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Farming & the land, 1911

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 3

Messrs. Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., report:—The opening of the new season has now almost arrived, and thought…

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To-day's Telegrams. Wheat and Chaff. Sydney, Friday. Secret Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2

The Special Conference of the Political Labour Leagues was opened this morning, but the press and public were not admitted…

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The Shearing Dispute A.W.U. and Pastoralists. the Wet Sheep Question. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2

Mr. R. O. Moore, of Coan Downs Station, near Hillston, giving evidence in the shearers' case before the Arbitration Court, expressed the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2

The officials of this association sat in Sydney from Saturday till Monday, when there were present President Patten, Vice-Presidents…

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The Results of Good Farming at Coolamon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2

Mr. W.M. Veitch, of Cana Farm, had as usual splendid yields last harvest. He sowed "Marshall's No.3" "Federation" and "Bonyip" in April, 1910, on…

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Dairying Inspection More About Local Grievances. Senior-constable Bath Criticised

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 6

A meeting of dairymen and general farmers was "held under the auspices of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers" Association,…

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Evidence for the Respondents. Wet Sheep Again

The Worker · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 1

Charles Robert Murphy, examined by Mr. Kelynack, said he was the managing partner of Burta Station in N.S.W., which was owned by the Burta-Pastoral…

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The Dairy

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 6

This London Casein Company has picked upon the Colac district, Victoria, for the establishment of a factory. They are taking all the…

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Ceylon's Rubber Crop

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 5

From test to earnest, from experiment to business, is the history of Ceylon's rubber growing, which is estimated during the present year to…

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The Farmer. Danish Treatment of the Cow

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 5

The million dairy cows of Denmark are confined almost exclusively to two breeds—the Danish red of Zealand and the islands, and the…

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Mr. Crawford and the Farmers' and Settlors' Conference. He Considers It Has Improved for the Worst

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 7

At considerable risk to his own health. Mr. Archibald Crawford consented to represent the Lockhart branch at the annual conference of…

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Dairy Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

The improvement in number and quality of the Shorthorns, to which attention has been called, was an even more marked feature in respect to…

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Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 3

The cattle section except for station bred animals, has never been a strong one at Wagga but the evolution of time works sounders and such was…

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Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 3

The sheep section was another proof of what closer settlement is doing. The day was, when the station-bred merino was all and all at the Wagga Show…

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

Some metropolitan millers offered equal to 3/6 (Sydney) for farmers lots of primest wheat. A few growers are willing to accept 3/6½…

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Shearing Wet Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

Giving evidence in the case before the [?] Court in Sydney a Western district pastoralist declared that the most serious question for the…

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The Dairy Cow Test

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

W. H. Plummer secured first, second, and third prizes with three typical milkers. The tests showed follows: No. 1 cow, morning's milk 261b.,…

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Farm Produce

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 3

The farm produce exhibited was a revelation to most people. Old residents looked upon the Wagga district as purely "a sheep walk," and a place…

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Dairy Produce

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 4

The dairy produce section is as yet in its infancy at Wagga, but when the butter factory ia going and the dairying industry is one of the…

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SHEEP—Merinos

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 4

[?] sheep we wagga Show hu admittedly held the foremost place among provincial exhibitions for a very long period and this year…

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