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Farming & the land, 1909

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The Champion Bag of Wheat

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 4

The champion prize for the best bag of wheat exhibited went to a sample of Bobs grown by Mr. W. H. Thibault in the Tamworth district. This also…

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Dairy Champions of the Ring. Milking Shorthorns

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 3

Bull, 4yrs old and over: Alick Frederick Warden, Sunny Vale, 1 and ch.; Camden Park Estate, Ltd., Belisarius (imp.), 1; George Tate's Aristocrat of…

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Clydesdales (Active Farm)

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 3

Stallion, 3yrs old and over, best adapted for producing active farm horses: J. B. M'Kenna's Vice-Patron, 1; Maurice Hearne's Lord Kyle, 2;…

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Collection of Farm Produce

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 4

First prize, £35; second prize, £20; third prize, £10. No factory-made goods or fresh meat permitted as part of exhibit. J. Pravost, 240 points,…

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Our Special [?] Illustrated Report. SYDNEY R.A.S. Easter Show the Royal Easter Show, 1909. Record Total of Entries, 7000. Horse Entries, 1100. CATTLE, 900. Five District Societies' Exhibits. a Magnificent Display

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 3

To the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales is due the credit of saying that the Royal Easter Show of 1909, in several essential and…

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Wheat Trust

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 5

The alleged wheat trust in Australia is being-investigated by the Federal Government, with a view to taking certain action under the…

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Wheat Gamble

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 5

Gambling in wheat continnes in Chicago. Mr. Patten, a speculator, lost £120,000, by Tuesday's fall in prices…

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Butter Boxes

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 2

An economical development in the Queensland dairy industry has been enacted by the perfection of a process for the manufacture out of straw of the…

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Big Loss of Sheep

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 4

A big loss of recently occurred on the border among 4,800 mixed hoggets traveling from New Cashmere to More. The sheep were purchased…

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Will Wheat be Famine Priced ?

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 4

"A London cable on [?] states -- The [?] of the [?] wheat deal is whether [?] deliver the winter crop before July…

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On the Farm. Personal Experiences

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 3

Last year I planted 100 Rome Branties and Duchess only two years old which bore apples the same year the trees were set. They had been…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 7

A close-rib[?]ed horse has a short back and good length below from the elbow to the t[?]le. When of this conformation, he will sta[?]d the [?]train of…

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Immigrant Farm Workers

Guyra Argus · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 4

NUMBERS of specially selected young men continue to arrive under the Government's scheme of assisted immigration. These youug men, whose ages…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Starting Garden Crops

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 6

When early flowers or vegetables are desired, the work of forcing must be done in the hot-bed. Induce a healthy growth in the plants, so that…

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The Shortage in Wheat. an Era of High Prices

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 4

The rapid advance in the price of wheat during the past few weeks is (says the "Melbourne Age") exciting general attention and consequently…

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Farmers' and Settlors' Organising Work

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 4

The Hon. John Wetherspoon returned on Friday night from his northern lour. The Conference of Farmers' in Brisbane, was attended by…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 7

It is reported that on a rape plot, Mr. J. Holden, of Ryan's Creek, grazed 50 sheep per acre for three weeks. For another three, weeks be…

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The Farmers' Party. New Movement in Politics

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 6

An Occasional Correspondent writes to the "Daily Mail":— This year is likely to be long memorable in the history of English farming…

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Wheat

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 4

Wheat has again advanced at Chicago, the latest sales being at 5s 4¾d…

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The Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 7

Messre. Schute, Bell, and Co., wool and product brokers, Sydney, report under date May 4th:— Our London agents cablod us under date 26th alt., that prospects for the…

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