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Farming & the land, 1903

4,857 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 243

Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for January

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 2

Field—It should be decided at once whether land that was under grain is to go to grass or be prepared for other crops, if the latter, or it is new land for cropping, then the sooner it is broken up…

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Green Crops for Winter Fodder

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 13

There are many things which go to make the successful dairy farmer, but the two most essential are a good herd of dairy stock, and abundance of good feed. All farmers know…

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Bucolic Stage Aspirant. The manager of a London suburban theatre recently received a letter from a female farm servant in Essex. It ran thus:—

The World's News · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 2

"Deer sur,—I works hon a farm but wants to turn actin. Would lik ingagement for the pantomin in hany ways which you think I be fit for. I sings in the church coir and plais the melodion…

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Friday's Commercial. a Word About the Maize Crop

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 8

Trade in the Sussex-street produce markets was almost at a standstill during the day: buyers apparently having decided to "hold off"; until the beginning of the month, and…

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Lively Dairy Meeting. Singleton

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 7

A lively meeting of shareholders in Singleton of the Co-operative Dairy Co . was held yesterday evening, in the Elite Hall. Interruptions were the order of the day. The…

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Disciples of Dowie. Australian Farmers Sell Their Homes. Taking Their Money to Zion City

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A number of well-to-da farmers in the Chariton district have become smitten with a belief in the faith-healing doc[?]rlnes propounded by the Rev. J. D. Dowie, now of…

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Old Sydney. James Milson : A Link with the Long Past—An Early Dairy Farm—Brisbane Honse—John Whitton—Charles Badham—"Grantham"—Sir W. W. Burton—Some Old-time Schoolmasters : Dr. Halloran, the Capes—Aspinall, Brown and Co.—Campbell of Blight-street—Old "St. Phillip's"—"St. Phillip's and St. John's," why so Named—Early Yachtsmen—The First Club

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1903 · page 3

"Old Sydney" has lost a veritable "old chum" in the death of Mr. James Milson, who was laid to rest recently in St. Thomas' Cemetery, North Sydney…

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A Mad Scheme Foolishly Fanatical Farmers. Dangerously Deluded by Dowie. Pisa an Exodus from Australia. Wealthy Victorian Settlers Selling Up, in order to Leave for Dowle's Zion City

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1903 · page 2

If any justification were needed for "Truth's" strictures upon the disciples of that dangerous dodger Dowie, it is to be found in the course of recent…

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Seed Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

The following notification appears in the "Government Gazette" regarding the railway rate for the carriage of seed wheat:—"When the crops have failed in any district through the drought, and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 5

Mr. T. V. Blomfield, the inspector under the Board of Health, has visited 75 dairies and inspected 870 cattle and 10 slaughterhouses in this district. A great improvement was found in the state of the…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 4

LONDON, January 31, 7 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening, business was slack, and there were considerable withdrawals. Merinoes and crossbreds were both fully 5 per cent, below opening…

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The Wool Sales. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

At the preseant series of wool sales 122,339 bales have been catalogued and 110,895 bales have been sold. At the auctions yesterday there was a…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

The wool sales to-day were slack. Prices for merinos and crossbreds were fully 5 per cent, below the opening rates, and considerable withdrawals were made…

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Baby Farmers to Be Executed

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 3

LONDON, January 31.—The Home Secretary has decided that there is no reason why the sentences passed upon Annie Walters and Amelia Sach, for the murder of infants in…

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Help for the Farmers

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 8

FORBES, Monday.—A well attended meeting of farmers was held in the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon, at which the Mayor presided, to urge upon the Government the necessity to…

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The London Baby Farming Case. Prisoners to Be Hanged. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 7

The Home Secretary (Mr. Akers-Douglas) has decided that the sentence of death passed upon the women Annie Walters and Amelia Sach, who were found guilty on January 17…

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Dairy News. Pambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 9

The half-yearly meeting of the Pambula Cooperative Dairy Company was held to-day. The report showed a very prosperous six months the overdraft being reduced by £166. The butter…

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Shocking Baby-farming Case. Two Women to Be Hanged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Secretary for Homo Affairs (Mr. A. Akers-Douglas) has decided that the two women, Annie Walters and Amelia Sach, who were found guilty of murder in the…

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The Country. Farmers in a Sad Plight

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 6

FORBES, Saturday.--At a representative meeting of farmers this afternoon, the Mayor in the chair, the following motions were carried unanimously, to be presented to the Minister for…

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Sheep Roasted Alive

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

Extensive grass fires are raging at Kilcunda. Nearly 300 acres of grass have been destroyed, and scores of sheep brought from the drought- stricken districts, have been roasted alive at…

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