Closer Settlement Farms. Sydney
Mr. Beeby yesterday gave details of farms that have been made available under the Closer Settlement Act. For the sub-division of Bibbenluke,…
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Farming & the land, 1912
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The Maize Crop. Sydney
The acting Government Statistician forecasts the maize yield to be 4,444,000 bushels, as against 7,594,130 bushels last year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Night and Day
A Californian farmer, Mr. E. W. Fowler, whose lands lie near Lodi, is a man not bound by traditional methods, for he has had two teams ploughing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to a Farmer. Hand Caught in Chaffcutter. Hand and Part of Arm Cut Off. Adelaide
A serious accident occurred on Tuesday last, near Clive, to Mr, Dreeknow, sen, of Yarduarie, He and his sous were engaged in cutting, chaff, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat for France. Paris
The Senate to-day adopted a bill modifying the regulations temporarily admitting foreign wheat. M. Pams (Minister for Agriculture), stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Deal in Cattle. Mr. S. Kidman Benefits by the Rain
The Brisbane corresponhdent of the "S.M. Herald" reports as follows:— Mr. Sydney Kidman, who arrived in Brisbane last Saturday from his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opening of Sydney Sheep Show. Sydney
The Sydney sheep show was officially opened by the State Governor yesterday. Speaking at the official luncheon Lord Chelmsford spoke of the need for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cattle Disease. London
The Government has authorised the landing of Irish cattle on the same conditions as that imposed on foreign at Bristol. Birkenhead, and Glasgow. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Cattle Disease. London
The Government has authorised the landing of Irish cattle on the same conditions as that imposed on foreign at Bristol, Birkenhead, and Glasgow. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Foot and Mouth Disease British Cattle Excluded. [Reuter's Message] Buenos Avres
The importation of British cattle to Buenos Ayres is now prohibited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Employees' Wages. "Bring the Unions to Their Knees."
A large gathering of Kerang (Vie) farmers met Mr. Rofe the organiser, on Friday afternoon, to form a branch of the Rural Producers Association…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales. Child Labor in Dairying Districts. Sydney
In the annual report of school inspectors, reference is made to child labor in the dairying and rabitting districts. One inspector refers to a bitter tale of…
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The South African Government has prohibited the importation of British and Irish cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Prices. London
Wool prices are firm and competition for all sorts is keenly maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Trade. Foreign and Colonial Representatives Banquetted. [Reuter's Message.] London
The International Committee on Vegetable Fibre in Wool entertained the foreign and colonial representatives at a banquet in White City last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foot and Mouth Disease the Disease Spreading. Metropolitan Cattle Market to Be Closed. [Reuter's Message.] London
The foot and month disease has broken, out at Old Malden, and the movement of cattle, sheep, goats, and swine has been prohibited over considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Wheat Yield. London
According to the crop conditions on July 1, it is estimated that the American winter yield of wheat will be 358,000,000 bushels and the spring yield…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Labor. Boy Faints at School. Sweating System on Farms
In the Toports of the New South Wales school inspectors for 1911 there are detailed two instances of children working for their living on dairy farms…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Increase in Prices. Evidence of a Farmer. Fighting the Pests
The Royal Commission on Food Supply, which has been for some months past inquiring into the cost of food to the consumer, was on Friday given…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers and Settlers. Annual Conference in Sydney. the Association's Political Attitude. Sydney
The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was oponed in Sydney on Monday with an attendance of about 300 delegates…
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