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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

The Goonoo Goonoo Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 10

Full particulars are given in our advertising columns of the approaching sale at Tamworth of the Goonoo Goonoo farms by Messrs. Garvin and Cousens, the local…

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TURRAWAN. Divining Rod.—Ploughing.—Dairying.—Rabbits

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 13

Mr. D. Ferguson has used the divining rod very successfully in this district, one settler having struck fresh water at 28ft. in country considered to contain only salt…

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On Various Topics. (Per favour of the Editor of "The Farmer and Settler.)

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 12

Sir,—The tariff is a plank of politics which the members of a conference, or a branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, can never agree upon. Hence…

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The Dairyman. the Mutual Education of Dairymen

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 11

The following extracts from a letter written by a gentleman some sixty-five years ago from the Illawarra district to his friends in England, will show how…

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Dairy Education

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 11

Modern treatises containing information of value to the average dairy farmer are, for the most part, of necessity compilations but a compilation may have its…

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Imprisoned Dairymen

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. J. Donovan, jun., writes:—The members of the Leichhardt Council are wrathful because my father preferred to go to gaol rather than pay the fine inflicted on him. I wish to say…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Cumberland Fruitgrowers. Necessity for Legislation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the Fruitgrowers' Union held at Parramatta on Saturday presented some curious features. The attitude of a number of speakers to restrictive…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 6

MOREE.—At a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association reference was made to the inquiries of the Intelligence Department respecting persons requiring land. The…

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Dairy. Guernseys As Milkers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 595

Guernsey cows are highly prized as milk and butter producers in some countries. There are comparatively few animals of the breed seen in Australian milking yards…

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The Farmer. Western Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 595

"I had a splendid crop last season." said a Western farmer recently. Four bags and a half to the acre is a good yield in our dry climate." The speaker came from West of…

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Tasmanian Apple Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 10

HOBART, Tuesday.--The drop in the apple export is far mere serious than anticipated. The Medic was to take 47,000 eases, the quantity being subsequently cut down to 35,000. The…

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Peel River Farms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 25

Lithographed plans have been Issued of the 30,000 acres of land which have been cut up into farms by the Peel River Company. The land lies within three to six miles from…

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Rural Topics. Field and Garden Reminders for March. the Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 25

During the past month there has been very little Improvement in the weather in many portions or the State, while in other portions bountiful rains have fallen. Wherever the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 13

The Blocklesby branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has carried a resolution urging the Government to reduce, the charge for railway carriage on wire, netting to the same…

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The Dairy

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 11

The annual returns of the Inverell butter factory shows £8012 paid for cream during the year, or an increase over 1904 of £3082. The profit made was £589…

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Stolen Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 7

T.C., ROOTY-HILL, writes:-- I note in your reports about dairy stock that there seems to be an active demand. As for as I and others can testify, the demand round here has been too active,…

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London Wool Market

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 6

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, have received the following telegram from their London house, dated 6th inst.:--"The list of arrivals for the second series of sales in the…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 9

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram:—"The quantity of wool available for the forthcoming series of sales is 310,000 bales, of which 178,000 bales have gone direct…

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A Big Wheat Cargo

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 1

The Swedish steamer B[?]a, now in port at Sydney, has cleared for Barcelona with a big wheat cargo, comprising 47,177 bags…

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Methodists in Conference. Discussion on Temperance and Morals. Pastoral Session

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 7

At a pastoral session held yesterday morning the President (Rev. J. G. Morris Taylor) in the chair, the question of candidates for the ministry was again brought before; the conference…

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