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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

8,773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

On the Land. Farm and Station. the Ayrshire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 5

The increasing popularity of the Ayrshires in this State amongst dairy farmers, and their regular importation, render the following extract from the "Live stock Journal Almanac"…

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Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 5

TUMUT.—An important meeting of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held on Wednesday. Cootamundra and Gundagai had representatives present. A long…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 5

PAMBULA.—During December last the Pambula Co-operative Dairy Company manufactured 22,922lb of commercial butter, which returned the sum of £1014. After deducting…

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Wool and Wheat Traffic

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 5

The wool received at the various receiving depots daring last week totalled 9436 bales, which was an increase of 1247 bales on the quantity to hand daring the corresponding week…

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The Wool Trade. Signs in Growers' Favour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 9

A contingent of buyers from Sydney is in Brisbane attending the sales in the northern State to-day, at which catalogues aggregating about 13,000 bales will be offered. On…

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Growing Bellinger Centre. Raleigh's Capabilities. a Model Dairy Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

There seems nothing surer than that, one of those days, Raleigh, on the Bellinger River, will be a big place. Already its timber trade and dairying give employment, to some 300…

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The Grasshopper Pest Bare Paddocks and Dying Cattle. West Maitland

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 14

The fertile flats of the valley of the Lower Hunter River have fallen under the curse of the grasshopper pest, and during the last few days the country from Belfield to…

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Wheat and the Railway Revenue Interview with Secretary of Railways

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 15

"We are still losing considerably from a railway point of view," said the Secretary of Railways to a representative of the "Star" to-day, "owing to the shortage of wheat…

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The Price of Milk. Likely to Go Higher. Cattle in a Deplorable State

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 9

Mr. F. A. Mackenzie, president of the Metropolitan Dairymen's Association, in the course of a conversation with a "Daily Telegraph" representative last night, was induced to state…

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Subdivision of Farm Lands

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 9

The splendid billiard-table country comprised in the estate of Mr. W. Bake-well, on the railway line at Scone, is about to be subdivided into…

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Buggy Collides with Train. a Farmer Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 16

A shocking accident occurred at Shepparton to-day. Henry Trimble, a local farmer, and his daughter, were driving over a railway crossing in a buggy when the horses became…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. "Herald" and "Mail" Farm Competitions. South Coast Division

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 9

Of the five divisions into which the State was divided in connection with the prize farm competitions inaugurated by the proprietors of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and…

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A Policy Outlined. the Department of Agriculture. Object Lessons in Farming. Statement by the Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 13

Mr. Perry, who will shortly be sworn in as Minister for Agriculture, has not yet been provided with an under-secretary. The present Minister for Mines and Agriculture is an…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 9

WOLUMLA.—The manager of the South Wolumla Co-operative Company reports:—The output of butter for December was 24,3791b. which realised gross £1090 6s 1d. Suppliers…

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St. George Dairymen Decide on Rise

The St George Call · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

A large meeting of the dairymen of the St. George district was held at Thornley's Grand Hotel, Rockdale, on Saturday evening, to consider the advisability…

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Fallow Land and Cover Crops. Seasonable Expert Advice

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 11

In view of the approaching conclusion of the harvest. some notes by Mr. G. L. Sutton, wheat experimentalist to the department, and manager of the Cowra and Coolabah experimental…

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Agricultural Work. Mr. Perry's Aims. the Friend and Adviser of the Farmer. Stamping Out the Fruit Pests

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 9

Nothing has yet been settled with regard to the now Under-Secretary for Agriculture. Mr. Perry is anxious to obtain the best man available, and above all, a good administrator. A…

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Mangled by a Train. a Farmer's Terrible End

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A fatal accident happened at the open crossing in High-street, Shepparton, to-day, a passenger train to Melbourne running into a buggy and a pair of horses driven…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1908 · page 2

Speaking at the Palermo Show, Dr. Ramos Mejia, Minister of Agriculture for the Argentine, said the country was one of the most favored stock-breading…

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Mange in Cattle

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1908 · page 2

Mange is a contagious skin disease caused by parasites belonging to the class of psoric acari. Three forms of mange occur in cattle,…

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