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Farming & the land, 1911

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Warwick Farm Racing Club. February Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 12

Appended are the entries received to-day for the above meeting:- Farm Stakes, 1m.—Lewie, Don't Care, Mullengcen, Moeraki, Lucky Jack, Olivenza. The Maze, Shoalhaven,…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Country Shows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 6

Last month saw the beginning of the round of agricultural shows with the South Coast fixtures. These gatherings are becoming more of a social fixture than over in many country…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 6

JAMBEROO.—The inspector of public health has reported to the municipal council on a recent inspection of the municipality, stating that 117 registered dairies were visited,…

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For the North Coast. the Farmers' Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 8

BALLINA, Monday.--The adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Richmond River Cooperative Steamship Company was held on Saturday. Over 60 lower river farmers were…

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Farm Laborers' Wages. Farmers and Settlers' Proposals

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 3

COWRA, Monday.--A public meeting, of farmers was held at the Centennial-hall on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken in regard to the…

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Pastoral Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10

Mr. Tudor is making inquiries as to the conditions under which Australian meat could be imported into Denmark. Advices have in the meantime been received that the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 57

Carriage of Manure.—Farmer: We agree with you that special concessions should be made on State railways, for the carriage of manure, as by the use of suitable fertilisers there would be an increase…

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Wheat Crops in Manured Land

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 31

ONE of the brightest features of the cereal industry of Australia is the way that…

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Moisture in Butter

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

A telegram from Melbourne gives, some extraordinary and conflicting results in testing butter for moisture. The facts are related by the manager of the Foster and District…

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State Butter Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 13

Butter shipments from Sydney during the week ended February 4 amounted to 9522 boxes, as follows:—United Kingdom and Continent, 9318; New Caledonia, 26; South Sea…

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Diseases of Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 14

The attention of stock-owners find the forming community is drawn by the Chief Inspector of Stock in his annual report, to the work of investigation being carried out in relation to…

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Braxy in Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 12

Mr. R. Willmot, F.R.C.S., etc., writes:—The assurance of Processor Gilruth in reading a paper on braxy disease of sheep before the Science Congress in Sydney, which he now…

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The Pastoral Wealth of Australia, No 2-- The Grazing Farmer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 21

The misapplied zeal of the early governing powers towards extended settlement led to enormous tracts of the best lands being practically given away, or leased in such a…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 13

To-morrow (Thursday) Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, will submit a catalogue of about 7000 bales woo[?] amongst which will be the following linens:—650 bales, F Bros, from Binalong; 310 bales JM/YCK, from…

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Carriage of Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10

The Railway Commissioners, owing to the shortage of trucks, have been obliged utilise cattle trucks for the carriage of wheat from Yass and other centres. These vehicles carry…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 9

A couples of heavy catalogues covering [?] Pastoral Finance Association Limited [?] Harrison Jones and Devil Limited [?] were offered this afternoon at the [?] Exchange…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 8

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co, write as follows:--"Yesterday we brought forward an attractive catalogue of fine quality wools, the bulk of which were drawn from the New…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 13

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchanfe, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,354 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to 9910 bales, as under:…

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The Pastoral Industry. Some West Australian Figures

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 14

The annual report of the president of the Western Australian Pastoralists' Association discloses the fact that perhaps the best known if not the most important stock production of…

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Financial. Points About Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 13

Once more we have reached the period for the annual reports of the London brokers on the wool market. Messrs. Windeler and Co., Jacomb, Son and Co., and Brown and…

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