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Farming & the land, 1911

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Waiting for a Wheat Rise

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

Railway advices show that Victorian farmers and dealers in wheat are holding back for a rise in prices. Up to December 27, the close of the Christmas holidays, the…

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Wheat Ship Wrecked Escape of Crew. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

Another disaster to a wheat vessel has occurred. The ship Arden Craig, which, left Mel-bourne on September 26 with a cargo of…

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Rainless. for Two Years Thousands Op Sheep Dying. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a terrible drought is being experienced in the south­western portion of The Province of…

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Leasing Grain Sheds. Official Reply to Complaints by Wagga Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 3

The "Wagga Advertiser" states that there is little or no cause for the complaints recently made by branches of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, and an…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

The wool sales were resumed in Victoria on Monday, when Dalgety and Coy offered a large and representative catalogue of 6,000 bales, which included a…

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Experiments in Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 4

The Realisation of the Aims of William J Farrer, Wheat Breeder, was the title of a paper read before the agriculture section of the Congress for the Advancement…

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Kiewa Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 43

The monthly meeting of directors was held on the 31st ult. Those present were: Mr. M'Leod (chairman), and Messrs. Coulston Crosthwaite. Briddon, and…

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Jerilderie Butter Factory

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

The regular monthly meeting of the directors of the Jerilderie Butter Factory, which should have been hold last Wednesday afternoon again…

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Federation Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 4

The following is the result of one and a half bushels of Federation wheat sown by Mr. H. Ross, of the Agricultural Department of New South Wales, on Mr. M. J…

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Riverina Wheat Lands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

Public attention has been recently directed to the production of the Southern. Riverina country of New South Wales, and the influx of Victorian farmers keenly…

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Co-operative Wheat Storage

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. L. Dow, agricultural editor of the Melbourne. "Leader," delivered a lecture on the above subject in the School of Arts. A…

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Wheat Lands Lie Idle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 17

The New South Wales Minister of Public Works (Mr. Griffith), as a result of visits to the country, is of opinion that a heavy betterment tax is absolutely…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 1

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report:—Wool sales were held at Hobart on Wednesday last, when 12,000 bales were offered to a large attendance of…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 6

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Co. held their first sale of the second series to-day, sad offered 3000 bales. The catalogue consisted principally of…

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Victorian Wheat Harvest 31,736,100 Bushels

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 4

Victoria's harvest this year should establish a new record. Stepping and harvesting operations have been carried far enough to enable an approximate estimate to be…

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Tantanoola "Tiger." Sheep-stealers' Corral Found. Lair in the Scrub

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 35

Several years ago a tiger was alleged to be at large at Tantanoola, S.A. The scare died away, but a possibie solution of the mystery is afforded by the discovery of…

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Wheat Ship Founders. Hundreds Watch From Shore. Ardencraig, From Melbourne. London, January 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 42

The ship Ardeneraig, which left Melbourne on September 26 with 38,472 bags of wheat on board, lias come to grief off the Scilly Islands during a heavy English…

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Wheat Ship Founders. Hundreds Wato[?] From Shore Ardencraig, From Melbourne London, Jan 9

The Independent · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 4

The ship Ardencraig, which left Melbourne on September 26 with 38 472 bags of wheat on board, has come to grief off the Scilly Islands during a heavy English…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 16

In making butter the greatest care should be exercised not to overwash, as this destroys the finest flavors. Some of the most common causes of failure…

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Farm Apprentices at Yanco Irrigation Farm

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

IN connection with the Department of Agriculture's scheme for the training of practical farm workers, the building at the Yanco Experiment Farm now…

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