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Farming & the land, 1911

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Official Wheat Quotations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 2

The Victorian Department of Agriculture has received by cable the following official report of the English wheat market, dated "London, 6th inst.—Wheat market firm…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 2

There was a spirited sale of the wool sales on Friday. Competition was good, full rates being obtainable for all classes of wools…

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Tragedy in County Clare Farmer's Wife Shot Dead. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 2

A dreadful crime is reported from Broadford, County Clare, Ireland. Mrs. O'Mara. wife of a farmer who was formerly under police protection, when…

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Suicide of Farmer's Wife. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 3

Mrs. Ethel Solway Stainsbury, the wife of a farmer residing at Capella, near Brisbane, shot herself through the breast yesterday…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. Wednesday, December 5, 1911

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 December 1911 · page 4

We submitted to-day 4210 bales, the selection being the best offered in Melbourne this season, including several choice Western District clips of superfine…

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The Rural Workers' Wages Claim. Discussed by the Hillston Farmers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 December 1911 · page 5

The log of wages and conditions of the Rural Workers' Union was received by the Hillston branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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The Tick Pest. Not Found on Corowa Farms. Action of the Victorian Authorities. Restrictions May Be Modified

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 December 1911 · page 3

It will be remembered that sometime ago a discussion took place at a meeting of the Corowa P.A. and H. Society in regard to the sending of…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, Dec. 5

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 4

Younghusband, Row and Company Proprietary Limited continued their wool sales today, when they submitted a catalogue of 3469 bales to a very…

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Wool Sales. Younghusband, Row and Co., Pty., Ltd. Melbourne, Monday. Younghusband, Row and Co. Ppy. Ltd

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 2

resumed their wool sales to-day, when they placed before buyers a catalogue of 3427 bales, which embraced the most attractive catalogue that they have…

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Farming Notes. a New Fodder Plant

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 4

Mazzagua is a native of Northern Nigeria, Africa, and has been cultivated with considerable success in Queensland. AT the Warwick State…

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Wheat Market in London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 December 1911 · page 2

The Victorian Department of Agriculture has received the following official report of the English wheat market, dated London. [?]—"Wheat market firm and quiet…

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Wyalong Wheat Trials

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 18

The season has been an adverse one for wheat growers in the Wyalong district. Still, good results have been obtained from the farmers' experiment plots on Messrs…

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Improving Seed Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 4

Mr Victoria H. Green, manager George. Shirley, Ltd., in taking op the question of improving the quality of wheat has outlined a scheme of competition, first amongst the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, report:— We held our last sale of the current year on Tuesday when they submitted…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 6

Younghusband, Row and Coy. Proprietary Limited, resumed their wool sales on Monday, when they placed before buyers a catalogue of 3427 bales,…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 1

MESSRS. YOUNGHUSBAND, ROW & CO., PROPRIETARY, LTD., offered at their sale on Monday 3427 bales, which embraced the most attractive catalogue that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Terifle, 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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Melbourne Wool Sales. Monday. December 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 21

Dalgety offered another large and representative catalogue to-day, which included consignments from every State in the Commonwealth. Competition was animated…

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Irish Farm Tragedy. Murderer Knocks at Door. London, December 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 43

An agrarian murder was committed in Ireland at Broadford, County Clare, on Friday night. Mrs. O'Mara, the wife of a farmer, who…

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A Pennsylvania Ostrich Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 16

About three score ostriches on a reservation at Bloomsburg, Pa., are the forerunners of what according to the predictions of the men responsible for their…

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