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Farming & the land, 1909

8,553 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Farmers' Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 6

NYNGAN.—At the last meeting of the Nyngan P. and A. Association it declared in favour of the veterinary inspection of stallions for soundness, and a system of registration on…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 6

CESSNOCK.—The third half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Cessnock Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, was held on Saturday afternoon. Mr. J. C. Mayne…

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Agricultural and Dairying. the Grade Stamp

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 12

Mr. C. E. D. Meares, in a recent letter to the press, has once more assailed the principle of grading and branding export produce. He states:—"Under the false guise of…

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Points for Producers. Thrifty Farmers Handicapped

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 12

Farmers of to-day have a tendency to resent anything like Government interference with their methods. Laws which place restrictions of any kind on agriculturists or dairymen are…

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Flukes the Farm Stakes

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 1

Backers of All Blue for the Farm Stakes reckoned on taking it out one hand kneeling—a remark that is applicable to those who invested on Racia…

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Babes at the Farm

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 1

Unless some of the youngsters that took part in the Nursery Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday improve a ton on their showing in this race, their…

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Warwick Farm Races. Dull Weather—fair. Attendance Rose of Lancaster to the Fore. Nursery Handicap Won by Primrose League. Starting Prices of Winners

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 8

Evens v. Specimen. 8 to 1 v. San Jose. 0 to 4 v. Primrose League. 10 to 1 v. Point Piper…

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London Butter Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 4

All the members of the Australian Butter Committee have now arrived in England. Mr. C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, has been…

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American Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Brad-street's. is 73,096,000 bushels…

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Wool Sales

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 27

Wool sales were held on Tuesday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 7459 bales, and the sales, including private transactions…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The Sydney wool sales were continued at the Royal Exchange this afternoon. Two attractive catalogues, comprising 7319 bales, were submitted. The market ruled firm for…

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Amiral De Cornulier Wheat-laden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 10

The French barque Amiral de Cornulier, which has completed loading a cargo of 34,932 bags of wheat at Sydney on behalf of Messrs. J. Darling and Sons, for the United Kingdom, will probably leave to-day for…

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State Butter Factory. Opposition by a State Member. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 9

Mr. Morton, M.L.A., in opening the Shoalhaven show to-day, referred to Mr. Perry's proposal to establish a State butter factory. He had seen it stated in the press that the…

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The Lonely Guard. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Ix.—lost Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 3

As I stood in the moonlight I knew that the Countess von Rohn had pronounced my doom. There could be no withdrawal of the accusation, my crafty enemy would not suffer it. My…

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Glean Methods in the Dairy

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 13

It is an old truism that an ounce of experience is worth a ton of theory, and when a man who has made his fortune in an industry has anything to ay in connection with…

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Farmers' Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 6

NYNGAN.—At the annual meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. J. Frey, was re-elected president, and Mr. J. Parsons, secretary and treasurer. The annual…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 6

DENMAN.—The output of the Denman Cooperative Dairy Company for January was 33321b butter, and the amount paid to suppliers was £1533. Since the rain the supply…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Sale of Milk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 6

It is too much to expect that while the price of milk supplied by the farmers to the metropolis is regulated by the conditions of the season, satisfactory arrangements will ever…

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Farm Fertility

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 6

Every man who becomes possessed of a block of farmland should make it his first business to realise that it is his interest to maintain the fertility of the soil, and to…

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