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Farming & the land, 1912

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London Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report having received from their London agents, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Company, the…

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[?] Defects in Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 5

Perhaps ono of tho commonest defects to be found in wool, a defect that is inherent to the fibre itself, not an added fault, such as burr or seed, is what…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 4

Three catalogues, covering 10,[?]23 bales, were presented to Sydney wool buyers this afternoon—New Zealand Loa[?] and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, [?]754 bales: Winchcombe, Carson, Limited…

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Boy Charged with Cattle. Stealing

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 7

Six cows were stolen form Moore Park on January 24, and driven to inglis and Son's Sale Yords, Quay-street, city, on January 25. As a result, Edward Hugh Roblinan, a youth…

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The Marketing of Wheat

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 2

Mr. T. Langdon (chairman), Mr. J. Carlisle, Mr. G. f. Holden, Mr. W. S. Keast, Mr-. J. Lemmon, and Mr. W. Plain, members of the Federal Assembly, were last week appointed by…

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South Coast Cattle. The Percentage of Disease

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., speaking at the opening of the Kiama Show last week, pointed out that recently an effort had been made in certain quarters…

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Homebush Stock Market. Sheep. Prime Qualities Without Change

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 11

An average supply of sheep was forward at yesterday's sales for a Monday's pennings. Out of 21,762 sheep (including lambs) listed for sale, from 68 consignors, 21,762 head were…

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Close of the London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 12

We have received copies of private cables respecting the close of the first series of London sales from the Australian Estates and Mortgage Company, Dalgety and Co., New…

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The Horseman Lice Infestation. Sheep Dip Will Kill It

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

Lice on horses may be annihilated by any of the ordinary coat sheep-dips, in the same proportions as for dipping sheep. The solution should…

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Japan's Wool Trade. Staple Must Some from Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

Mr. J. B. Suttor, Commercial Commissioner in the East for New South Wales, reports the list of some remarks made to him in the course of a…

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D.F.A. OR F.S.A. Dairy Farmers' Association

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 3

At a meeting of the Nashua branch of the Dairy Farmers' Association, Mr. Fred Reading, a member of the executive, announced that the association was…

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Neglected Wealth. Wheat Harvest Waiting. No Means of Transport. Darling Harbor Idle

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 4

This, in the period of the Wheat shipment from Australia--the period of the transportation of Australia's golden harvests to the hungry, waiting markets of the old…

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Cost of Wool Growing. Interesting American Estimates. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Dec. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 5

An interesting part of the findings of the American Tariff Board is the cost of the production of growing wool. The Tariff Board report states that, "after crediting the flock…

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Commercial. Brisbane Short of Flour. Sydney Unable to Assist. Loss to N.s.w Wheat-growers

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 5

Advices from Brisbane and South Brisbane, as well as from the suburbs, state the bakers are in sore straits for want of flour. It was intended by the N.S.W. millers to ship supplies…

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The Government versus the Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 1

JIMMY: I say, Tom; that truck is not his enough for its load! TOM: The truck's alright, Jim, It's the lond that is too big for the truck. Far…

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For the Farm Table a Bread-making Hint

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 8

An experienced bread-maker asks me to tell my friends not to allow their bread to rise too much, nor to be always looking at it. She attends to…

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Bush and Farm Craft A Refrigerating Paint a Cheap and Easily-made Cooling Wash

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 2

Uncle Wiseman last week sent the following recipe to a Moree friend who asked for information on how to make a paint the application of which would…

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The Cost of Pig-Raising a Farmer's Mistaken Ideas

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

A Mudgee friend recently propounded the following question to Uncle Wiseman:—I can sell all the maize and all the chickwheat 1 grow, at, say, 3/-…

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The Dairy Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

The calf that has to be raised without milk is to be pitied. The best substitute for milk is said to be linseed meal boiled to a jelly; mix a little…

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