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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 11

This afternoon the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, continued their weekly sale, when they submitted a catalogue comprising some 6100 bales. The catalogue was a very…

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Rapid Wool Selling. the Value of Speed

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 10

Although It is not possible for the great majority of our woolgrowers to come to the metropolis to see their wool sold, there are almost every sale day a considerable number…

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Wheat Shipments London, Monda. 3.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 6

The quantity of wheat afloat, is estimated at 1,935,009 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 770,000 quarters for the Continent…

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Deepwater Estate: the Pick of New England for Choice Dairy and Mixed Farms

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 28

DEEPWATER is recognised as one of the best properties on the famous New England tableland. It was first taken up in 1839 by the Windeyers, and has been in the bands of Messrs…

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AGRICULTURAL and Dairying. Set Farming Methods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 12

"There is nothing new under the sun." Even in connection with agriculture it is difficult to bring forward methods of cultivation that are entirely new. Recently it was stated…

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Pastoral. Confiscation of Truck Deposits. Stockowners Lose £8000. Must Producers Purchase Private Trucks?

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 10

The "last straw" to the long-suffering stockowners of the State is the announcement of the Railway Department that the £1 deposit on trucks ordered three months…

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Extending the Wool Season. the Lessons of the Past

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 15

A correspondent writes:—The fact that once again there has been a very material appreciation of wool values after the Christmas recess is interesting, in view of the proposal…

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London Wool Sales. Opened With Strong Competition. LONDON, Tuesday, 5.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 1

The wool sales opened to-day with strong competition. Merinos fully realised December rates, but crossbreds showed a 5 to 10 per cent…

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Another Would-be Farmer

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. D. D. Middleton writes:—A week or two ago a great deal of publicity was given in the daily Press regarding a would-be immigrant in the person of a small boy of Manchester, and…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 6

BEGA.—The output of the Bemboka Co-operative Creamery Company, Limited, for the month ended December 31, was 29;200Ib butter, which realised gross £1247. Suppliers were…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Rabbit Problem

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 6

The landowners in the Orange district, who are opposed to being compelled to adopt poisoning as a means of rabbit destruction, have raised a question which will probably…

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Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 6

NARRABRI.—At the monthly meeting of the Baan Baa Farmers and Settlers' Association the following resolutions were carried:— 1. "That the necessity of having a survey of…

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Scottish Farming Methods. "Moira" Describes a Visit to Orbliston, Morayshire

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 27

"Come by next train, and I will meet you at the station." This was a message I received by wire from Mr. P. Innes, of Orbliston, Fochabers, Scotland. I was then staying in the well-known…

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The Grasshopper Pest. Its Work of Destruction. Grass, Crops, and Burrs Eaten

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 10

It would be impossible to imagine the work of destruction caused by the grasshoppers unless actually seen. In the Narrabri district at the present time the pest is there in…

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Moree Experimental Farm. the Work at the Bore. Two Men and a Boy

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 10

Situated alongside the railway station is the Moree Experimental Farm, which has received a fair share of attention lately in [?]nection with experiments with the bore…

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The Blackberry Crop. Opening for Unemployed

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 14

Blackberry picking has now commenced at Clifton. The crop is very heavy, but pickers are few, compared to the number usually engaged, owing to the constant work at most…

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Australian Dry Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 13

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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Disappearance of a Farmer. "Presumed to Be Dead."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Further reference was made in the Practice Court yesterday to the mysterious disappearance of a farmer who went to England, and has not since been heard of…

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The Farmer. Stack Ensilage

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 38

Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Government Experimental Farm at Bathurst, states in a recent issue of the "Agricultural Gazette" that a material saving in labor in…

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Bacteria and Crop Cultivation

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 38

Another instance has come to light of remarkable success in the inoculation of land with bacteria cultures, and this time Ireland was the scene of the achievement…

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