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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

8,553 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 7

BEGA.—During the month of January the West End Creamery Co-operative Company, Limited, manufactured 29,517 lb butter, which realised gross £1338. Suppliers were paid…

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Milk Supplies. Meeting of Farmers. the Co-operative Movement. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 8

A mass meeting of dairy farmers called by the executive of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company was held on Tuesday, afternoon in the Oddfellows' Hall to consider…

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The New Farming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 8

The controversy which has been proceeding in our "On the Land" columns respecting the relative merits of co[?]rse and fine mulches for the conservation of…

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Farmers and Maize Fodder

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 13

Farmers from northern Victoria have gone to Melbourne recently to learn how it is possible to raise maize for fodder without Irrigation in comparatively poor soil…

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Women in Home-dairying. Successful Case at Ourimbah

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

There yet remains a, certain section of people who prefer the old-fashioned hand-sewing for their white garments in lieu of the modern sewing-machine made article; and, though…

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Government Stud Farm

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

Almost from the first issue of the "Sportsman" up to the present we have advocated the wisdom of a State stud farm. We have pointed out that the…

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The Show Girl. Chapter Xxv. (Containing certain Instructions to. M. Jules Farman, ex-agent of police at 4 (bis), Rue du Quatre Septembre, Paris.) The Walk, Hampstead, London, N.W. September 28. 1905

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

Dear Monsieur Farman.--The inquiries set up for me by the French Consul, of which I spoke to you in a recent letter, appear to have been without fruit. I am, therefore, craving your…

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State Butter Factory. Dairy Farmers' Opposition. Jamberoo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 7

The general feeling of dairy farmers in this in this district is antagonistic to the proposal of the Government to establish a State butter factory. The co-operative movement is very…

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American Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Brad-streets," is 71,375,600 bushels…

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Straying Cattle at Vaucluse

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 6

Alderman Forsyth pointed out at the last meeting of the Vaucluse Council that the nuisance caused by straying cattle was still rife in Vaucluse and Parsley Bays. Several…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 5

At the closing Sydney wool sales for the week, held this afternoon, two catalogues, covering 6428 bales, were offered—Pastoral, Finance Association 5356 bales and Harrison…

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 5

LONDON, January 15, 1909.--Although there has been a little more inquiry for colonial wool of various kinds during this week, it cannot be said that business has shown anything in the…

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Boric Acid in Butter. the Departmental Experiments

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 5

At the Horry Central Hotter Factory on October 20 last an experiment in connection with the preservative influence of boric acid on butler was made and carried out on exactly similar lines to the experiments made…

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Shearers and Wet Sheep. Full Court Judgment

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 7

The application by Henry Alexdander Williams a shearer, to make absolute a rule for a writ of prohibition to restrain James Lee and Co., Ltd., and Thomas Harold Lee…

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Riverina. Narrandera. Widening the Wheat Belt. the Irrigation Scheme. (By Our Special Representative.) Vii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 11

If he who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one had grown is a public benefactor, then the greatest benefactor Australia ever had is the man who extended the…

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The Soil Settlement and Production. Berry Butter Factory, the "Socialistic" Proposition. and the Moral Obligation. Mr. Perry Disappointed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 5

There is apparently no accounting for the vagaries of. the human mind. Here we have a proposal on the part of the Government to assist the dairying industry by establishing a…

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English Wool Letter. Some Items of Practical Importance. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 4

Another week of fairly good business had to be chronicled in connection with the Bradford trade, some fairly decent sales of both wool and tops having been made. The greatest…

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Keep the Dairy Clean

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 13

"Produce good milk, and cream and deliver it to the creamery often also wash your separator twice a day; in fact, be a good clean dairyman and don't do these things…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Western District Council Annual Conference

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 13

The conference of the Western District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Gilgandra on the 10th instant, at which a considerable amount of -…

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Big Dairy Returns. From Peel River Lands

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 3

Giving evidence at Tamworth, in connection with the resumption of 100.000 acres of tea Peel River Estate, Mr. M'Kenzie, of Stroud, stated that far greater returns could be…

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