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Farming & the land, 1911

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Handling Farm Manure

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

We must have air and water to have the proper fermentation to make manure. If the proper amount of water is lacking it burns and becomes white…

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Leaders Interviewed. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Holman Acting Prime Minister Sarcastic. Demand by Labor League. Expulsion of Members Sought. Messrs. M'gowen and Holman Condemned Views of Sir Wm. Lyne. "Money Scattered Like Wheat." Killing the New Protection. Employers' Freedom to Sweat Workers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. W. M. Hughes, in the course of an interview, said, speaking generally he thought the causes of the Labor…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 4

Several early sales of extra prime milling wheat took place at 3/2 country railway station, or equal to 3/6 Sydney. There were buyers willing to…

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Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 4

Badgery Bros. report that sheep supplies at Flemington are increasing owing to the dry weather in many parts of the state, and, although prime sheep…

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Summer Fodders. the Best Crop for Dairy Farmers. a Yield of Twenty Tons to Acre

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

Mr. Ross, Southern District Inspector to the Department of Agriculture, gives some interesting particulars of an experiment plot conducted…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 3

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report:—The position of the local wool trade remains unchanged. Private treaty is now confined to locally…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

New South Wales wheat, choice milling, a few sales at 3s 2d, country railway stations, or equal to 3s 6d, Sydney, with buyers willing to…

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The Wheat Market. a Better Tone. Sydney

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 8

Wheat for immediate forward delivery is in strong request. It is estimated that over 20,000 bags, changed hands daring the morning…

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The Farmer. Molasses in Stock-feeding

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 5

Flavor is an important factor in the feed of stock. A correspondent describes that when feeding a number of pigs with kitchen refuse he…

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Free Technical Advice for Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 4

The International Harvester Company of America has recently organised a Service Bureau, the purpose of which is to supply to all enquirers Free…

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The Wheat Market SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

A few sales of New South Wales choice wheat were made early at equal to 3/6, Sydney, on milling account. Buyers were willing to continue on…

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Walla Farms. a Prosperous District

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 3

Leaving the great southern line at Culcairn, a railway run of half an hour brings the traveller to Walla Walla, a settlement on the Corowa…

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The Wheat Market SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 2

The sale in London of a couple of Australian wheat cargoes off the British coast at 34/6 a quarter shows a further rise of 3d. per quarter…

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Commercial. WOOL

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Soiling Brokers' Association report:—The position of the local wool trade remains unchanged. Private treaty is now…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 5

Sch[?]te, Bell, and Co. report:—About 35,000 bales wilt be offered in Brisbane this week, so that the strength of the market will be fully tested. The London…

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New Wheat Lands. Wyalong-hillston Country

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 6

The Minister for Lands, who returned last week from a run through the Wyalong Hillston country, with halts at…

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On the Land. Advice on Wheat Growing

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 4

The wheat-planting season being now at hand in many districts the attention of farmers is [?]several useful bulletins…

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Wagga Municipal Council. Wheat Sheds at Local v Railway Station. Belated Gas Accounts

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 2

The Usual fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall last night The mayor. Aid. Thos. Dobney,…

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World's Champion Dairy Cow

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 7

The world's champion dairy cow is said to be Missouri Chief Josephine, a Holstein-Friesian owned by the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri. Her milk production record for six months was 17,008.8 pounds, an average of 93.4 pounds of milk daly for 182 days. Her highest record for one day was 56…

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