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Farming & the land, 1911

10,786 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

A Sheep's Yield. Interesting New Zealand Calculation. the Need for Culling

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 10

A statistician in New Zealand has been going into the question of what it costs to produce stock per head in that country. Of course, it would be impossible to arrive…

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Frozen Meat and Butter. Question of Decentralisation. Mr. E. Owen Cox's Evidence

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 5

The Royal Commission on railway decentralisation met at the Chief Secretary's buildings, Sydney, this afternoon, Mr. C. J. Oliver (president) in the chair…

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Charge Against a Drover. Alleged Sheep-stealing. a Flock That Increased and One That Diminished

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 8

The hearing of the charge against Frederick Sidney Martineer, which was commenced at the Ashfield Court last Friday, was continued at Burwood…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Tenant Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 7

Our Wingham correspondent draws attention to a matter that will certainly requite serious attention in this country before long —that is, the interests of tenant farmers. Both…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 7

BELLINGEN.—For the month of December the Upper Bellinger (Bellingen) Co-operative Dairy Company manufactured over 24 tons of butter, an average of 6½ tons per week. From…

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Portable Electric Motors for Farm Use

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 58

The operations of a farm cover such a wide territory that it is essential that power appliances for farm use should be pro[?]able. A firm in Berlin is constructing such special…

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Dairying. Holsteins. Points of the Breed Discussed

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 14

There will always be a difference of opinion regarding which is the best breed of dairy cattle. This is particularly true of Australia, because dairying is carried on in districts…

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Farming. Agriculture. the Benefit of Employing Good Methods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 11

Nature has provided wonderfully well for the agriculturist. This fact must be apparent to every one who has given the subject any consideration. In the…

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Bathurst Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 12

Work at the Bathurst Experiment Farm is progressing satisfactorily. Threshing operations have been delayed by the weather, but are expected to finish early next week…

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Co-operation. Coastal Farmers' Meeting. a Record Half-year

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 7

BEGA, Tuesday.--The half-yearly meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Society was held here to-day, Mr. W. D, Warden, chairman of directors, presiding. There were also present Messrs, C…

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Cumberland Orchards. the Excessive Wet. Its Effect Upon Fruit Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 12

Twenty inches of rain within the space of six weeks or so is something like a record in the orchard districts of County Cumberland during the summer season. At least old…

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The Soil Cool Storage on the Farm. Cheap and Effective Means

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 12

At a moderate cost the comfort of the home in the hot interior or in the warm coastal districts can be greatly added to by providing a cool room…

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Experiment Farm at Coonamble

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 10

The preliminary work in connection with the Coonamble Experiment Farm has been put in hand, and is being carried through with every possible haste. The area of the farm is…

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Dairying at Casino

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 8

Senior-sergeant Eather, of Casino, has supplied the "Richmond River Express" with the following figures relative to dairies and dairy cattle in the Casino police district: --…

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Yass Stud Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 5

YASS, Wednesday.--Mr. P. M. Bourne conducted annual sale of stud and flock rams and ewes at the showground to-day. The lots offered were representative of some of the principal studs of the south. This…

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American Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Read-streets." is [?]…

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Wheat Experiments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 6

BLAYNEY.—Blayney experimental plots on Mr. Heavener's farm have all been taken off and as anticipated the trials have been a magnificent object-lesson, and great credit is due…

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Butter Shipments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 6

Butler shipments for London by this weeks mail stoamor the Mantua include 487 tons from Melbourne. The Runic left Melbourne on January 26, with 137¼ tons for London, and…

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Wheat Cargoes Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 10

The loss of the London barque Annesley, wrecked on the luskar, makes the second wheat ship from Australia lost was year. Her cargo was valued at £21,000. The previous loss was the Iringard, wrecked at Corral,…

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Big Wheat Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 10

The French four-masted barque Ville du Mulhouse, has shipped a wheat cargo which amounts to 47,783 bags, equal to 3934 tons, on account of Messrs. J. J. Donelly and Sons, through Messrs. Nelson and…

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