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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Wool Averages

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 2

Mr. Stock Inspector Lyne furnishes us with the following comparative figures of the wool yield per head for sheep and lambs for the last three…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 3

Hill, Clarke and Co. report (Jan 30):—We held a wool sale on Monday, when we submitted a catalogue of chiefly medium wools, with several…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Worker · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 19

A case in which considerable interest is being taken was heard at the Ashfield (Sydney) Police Court on January 30, when Frederick Sydney Martineer, a…

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Commercial. WOOL

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

Dalgety & Company, Ltd., report:— Prices for wool during the past few days have been tending upwards under the influence of a much more general…

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Wheat Tests. Gulburn's Possibilities

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 8

THE Goulburn district has not figured for many years as being suitable for wheat production on a large scale. During the last 30 years…

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The Markets Wool Reports

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 7

Dalgety and Company, Limited, wool salesmen, report:— It is satisfactory to advise that prices for wool during the past few days have…

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Wheat Experiments. Demonstration at Goulburn

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 8

The Goulburn district has not figured for many years as being suitable for wheat production on a large scale. During the last 30…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, Feb. 2

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

At the wool sales this evening there was good competition by Continental and Yorkshire buyers and prices remained unchanged…

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White Slavery in Victorian Butter Factories. Sweating Conditions Rampant. Organization Badly Needed

The Worker · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

Investigations into the conditions prevailing in the butter factories of Ballarat disclose a shocking state of affairs. At this busy butter-making time of the year…

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The Dairy. Developing Dairying. American Methods

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

Great efforts are being made by the agricultural colleges in the United States to attract and interest farmers in their work. One method, which seems…

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Ten Commandments of Dry Farming

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

"Dry farming" is a term that comes to us from the United States. It is merely our old friend thorough…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held in the Club House Hall on Saturday evening, for the purpose of making…

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Farm Apprentices at Yanco Irrigation Farm

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 3

IN connection with the Department of Agriculture's scheme for the training of practical farm workers, the building at the Yanco Experiment Farm now…

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Cattle Trucks for Wheat. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 6

The railway commissioners have gained some credit owing to there not being an apparent shortage of trucks this wheat, season, but a, knowledge of…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, Feb. 3

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 4

At the wool sales this evening there was good all round competition for the large offering of xbreds, which were selling slightly below the…

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The Wheat Market. Australian Sales in England. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 4

Private cables state that the London and Liverpool wheat markets are a little firmer and that there is a fractional improvement in the…

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Progress in the Dairy

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

We supply Curd Mills to be worked both by hand and power. Improved Cheese Presses fitted with buffer springs. We also supply very…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, Feb. 5

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 2

There was good competition at the London wool sales yesterday and prices generally were maintained…

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The Farmer. Cause of Soft Butter

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 3

In connection with this trouble prevention is better than cure, says an expert. The cause lies in the high temperature of the dairy; and…

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Notes on the Wheat Crop

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 8

The new organ of the Farmers and Settlers' Association "The Land" has the following notes on the wheat crop:—The harvest is now about…

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