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Farming & the land, 1911

10,786 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Wheat and Farm Produce. Wheat. SYDNEY. Lindley, Walker and Co

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 7

Messrs. Lindley, Walker and Co. report:— Still lower prices have ruled in the wheat market this week. Large quantities are available for prompt delivery, but buyers are not disposed…

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Rape for Sheep

The Land · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 6

Rape, which at one time was thought not suitable for culture in the warm districts of this State, has proved itself a good friend to many…

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Wheat Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 8

La Tour a'Vuverg[?]e, French bq, which cleared yesterday for Falmouth, takes 36,049 bags of wheat as cargo…

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Share-farming at Young. Successful Wheat Yields

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Despite the prevalence of "take-all" rust, etc., in many crops in the Young district, the general yield is above growers' expectations. H. Andrews,…

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Refusing to Muster Cattle

The Land · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 9

At the Kyogle Police Court last month, before the P.M., It. D. L. Hill, of Ummigar station, was fined £20 and costs, or three months'…

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The Sheep Maggot Fly

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 8

The annual report of the Stock Branch (N.S.W.), for the year ended June, 1910, a copy of which has just reache us, devotes a couple of pages…

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Sheep to Kill Grasshoppers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 3

Mr. F. J. Hartley, "Minarooba," Duri, Tamworth, writes:—The grasshoppers are in millions in patches about here. In some places the ground…

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Wheat. Unsatisfactory Markets

The Land · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 12

The wheat markets have continued in a very unsatisfactory condition, the general situation suiting neither buyers, sellers, nor shippers. If one…

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Shears & Scythe Our Weekly Review of the Wool, Wheat, Stock and Produce Markets. (Published Every Friday.) the Week in Wool

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 11

A marked improvenment is being shown in fine wools, as well as an upward tendency in the medium grades. Scoured wools are dragging, and do not seem in keen request…

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Wagga's Wool Yield

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

The Wagga stock inspector, Mr. Lyne, furnishes the following compar­ative figures of the wool yield, per head, for sheep and lambs for the last…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 9

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,659 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to [?] bales, as under:…

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General Notes. Margarine V. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

The production of margarine in the United Slates increased from 92,282,815lb. in 1909 to 133,755,426lb. in 1910. Of this latter amount 3,491,978lb. were taxed 5d per lb as being…

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Wool-classing for Farmers. Some Practices to Be Avoided

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

In a lecture to farmers in West Australia, Prof. Lowrie, director of Agriculture called special attention to the necessity of their putting their wool on…

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Railway in Wheat Country

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Mr, R. T. Ball, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from Savernake, which asked that the railway from Lockhart now being constructed to Oaklands (or Clear Hills), and likely to be…

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Wheat and Other Cereals

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

A proclamation has been issued prohibiting the exportation of wheat or other grain, ores, sugar, or other bagged products, if the bags when filled…

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The Week in Wheat

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 11

Under all the circumstances a moderate level of prices, such as the present one, ought (according to Beerbohm) to draw sufficient wheat to satisfy requirements up to the time…

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Another Cargo of Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Messrs. J. Bell and Co. cleared the barque La Tour d'Auvergne at Sydney yesterday with 36,409 bags of wheat. She will most likely get away for…

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The Butter Market. Prescott, Ltd., Report:—

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 7

The market has been maintained at 90/ for local and export sale. The demand has not been very brisk, and it is anticipated that with the lower…

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A Wet-wool Tester

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 6

The trouble between pastoratists and shearers over wet sheep, or alleged wet sheep, has been going on ever since shearing was…

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Judging Merino Sheep. Murrumbidges Association's Suggestion

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee (N.S.W.) P. and A. Association, at last meeting, discussed the question of judging in the merino classes at the annual show, a…

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