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Farming & the land, 1911

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The Markets Farmers’ Market

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 2

King and Clarke report that the usual weekly sale was held on Saturday last at their rooms, when a large crowd of buyers was in attendance. Bidding was…

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The Farmer. Dairy Cattle Breeds

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 3

In view of the somewhat startling figures quoted in this article, it is necessary to state that they are not of a haphazard character…

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Closer Settlement Case. Brookong Farmers' Union Request

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 5

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has received the following letter:—"Department of Lands, Sydney, April 5th. 1911. Sir,—Referring to letter of March…

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Farmers' Unions and the Workers

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 4

ON Saturday week, the Brookong Farmers' Union made an effort to evoke a discussion on the rural workers' claims. The attendance, in…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 2

Sydney opened after the Easter vacation with sales and buyers of choice New South Wales wheat (on milling account) at 3/ (country railway…

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The Wheat Market. Weevil Pest. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 2

The absence of private cables from London tends to a slack tone in the Sydney wheat market and the stagnation is emphasised by the practice…

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Share Farming

The Worker · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 12

ONE of the gags in support of the wholesale importation of labor with the view of lowering wages, is that the farmers are compelled, through…

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Dry Farming. Value of Rotation. Rape for Sheep. the Seed Problem

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

Several practical papers were read at the Dry Farming Conference recently held in Adelaide. The gathering should have the effect of popularising that…

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The wheat Market. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

Private cables state that the wheat market is quiet, with very little business doing; further, there is an absence of inquiry in London and…

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A City Bee Farm. Fascinating Industry

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 3

Everyone who has over handled beef dreams of the day when he shall live in a country cottage (his other work done) surrounded by a little apiary…

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Nth. Berry Jerry & Rannock Farmers and Settlers’ Association

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 5

The annual meeting of the above branch was. held on the 8th inst., with a fair attendance. The secretary’s report showed…

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Dry Farming. Papers at the Conference. Wagga Farmers' Contributions. No. 1

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 6

This first inter-State Congress to discuss agricultural matters was a decided success. Although the numbers were not large (this refers…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 2

The following scheme was submitted by Mr. H. E. Mitchelmore to a general meeting of the above association on Friday night last, in…

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Australian Wool. Destroyed by Fire in France. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 3

Reuter's Dunkirk correspondent reports that 2000 bales of Australian wool were destroyed by fire there on Saturday. The total damage is…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd.report:— SYDNEY, Monday. Our London agents advise that all…

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The Wheat Market. a Firmer Tone. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

This week opened with a little excitement in the Sydney wheat market. Several early transactions took place in prime (dry) milling grain at…

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Disease in Crops. Helping the Farmer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 4

ONE of the most for[?]dable aspects of rural life in this country is the constant fight that has to be made against disease. This trouble crops up…

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The Referenda. Exactly Wheat Is Proposed. Texts of the Proposals

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 1

The two referenda on the proposals of the federal Government to amend the constitution, are to be taken on [?] The provisions as to…

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Denmark's Dairy Cows. Two Breeds Favored

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 3

The million dairy cows of Denmark are contined almost exclusively in two breeds — the Danish Red, of New Zealand and the islands, and the Jyske, or…

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