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Farming & the land, 1909

8,553 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

The Ideal Dairy Help

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2

The problem that the dairyman will have to face in all seriousness in the near future is that of labor. Where is he going to get his hands? Already…

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Bad Water on the Farm

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

In his monthly report, the manager of the Inverell Butter Factory states that the second quality cream received during December-it amounted to S…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Milk Standards. Appeal to the Cow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

Amongst the many valuable papers read before the Science Congress at Brisbane few will take a higher place from the standpoint of immediate public value than that…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

GUNNEDAH.—The flour mills are putting on three eight-hour shifts to make room for wheat they are purchasing, and fulfil Marklane demands for the Gunnedah flour…

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Farmers Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

INVERELL.—At a meeting of the P. and A. committee to-day a notification was received from the Department of Agriculture that n special grant of £100 had been made to the…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

WINGHAM.—The Manning River Co-operative Dairy Company's turnover for December was £7124. Suppliers were paid 9[?]d for firstclass and 8½d for second, 807 boxes being…

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The Burden of the Farmer

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 8

In your article on Dr. Artlhur, who is a fair specimen of the Carruthers crowd of self-styled liberals and reformens, this, passage occurs:--"Englishmen, Irishmen,…

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Experimental Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Perry, who has arranged to visit Maitland On the 26th inst., will take advantage of the occasion to inspect some local sites for the establishment of an…

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The Bathurst Floods. a Farmer's Thrilling Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 8

BATHURST, Thursday.--The weather to-day is fine and clear. Further particulars of the storm at Perthville and George's Plains show that 4 inches of rain fell in two hours, silting up…

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Butter Ex Himalaya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 15

Mr. G. B. Jefferson, representing Ellis, Kislingbury, and Co., Tooley-street, London, advise the discharge this week of Australian butter ex R.M.S. Himalaya, which vessel left Sydney on December 5. The market…

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The Wheat Standard

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 15

The grain section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, after careful weighing of the representative samples of this summer's wheat from the various divisions of New South Wales, has…

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Japanese Buying Wool

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 7

Japanese wool buyers have been making their presence felt in the Sydney market during the week. They have been buying wool in Sydney to a limited extent for many years; and are…

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Horses Die From Eating Wheat

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 11

COROWA, Saturday.—Three valuable draught horses of a team, belonging to Mr. Milthorpe, died at Balldale, after having get at a wheat stack. The local veterinary surgeon. Mr. John…

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Cannot Get Trucks for Wheat

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 9

COROWA, Saturday.—Large quantities of wheat are being delivered both here and at Balldale, much of which was bought for prompt delivery, but buyers are again…

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London Wool Sales. Merinos Firm

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—At the wool sales this evening there was less irregularity. Merinos were firm. Americans are competing strongly for crossbreds…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 13

At the wool sales this afternoon bidding was spirited, and prices were unchanged. Jan. 22. At the wool sales yesterday prices…

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The Wool Trade. a Disturbing Element

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 9

The London January series opened on Tuesday last, and as the rulings were not on such a high level as was anticipated, the oponing sales were somewhat of a disturbing element…

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London Wool Sales London, Friday, 6.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 13

At the wool sales to-day there was less irregularity in prices. Merinos were firm, and American buyers were competing strongly for crossbreds…

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Unexpected Crop

The Arrow · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 16

The barber had been so voluble and persistent that the bald-headed little man, upon whom he was operating, had, in sheer desperation, purchased a…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Electricity on the Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 9

Writing in the "Agricultural Gazette" a couple of months ago W. H. P. Chorry handled a very interesting subject in dealing with the use of electricity in farm household life…

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