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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Soc

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 20

Butter.—We are not at all pleased with the condition of a number of butters arriving. A large percentage of them show defective working, and this…

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Immigrants As Farm Laborers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 14

A reader at Baan Baa writes to the "Farmer and Settler" with reference to the difficulty of obtaining suitable labor for dairying, and asks whether…

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Crops and Pastures

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 23

Farms upon which the hay is cut late are always weedy, because the weeds ripen and the seeds fall before the hay is cut…

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Farmers & Settlers'association. Sunnyside

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 10

At last meeting (Mr. J. F. Chick in the Chair), Messrs. Harridan and W. Manser were proposed as members of the branch, after which Messrs…

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"The Farmers' Only Friend."

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. J. Y. Hell writes in reply to Vice-president Patten's strictures on his former letter, and says :—I made no reference to the coming…

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Electricity Ensures Big Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 15

At a meeting of the Clare branch of the South Australian Agricultural Bureau a very interesting address was delivered by Mr. Matthews on…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association. Rylstone

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

A large number of circulars re wire netting and routine work were received from the head association. The president in reply to the request…

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Crops and Pastures

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 15

It is estimated that prickly pear now covers four million acres in Queensland. Paspalum, grown on poor, stony…

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Farm Produce

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 20

In reviewing the wheat situation for the month just closed we would like an interested to recall to mind what we have written in our weekly reports…

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Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Soc

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 20

The market is slightly better all round. Porkers, 24/ to 34/6; baconers, 36/ to 53/6; backfats from ,£3/10/; store pigs, 13/ to 16/; suckers, 3/6 to…

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Crops and Patures

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 7

The bush in Moruya district is swarming with rabbits, although ten years ago not one was to be seen. At the Adelong police court, A. W…

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Crop Conditions in Wagga District

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 7

In making his awards in the Wagga growing crop competition, Mr. McKeown, of the local experimental station, added the following…

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Big Pear Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 7

A lending Oregon fruit grower received this year £1,500 for six railway truck loads of specially fine Bartlett pears, representing the product of ten…

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Farm Produce

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

The London market has been gradually gathering' strength and the daily cables have had the effect of causing some little excitement as far as local…

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Dairy Stock. Thompson and Hardman

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

We sold at the Horse and Jockey sale-yards, Homebush, on January 23, on account of various owners, a fairly large yarding of excellent milch cows…

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The Farm Home

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 8

Persistency makes a probability of a possibility. Their married life flows gently On the sea without a breaker…

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Labor Farm Poultry

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 22

The farming operations at Bunnerong Labor Farm, Randwick sand dunes, have been fairly successful. The returns from the poultry alone for…

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Warwick Farm Racing Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 10

The weights for the February Meeting, to be held next Saturday, are subjoined:- Liverpool Mile.—Isisford, 9st 6lb; Jim Dorset, 3s 4lb; Go Soon, 8st 4lb; North Head, 8st 2lb; Bluster,…

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Buildings and Works. Progeess of the Trade. Farmer and Company. Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

In connection with the alterations and renovations now being carried out to tho premises of Messrs. Farmer and Company, Limited, another smart plece of work has to be…

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Culcairn Closer, Settlement. Meeting of Farmers. Question of Compulsory Resumption. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 5

A large meeting of farmers convened by the president of the Culcairn branch of the Farmern and Settlers' Association was held in Culcairn on Saturday night for the purpose…

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