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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

8,553 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

On the Land. Farm and Station. Australian Dry Farming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

" Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm, contributed to the Science Congress now sitting in Brisbane a paper which he entitled "Australian Dry Farming:…

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Drought at Trangle. Farmers Cannot Get Trucks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

TRANGIE.—The continued dry weather has played havoc with the pastures, and the district is in a very bad state. Large numbers of stock have been sent away to grass…

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The Milk Traffic. Mass Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

WOLLONGONG.—Arrangements have been made by the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company to hold mass meetings of farmers at Albion Park and Kiama next month,…

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Training Farmers. New Scheme by the Minister for Agriculture

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. John Perry) has had under consideration the question of modifying and popularising the scheme of agricultural education at present carried out under…

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Weather and Crops

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 12

The weather has continued intensely dry during the present week, causing the man on the land considerable concern the immediate future. All the…

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Wool and Wheat Returns . Big Increases for Season

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 7

The returns of the number of bales of wool brought to Sydney for the week ended yesterday show a decrease of 665 as compared with the same period of last year,…

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Victorian Wheat London, Saturday, 6.30 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 1

Sixteen thousand quarters of Victorian wheat. February march shipment, have been sold at 30s 3d…

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Advertising the State. Inspection by British Farmers. Practical Suggestions

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 7

It will be remembered that some time ago a suggestion was made in the "Sunday Times" that a number of British farmers should be invited to visit this State at…

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Expert on Fodder. Mr. H. W. POTTS, F.C.S., Dairy Expert, (Hawkesbury Agricultural College), reports

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 2

"I hereby certify that I have examined samples of Sunlight Oil Cake manufactured by Messrs. Lever Brothers Limited, Sydney, and find it a valuable food for cattle, horses,…

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Victorian Farm Notes. Agricultural Education by Lectures

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 2

The matter of agricultural education in Victoria has received a good deal of attention on the part of the State Government during the Bent regime, but,…

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Farm and Garden

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 2

The question of wheat hybridisation has not been neglected by the experiments at Cambridge, have succeeded in obtaining all the desirable properties…

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Assisted Immigrants, Farm Laborers and Domestics

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 3

The officials of the State Intelligence Department report that all the immigrants who recently arrived at Sydney have secured employment. Good reports…

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A Butter Swindle

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 6

A small shopkeeper in Evans-street, Rozelle, is the victim of a swindle. Two men drove up to the shop and offered a box of butter for sale. The unwitting proprietress, after…

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Victoria. Butter Exports. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 8

During the week ended Thursday last 197½ tons of butter, worth approximately £22,713. was exported to the United Kingdom, South Africa, and eastern ports. Of the total 170…

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Sheep Farming at Fiji. a Growing Industry. What Has Happened in Two Years

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 8

It would appear that sheep farming is to become a great industry in the Crown colony of the Western Pacific. A gentleman from Fiji, who is interested in the business, had a…

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Wilesden with a Wheat Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 8

The steamer Willesden, which came here in ballast from Singapore, under charter to load wheat for the United Kingdom, is now ready for sea, and will probably be despatched to-day…

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Breiz Huel Sails with Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 8

The French-owned steamer Breiz Huel was despatched from Sydney by Messrs. R. Towns and Co. and Mr. W. G. Deuchar on [?]turday afternoon with a cargo of 10.133 bales of wool for Calais and…

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Queensland. Brisbane Wool Sales. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 8

The Brisbane wool sales on Saturday were well attended. The catalogues submitted totalled 16,087 bales, and competition was keen and well distributed. Greasy wools…

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Exporting Wheat. the Elevator System. Calculation of Cost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 4

At the Brisbane Science Congress on Wednesday last, Mr. S. Hodder contributed a paper on "The American System of Transporting and Marketing Wheat, and its Adoption in…

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Brisbane Wool Sales. Advance of 5 Per Cent

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The sixth of the 1968-9 series of Brisbane Wool sales was held on Saturday, when there was a large attendance of buyers; 16,087 bales were- offered, and…

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