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Farming & the land, 1909

8,553 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

MILTON.—The Milton Butter Factory for December produced 46,2611b butter, suppliers net cheques totalling £1659. MURWILLUMBAH.—At a meeting of…

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New Zealand Oat Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—Mildew has appeared among the oat crops of Canterbury. Considerable damage is feared…

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Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

PEAK HILL.—At the last meeting of the Tomingley Farmers and Settlers' Association it was unanimously agreed that the 1500 acres into which the Government proposed to…

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Farm Products Sydney Auction Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 6

A small supply of varied produce, totalling 23 consignments, was submitted by auction in the Sydney goods station yards,this morning before a large number of buyers…

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Breeding Dairy Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

When a man begins to take seriously to dairying he sots to thinking how he can improve his herd. And if he thinks at all he is bound to find there…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

2,165 were yarded, including a couple of consignments from Queensland. The supply comprised a number of medium trade bullocks and steers with odd yards…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4
Also in The Farmer and Settler

1,301 were yarded, including a number of Queenslanders. The supply comprised a proportion of good trade beef, with occasional yards of prime, and a number of…

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Demonstration Farms Lessons Fob Dairy Farmers. the Wheat Belt

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. J. Parry, has under consideration, as part, of his policy at making the Department of Agriculture useful to the people on the land, the question of…

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Thursday—sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 12

There were 00,648 (including lambs) balloted for, made up of 201 consignments, of which thirteen ranged from 1000 to 1700, the balance being mostly…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 17

At our sale yesterday we submitted another highly attractive catalogue of 5,139 bales, comprising several superior wools from the New England district…

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Butter and Cheese

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6

Messrs, R. and W. Davidson, writing from London under date of December 17, state:-- "Contrary to expectations, the butter markets this week have ruled rather dull, and…

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Australia's Cattle King

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 10

Mr. Sidney Kidman, who has been on tour in Great Britain and the continent for twelve months, leaves London next month for South. Australia…

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Mortality Among Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

One of the many sheepowners from other districts who are travelling their flocks to the Coonamble and Walgett districts for grass, had a heavy loss whilst travelling sheen through…

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A Sheep King

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6

The purchase of Vergemont station on the Mayne River by Mr. Edward Jowett calls to mind the fact that the purchaser, is one of the great sheep…

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Wool Steamers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

The steamer Navarino, now loading at Sydney on behalf of the Australian Union Line, for Dunkirk and Hull, is expected to sail to-morrow and will…

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Crushed While Trucking Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Information has been received from Nerang to the effect that a man named R. G. Cook, while trucking cattle at Bonnlngba yesterday, was badly crushed, He…

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Sheep at a Shilling

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6

Sheep are to be had at Condobolin for a shilling. It recalls the bad times of years ago. We were shown a circular from a local auctioneer which told…

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More Sheep for Fiji

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 12

The A.U.S.N. Coy's Steamer Suva, which left for Fiji yesterday, carried 592 [?] and crossbred ewes for transportation to Wainivose, for Mr. Tylor's Estate…

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Thrips in Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 9

Mr. Harold B. Morley writes as follows regarding the case of thrips in wheat recorded by Mr. W. W. Froggatt:—Although not claiming to know…

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