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Farming & the land, 1911

10,786 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Dairying in Queensland

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 7

Dairying made remarkable strides in Queensland during 1910. The value of the butter exported alone topped £800,000, and with cheese and condensed…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Bacon Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

The intimation from London that Australian bacon is now in satisfactory demand is most welcome. That there is a splendid scope ahead for pig-raising in this country is…

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Dairying. Milk and Cream Testing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

DAPTO.— Mr. O'Callaghan and his staff, consisting of Mr. Petersen assistant dairy expert Mr. Grant, bacteriologist; and Mr. Ramsey, chemist, visted the Illawarra Central…

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Orange Cherry Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

ORANGE.—Although serious frosts in the earlier part of the season affected the cherry crop in one section of the Orange district, yet the total yield exceeded that of the…

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Mr. Lemmone's Return. the New Opera Company. Paderewski As a Farmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 8

Mr. John Lemmone, who left this city last March to assist Mr. J. C. Williamson and Mme Melba to form in Europe their new grand opera company, returned here yesterday, safe…

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The Soil Lamb-raising at Gloucester. Supplementary to Dairying. Border Leicesters Do Well

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

The advice to our farmers that they should not carry all their eggs all the one basket has become quite trite. It is only a few years since the. farmers of this and tile adjoining districts…

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London Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 15

Dalgety and Co. are in receipt of a cable from their London house advising that the butter market in the United Kingdom it steady and that there is not likely to be any…

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To Load Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 14

Verbena, sh, has been chartered to load a cargo of wheat at Sydney for the U.K. or Continent. The steamers Llanwern and River Forth have been taken up to load at Australian ports, also for the U.K. or…

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Shears and Scythe. Wool or Wheat? Which Pays Best? the Call to the Squatter

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

A prominent wheat expert says:--"I cannot understand why the squatter sticks air most entirely to wool, when wheat pays best. Average good crops now yield 25 bushels to…

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Kemp in Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 16

The nature and cause of kemp in wool is little understood by the average breeder. Bowman says:--"In proportion as the purity of the breed is maintained, does the production of hairy…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

LONDON, Friday Evening.—At the west [?] there was good competition art active rally were maintained The following prices were realised yesterday…

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Australasian Wool Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 15

A considerable change has occurred in the position of the total wool exports from Australia and New Zealand as compared with a month ago. The figures to December 31…

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The Week in Wheat

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

So far as crops are concerned the harvest started with prospects of one of the best yields in point of quality that we have ever and, but the rains during the past fortnight…

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The Week in Wool

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

The present week opened with very strong competition from all sections of the trade. The Continental section was more in dance than during the previous week or so…

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The Wool Sales. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 13

At the wool sales this afternoon good allround competition prevailed. There was a large offering of crossbreds, which are selling at slightly below opening rates…

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A Sagacious Sheep. Answers with Alacrity to Its Name

The World's News · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 12

On Tinnamurra sheep station, situated in Queensland, and close to the New South Wales border, there is a sheep which is rather a rare and remarkable one, inasmuch as the animal…

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The Wool Trade. Only Centre Now Selling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 9

A strong market was experienced, and good selections were submitted on the first three sale days this week, on the fourth, however these excellent features were not so…

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The Soil. a Sheep-owners' Problem. the Blow-fly Pest. Prevention and Treatment

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 16

Attention is again drawn by the Chief Inspector of Stock, Mr. S. T. D. Symons, in his annual report, to the increasing seriousness of the sheep-fly pest. It is evident from his remarks…

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Giant Cows. Prehistoric Monsters in the Farmyard

The World's News · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 18

Colonel John Jacob Astor, "patriot and inventor," believes he is on the track of solving the world's food problem. He has been reading statements by biological professors…

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