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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

Tasmanian Wool Sales. Good Bidding. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 13

Thewool saies to-day were well attended by buyers, and also largely by growers whose clips were submitted.It was noted that while the sale was proceeding many telegrams came to buyers, and there…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Good Bred Fowls Are Best

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 10

SOME poultry-keepers' have wrong impressions regarding pure bred fowls and their profitableness. Many people may say that although good bred birds are…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Teaching the Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 7

The scheme for providing practical agricultural education at public schools in the country districts is very warmly supported in Sydney, and great interest is manifested in…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 7

NOWRA.—The supply to the Nowra Cooperative Dairy Company's factory is rapidly, increasing. The butter output in December, was 46 tons…

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Mudgee State Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 8

The Minister for Works states that he has not in any way abandoned the proposal to have land in the Mudgee district set apart for the benefit of persons out of work, where they may…

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Dry-farming. the Soil-culture Manual. Professor Campbell's Wore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 11

A few weeks ago Mr. J. H. M'Coll, M.L.A. (Vic.), supplied the State Minister for Agriculture with a report on dry-farming in America, a summary of which we published at…

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The Soil. Settlement and Production. Pedagogic Farmers. at the Hawkesbury College. the Field Course

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 11

One end of the summer School of instruction is in the Lecture-room; the other is in the field. The former is valuable, suggestive, and tragically serious; the latter is useful, interesting,…

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A Relief Labor Depot. What Is Done at Bunnerong Farm. Creditable Record

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 9

Whether a direct responsibility is cast upon the State of seeing that all the people have sufficient work to yield them the means of living is a question that admits of argument…

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Farm and Field. Canada and Australia

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 5

An Australian who has settled down in California having noticed the comparison made between Australia and Canada, has given his experience to the…

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Little Things on Little Farms

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 7

'Tis the little things that are neglected, but tis they that bring the money in. True, they are generally looked upon as troublesome, constant attention being…

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N. S. W. Harvest. Statistician's Estimate. 20,488,800 Bushels of Grain. Second Best Year on Record. 10,000,000 Bushels for Export. Improved Quality of Wheat

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 5

The estimate of the probable yield of wheat for the present season has been completed, and Mr. W. H. Hall, the Acting-Government Statistician, has furnished the following…

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Our Wheat Crops. Estimated Yield 20,000,000 Bushels

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 3

The following particulars of the estimate of the probable yield of wheat for the present season has been supplied by the Acting-Government Statistician (Mr. W. H. Hall)…

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Loading of Wheat Ships Why the Laborers Complain. a Question of Bags. From the Men's Point of View

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 5

Regarding the dispute which has arisen between the laborers who load the wheat ships and the employers as to wages, there was no development yesterday. The…

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The Farming of the Future

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 4

The soil of Mildura is of the same kind as that of millions of acres of alluvial lands both north and south of the Murray and along the courses of…

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Our Wheat Crops

The Australian Star · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 7

The following particulars of the estimate of the probable yield of wheat for the present season has been supplied by the Acting- Government Statistician (Mr. W. H. Hall)…

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Canadian Cattle Barred

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Earl Harrington (President of the Board of Agriculture) has, in reply to a deputation of traders asking for the removal of restrictions upon the…

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The Wheat Crop. Estimate of the Government Statistician

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 7

Mr. W. H. Hall, the Acting-Government Statistician, estimates that the wheat crop of New South Wales this season is 20,488,800 bushels, from 1,837,550 acres; while the wheaten hay…

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The Wool Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 6

Considerable interest centres i th[?] resumption of the Sydney wool sales to-day. Already since the opening of the season on July 1 no less than 434,187 bales…

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Queensland Pine for Butter Boxes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 5

"Aquilus" writes:—"Assuming that a high duty is put on white pine, and that Queensland was offered the trade, it is very certain that she could not supply both…

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American Wool Limits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 5

There has been much mention of the fact that limits for fine light-conditioned wools suitable for America are lower than last season; the reason for the lower basis seems to…

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