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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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English Wool Trade. Prices in Coleman-street Steady. Australian Combed Tops in Bradford. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, Dec. 2, 1910

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 5

This week the sales have passed off if anything with a little more spirit, competition being somewhat better, and prices also in sellers' favour. There seems to have been…

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Cowra Crop Competition. Over 41 Bushels Per Acre

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 8

The results of the growing crop competition (wheat) under the auspices of the Cowra P.A. and H. Association have been issued by the Judge, Mr. F. Ditzell, of the Cowra Experiment…

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Wool and Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The wool received for the season at the Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Maitland depots amounts to 732,320 bales, an increase of 36,318 bales, as compared with the…

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Overlanding. Fixing Rates of Pay for Cattle and Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 10

Labour has again shown what it can do with organisation, by greatly increasing the amounts paid for overlanding stock. One could scarcely conceive that a body of men so far…

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Pastoral Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 10

The Mudgee Freezing Works, Ltd., has a capital of £10,000 in shares of £1 each, the object being to erect freezing works at Mudgee. The provisional directors are Messrs…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 57

Exhibits at the Sheep Show.—J.U.: You seem to misunderstand the position. No person, according to the rules, is allowed to examine the sheep until after the awards are made. If they are found doing so…

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State Butter Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

Butter Shipments from Sydney during the week ended December 31 amounted to 20,857 boxes, as follows: 19.385 to United Kingdom and Continent, 106 to Hongkong. 227 to China,…

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Ear-marking Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 12

A circular issued by the New Zealand Department of Agriculture says:—"The present system of ear-marking sheep is generally admitted by stockowners to be quite useless…

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Wheat Values

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

Writing under the date of November 28, the London "Miller" in a review of the floating grain trade says:—"At the present level of value the world's markets appear to be…

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State Farm Cattle. Characteristics of the Various Breeds

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

Referring to the breeds of cattle on the Wollongbar farm Mr. Alexander states that Ayrshires do well, and are undoubtedly the most adaptable of all dairy breeds. They…

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Sheep Diseases at Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 7

BATHURST, Tuesday.--During the past week or so two cases of disease in sheep in the southern end of the Bathurst district, have been brought under the notice of Mr. C. R. Brett,…

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Dorset Horn Sheep. Growing Popularity

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

It is likely that the Dorset Horn will become one of the most popular crosses amongst farmers making a bid for the lamb export industry. It was stated not long ago that the…

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Testing for Butter Fat. Simple Directions

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

All dairy farmers are persuaded that the only real way of improving their herd is by a rigid selection of the best animals, and by culling out the least productive. Where, as…

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Professor E. Bates, Professional Cattle Spayer

Referee · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 3

Contracts taken in every part of Australia, and promptly attended to. System taught by Mail or Personally. Apply, BATES Gladatone, for Charts,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral the State of the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

Weather conditions during the week have not been unfavorable for harvesting operations, which are not concluded, except in the earlier districts. The holidays have, however,…

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Wheat in the Country. STACKED

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

The return of wheat stacked at different stations during the week ended December 24 was:-- Stockinbingal 472 bags, Springdale 672, Temora 900, Gidginbung 6500, Reefton 4100, Quandary 800, Ariah Park 5177,…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. in the Wheat Belt. the North-north-west. Xvii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

As is generally known, the north and northwest wheatgrowers have not had a good time this season. The weather during the season was a bad…

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The Royal Show. Special Wheat Exhibit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society states that applications for schedules for the Royal Show, to be held in April, are coming in very freely. The schedule will be…

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English Commercial. Wheat Afloat to Europe

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

LONDON, Monday.--The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom amounts to 2,205,000 quarters, or 225,000 quarters less than last week, and the shipments afloat to the…

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