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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

4,857 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 243

The Maize Crops. Effects of the Heat Wave. Maize Ensilage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 9

Mr. Kidd, Minister for Agriculture, states that in districts where maize is grown an unusual situation has been created by the excessive heat wave which passed over the State a fortnight…

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Wagga Relief Works. Favour Shown to Farmers. Dissatisfaction of Working-men. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 7

A meeting of local working-men, numbering about 100, was held in the Town Hall last night to consider the mode in which the district works are being carried out, more especially in reference to the…

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Canadian Development Settlers Required. Farmers As Lecturers. London

The Australian Star · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 4

The appeals made by Mr. Chamberlain and several British Generals to employers generally to engage the services of war reservists have produced little results in Great…

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Baby-farming. Two Women Sentenced to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--In the Islington baby farming case, the two women, Annie Walters and Amelia Sach, have been found guilty of murder, and sentenced to death at the Old Bailey…

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Unemployed in the Country. Object to Preference Being Shown to Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 5

WAGGA. Sunday.--A largely-attended meeting of unemployed, which had been convened by the Mayor, in answer to a petition, was held in the Town-hall last night for the purpose of…

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Maize Ensilage. Its Value As Fodder. How to Make It. Some Important Hints for Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 6

Mr. Kidd, State Minister for Agriculture, states that in districts where maize is grown an unusual situation has been created by the excessive heat wave which passed over the State a fortnight ago…

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Export of Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

Captain A. H. Dufrayer (winner of the Queen's Searf for bravery in the Boer war), who left Melbourne on December 11 in the steamer Orange Branch with a shipment of cattle for the restocking…

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General News. Seed-wheat to Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture has noticed the complaints which have been made about the alleged delay of the Government in preparing its proposals regarding the distribution of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 3

The manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm reports that the threshing of wheat has just been completed, and returns have proved satisfactory. Seventy-live acres placed under wheat yielded 628…

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Victoria's Wheat Yield

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

"R.D.," in the "Australasian" of Jan­uary 17. says:—"The estimate of the wheat yield, given in another column, which is based upon a personal…

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Applications for Seed Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 6

An agitation is being vigorously carried on in the country to induce the Government to increase the amount of seed wheat to be given to the drought-stricken farmers. The Government…

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S.a. Wheat and Flour

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

The steamer Buninyong, which arrived in port yesterday from Adelaide, brought the following cargo;--6000 bags of chaff, 1500 bags of salt, 2500 bags of flour, 2000 bags of…

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Farmers in Distress. Seed Wheat and Horse Feed Wanted. an Appeal to the Government for Help

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 7

A public meeting is to be held in Sydney towards the end of this week to urge upon the Government the necessity for at once helping distressed farmers by supplying seed wheat and…

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Seed Wheat Required. Effect of the Drought. TUMUT

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 3

A meeting of 50 farmers was held at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon last, Mr. G. Clout, sen., presiding, to consider the advisability of applying to the Government…

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Crossbred Sheep and Goat As Animal Food. To the Editor of the "Stock and Station Journal."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

Sir,—Though we have had abundance of rain all over the State, through the disastrous effect of the drought, beef and mutton have been very scarce. and…

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Dairying

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan writes in the January number of tlif "Agricultural Ga­zette" as follows:—"Practically speak­ing, throughout the dairy districts of…

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Haggard's Experience As a Farmer

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

Rider Haggard, in a preface to his forthcoming bonk entitled, "Rural England," gives this account of his wanderings:--"I have travelled in and tried to learn what,I was…

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How to Attract Colonists. Canada's Enterprise. Lecturing Tour by Successful Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Canadian Government is sending a mission to England to induce the war reservists to settle in Canada. Forty successful Canadian farmers will…

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Agricultural Pastoral Irrigation

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 136

The strangest feature in the development of the resources of Australia has been the almost complete disregard of the true uses of water. In a climate which places a special value upon…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 7

It is understood that the Department of Agriculture is sending buyers to the south to acquire wheat as seed for ditribution among farmers. Altogether the purchase will probably run into 50,000…

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