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Farming & the land, 1907

7,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Farm and Dairy. Original Articled [All Rights Reserved.] Selecting Seed Corn

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

WHEN in the field selecting seeds ears one should always have in mind the type of ear toward which one is striving. It is a good plan to reserve for comparison…

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The Wool Sales. a Record Season. the Business of the Buyer. a Profitable'pandemonium

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 6

As you reach the landing on the second floor wave atter wave of mighty sound, a babel of shrieklng, snapping, gasping monosyllables, comes surging along the corridor. No;…

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Farmers' Wives and Children. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 15

Sir, -- The correspondence on the above subject has been very interesting, and I hope may lead to some beneficial action being taken by the commissioners in providing extra excursion trips from the country, to…

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Butter Export

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 2

The supplies of butter coming into Melbourne now for export to London are decreasing at the rate of about 50 tons per week. The quantity sent away by two…

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Record Wheat Cargo

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 12

The steamer Indrawadi left Sydney on Monday night with 62.991 bags of wheat, by far the largest cargo ever shipped. The steamer Ashburton cleared the port on Tuesday with 52.475 bags…

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Bad Method of Skinning Sheep

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 2

The Chief Inspector of Foodstuffs for Export, Dr. A. A. Brown, in the course of a conversation a few days ago, expressed the opinion that careless methods of…

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Making a Dairy Farm Pay

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 8

Among the varied schemes for making a dairy farm pay, there does not seem so far any history of one that has paid. I Propose to tell how an old-time mixed, and…

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Farmers' Grain Store Companies

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 2

Farmers' grain store co-operative companies have been among the most useful organisations yet introduced to the agricultural community of Victoria, for through…

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The King As a Farmer

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 2

King Edward is still the leading gentleman farmer of the United Kingdom. During his birthday stay at Sandringham he found time to inspect his shorthorns…

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Farm and Garden Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 2

BRACKEN (in reply to "Esma"): No [?] of the bracken fern is available, but no inst[?] is known of its poisoning cattle. [?] if they consumed it when hard and mature at night…

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The Earnest Worker and the "Swell Farmer."

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 8

IN January last a special farming commis[?]oner of the "Sunday Times" visited the North Coast, and in the course of his article dealt with the matter of capital…

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What Capital Do I Require to Start Farming?"

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 8

In reading over your valuable paper, I come across the above query. In these times it has been said a man over forty is not wanted. I have found it to be true…

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Immigrants Will Swarm. Co-operation of Farmers Sought. Prediction by Intelligence Department

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 7

Mr. Anderson hart some important information to impart to a "Sunday Times" representative yesterday with reference to the progress of the immigration…

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A Notable Farming Publication

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 5

"Farm Life on the Richmond and Tweed Rivers has been printed by John Sands, of Sydney, and compiled by Frank Russell, of Lismore. Mr. Russell was over three…

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Baby Farming Revelations. Terrible Tale of the Burning of Infants, Child Witnesses London, December 15

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 11

Some amazing statements were made when Mr. A. M. Forbes, the Edmonton Coroner, resumed his inquest at Edmonton Town Hall on the body of…

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Butter Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 9

The steamer Sucvic, which left Sydney on Saturday for London, via ports, had on board 4133 boxes of butter. The shippers of this quantity were:—Pambula D. Company, 220…

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London Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 4
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The Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company, Limited, have received the following cable from their London office, dated January 24, 1907:—"For the bulk of…

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Australian Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 9

The offerings and sales of wool in the various Australian wool-selling centres up to date this season compare with those of the previous season for the corresponding period…

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