above reports that the only return made in connection with the above, for the month of February, is from Mr. J. Anderson, of Balldale, who…

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The Wheat Market

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 3

Business opened in Sudney on Friday with a few small sales of extra prime New South Wales wheat at 33 to 33½, Sydney, on milling account. Some…

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Alleged Unregistered Dairy Vendor Fined £3

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 4

The Municipal Inspector of Dairies (Mr. J. E. Ringwood) proceeded against a widow named Elizabeth M'Gregor at the Albury Police Court yesterday for having sold milk…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Burryjaa and Coreen Branch

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 3

A meeting of the above was held at the Burryjaa Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, 4th March. |There were present:-- Messrs. F. Kingston (chair), G. Kirkham, G…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wakool Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 2

A meeting of the Wakool Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Wakool Hotel on Wednesday, 1st inst…

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Wheat Ships Loss. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 3

The m[?]iry into the loss of the ship Arden[?] on January 8, off the Seilly islands, has concluded. The vessel left Melbourne on September 26, with 38,472…

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Productive Capacity of Dairy Cattle

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

WE have at the Government Stud Farm at Berry representatives of all the principal dairy breeds of cattle, and records of the milk yields of these animals have…

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Productive Capacity of Dairy Cattle. M. A. O'callaghan

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 5

WE have at the Government Stud Farm at Berry representatives of all the principal dairy breeds of cattle, and records of the milk yields of these animals have…

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Treatment of Sheep Skins

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 16

Sheep skins as a rule are very badly used. On most stations or farms little care is taken when skinning the sheep, or afterwards in their preservation. If not…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 5

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of £11 (in lien of two bags of wheat) from Mr. Wm. Sherwin, of "Oakleigh." He would be pleased, so…

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"Take All." Work for Wheat-growers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 16

"The spread of take-all can only be regarded as a national disaster. Careful and thorough methods will Effectually stamp out the disease from our wheat…

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The Hay Co-operative Butter Factory. The Annual Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

The annual meeting of the share-holders of the Hay Co-Operative Butter Factory Co., Ltd., was held on Wednesday night, at Tattersall's…

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Experiment Farms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 32

Replying to a deputation at Inverell the other day, the Hon. Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Trefle, said he had already mad arrangements for the farms which he had…

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A New Source of Wealth. Prolific Tobacco Crops From "Poor" Soil

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 17

The attention of the Closer Settlement Board has been directed to the remarkable success attained by a radical new departure made in tobacco raising, which is likely to…

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The Dairy. Building Pig Styes. Useful Hints

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

Too many pig-styes (states the English "Farmer and Stockbreeder") are built in a careless manner, irrespective of sanitary arrangements and air space…

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Rotation of Crops. E. Walker, Age 15

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

Rotation is a word that is derived from a Latin word, "Rota," meaning a wheel. A rotation of crops is a series of different crops sown in the…

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