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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Our Veterinary Column. Minor Operations on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 14

Strangles, a disease by means of which so many of our youngsters and also many of our old stock are lost, is as a rule easily curable if taken in time. The…

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Crops and Pastures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 12

CARGO.—All the herbage is drying up. The corn crop is a complete failure for want of rain. A large number of farmers are selling out. During the week Mr. Victor Beel's farm…

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Dairying Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 12

INVERELL.—The January returns for the Inveroll Butter Factory show that the cream supplied was 687,657lb, and the butter manufactured 34,170lb, 9d and 10d per lb. being…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Inoculation of the Soil. an Exposure of the Latest Method

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 12

Indignant correspondents have from time to time desired to know why the Agricultural Department of New South Wales has not furnished farmors in general with supplies…

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Dairy. a Jersey Herd

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 403

Jersey cattle sections do not fill so well as those provided for other breeds at South Coast shows. There are, however, some excellent types of the profitable little cream…

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The Farmer. Farm Experiments

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 403

Much work of an educational character has been done by State farms in New South Wales. It is, however, questionable whether efforts in this direction have had as far-reaching an…

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Farmers and Settlers' Associations

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 406
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

The [?]oree branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has instructed the secretary to write to the district branch urging that land known as watercourse country should…

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Poultry Farm Lease

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 11

INQUIRER. MANLY:--Everything depends upon the terms of the lease you appear to have signed, and not knowing those terms we cannot offer an opinion as to the landlord's…

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Tragedy Near Capetown. Farmer Treacherously Killed. Suicide of the Murderer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A German farmer, near Capetown, named Sebaelfer, was recently treacherously murdered by another farmer, named Basson, and his body…

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Experimental Farm Work

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 37

At a meeting of the Cowra Progress Association last week, the matter of the work at the local experimental farm was discussed, in consequence of the following report, furnished by…

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Dairy Industry

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 11

At a large mmeting of the Sydney milk suppliers at Camden it was unanimously decided that the price of milk to be paid by Sydney milk companies to suppliers bo not less than…

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To-day's Commercial. Bumper Wheat Crop. Fall in Butter

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 3

The gross yield of 'wheat' in the Commonwealth of Australia is swelled by a record harvest in south Australia. A private cable advises Mark Lane as still…

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Record Wheat Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 9

South Australia has reaped a record wheat harvest, according to "The Register," which has issued its final estimate showing the crop to be no less then 21,045,000 bushels, an…

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Wool Sales

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 25

Sales were held on Tuesday at the Sydney Wool. Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 3272 bales, and the sales, including…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 9

The last of the weekly series of wool sales was held at the Royal, Exchange yesterday. As is usual at this end of the season, the bulk of the offerings showed rather heavy…

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English Butter Market. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 7

Mr. Seddon has received a cablegram from Mr. W. P. Reeves, High Commissioner for New Zealand, stating that the drop in the price of butter is due to the action of…

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A Magnificent Season. the Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 8

With the termination of the large weekly local auction sales yesterday, the Sydney wool season for 1905-6 was practically brought to a close, for there will be little beyond oddments…

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Fall From a Wheat Stack. Fractured His Leg

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 1

About half- past 8 o'clock this morning Sydney M. Tickle, a labourer, 37, living in Parramatta- road, Summer Hill, was engaged taking wheat to Davey and Sons' flour mill,…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Around Muswellbkook. Severe Drought Conditions. Water Very Scarce. All Stock Being Removed. Muswellbrook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 5

The Muswellbrook district is in a pitiful state. Drought reigns overywhere. Month after month has gone by, and little or no rain has fallen. The rainfall for 1905 to…

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