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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Extraordinary Shooting Case Farmer and His Son Attacked

Evening News · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

A farmer named Percy G. Waller has been shot in extraordinary circumstances, near Gympie, Queensland. About midnight he "was awakened by a man, who asked for assistance…

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Sailing Automobiles. Novel Form of Transit Used by Florida Farmers

The World's News · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 13

If you cannot afford the expensive mechanically propelled automobile, the sailing substitute shown in the sketch on this page might answer your purpose, if you have a fairly level…

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City Lads for the Country. Official Explanations. Ardent City Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 11

The Immigration League officials have furnished explanations regarding the complaints of boys who were sent to the country under, their auspices. The league was charged with…

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A Farmers' National Protest Against Protection

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 8

In the forcible protests against protection made by farmers to the Canadian Tariff Commission, we have a most striking contribution to the fiscal discussion, and one…

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Against Protection. Demand of the Canadian Farmers. for a Reduction of Duties. Evidence Before the Tariff Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 9

The Canadian farmers are thoroughly alive to the injuries inflicted upon the consumer as the result of protection. They have accordingly, with great ability,…

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Farm and Field. “Sta[?]tere,” and How to Make Them

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 3

In answer to a question [?]ng “starters” and how [?] then, Professor F[?]on, Wis[?] Dairy school, gives the following…

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Enriching Rain. Early Crops, Winter Feed, and Doubled Butter Cheques

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1906 · page 5

"Incalculable" was the word Mr. T. W. Craven, of Sussex-street, used to a "Sunday Times" representative in describing the benefit the country districts would…

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Australian Pastoral Co. London, Saturday, 6.40 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 4 March 1906 · page 1

The report of the Australian Pastoral Co. shows a profit of £12,740, which is to be applied to the reduction of the company's debit balance…

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The Butter Market. New South Wales Under-selling Victoria

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1906 · page 5

So far as the inter-State butter trade is concerned, the Victorian operators are at present oc[?]pying a secondary postion, the New South Wales holders of the produce…

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Farm and Garden

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1906 · page 2

The Premier {Mr. Seddon) says if he had bis time over again he would settle on the land. At Greymouth on a recent Saturday he drew an attractive picture of the…

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Plea for Mixed Farming

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1906 · page 2

"Yes," said a farmer in one of the Lower Northern districts recently to a representative of the Kapunda (S.A.) paper, "We have had an exceptionally…

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Equitable Share Farming

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1906 · page 2

A very liberal system of share farming, which has been tried successfully for some years on the property of Mr. G. H. Greene, M.L.C., of Grenfell, is the subject…

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Farms for Farmers' Sons

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1906 · page 4

Mr. Ashton's attention is hereby drawn to a statement by the Premie of Victoria to the effect that an amending Land Bill will be…

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£2,500,000 Increase in Wool. N.s.w. Gets £1,250,000. Best Year the State Has Ever Had. Success of Next Season Assured

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1906 · page 5

That the present wool season has been a record was universally admitted by leading firms interested in the trade when interviewed by a "Sunday Times"…

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Wool and Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 6

During the week Just closed the Railway Department have received at Darling Island, Morpeth, and Newcastle 1437 bales of wool, being an increase over the same period last-season of…

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Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 9

The butter exports to the United Kingdom from Sydney from July 1, 1905, to February 28, 1906, were 6382[?] tons, from Melbourne 12,436 tons, Brisbane 2321 tons, and Adelaide 554 tons…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 11

The quantify of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney yesterday was, by rail, 139 bales…

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Rabbit-eating Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 3

MOLONG.—Amongst the sheep lost by Mr. George Bruce, of Loanbah, last week, through the animals eating the dried carcases of rabbits which had succumbed to poisoned…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Nowranie Land Episode

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 3

Urana, a little place in Riverina where the coach stops, recently held 500 very land hungry persons. A few blocks of good land had been made available on Nowranle…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 3

DAPTO.—Messrs. Brown Bros., of Wollingurry, Dapto, forwarded on Friday one truck of dairy heifers to Sydney, en route to the Tweed River, being part of an instalment of orders…

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