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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

8,553 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

Wages and Dairying

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 11

Under the heading of "Asking too much," the "S.M. Herald" says:—As a correspondent pointed out in our Saturday's issue, the dairying…

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The Tenant Farmer's Rights

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 16

Walgett.—If you have let your farm to a dairy farmer with half-yearly rent terms, presumably you have the right to turn him out at the end of any half-yearly period,…

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The Railways and the Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 9

The action of the railway commissioners in stopping wheat and chaff from being, dumped at the railway stations is resented by Temora farmers…

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Crops and Pastures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 10

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to recognise "The Farmer and Settler" as your city representative. Writs to us concerning anything you have to sell, or wish to buy, or desire to know, and your own paper will conduct the business for you. Our object is to secure for subscribers the best possible service no charge is made for the convenicnce, but a 2d. stamp should be…

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Gilgandra Farm Plots

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 10

Mr. M. H., Reynolds, of the department of agriculture, has been inspecting sites at Gilgandra and Curban this week, with the object of…

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Australian Dry Farming. a New System of Soil Culture. (Read before the recent Science Congress at Brisbane.) (Continued From Our Last Friday's Issue.) [?] of the Soil

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

The land should be ploughed as soon as possible after the proceeding crop has been disposed of. It is preferable to plough when the ground…

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Farmers Go West

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

A message from Perth states that the Premier has been advised that 25 experienced farmers from the east would arrive in Western Australia in a few…

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The Dairy Home Separation of Cream

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

One of the most interesting features of the last twelve months in the dairy circles of New Zealand has been the increase in the proportion of…

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Dairy Produce Markets

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

Business in the dairy section of Sussex Street is of small dimensions and the tone is quiet. A waiting game is being played. The future is uncertain…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. a Sop to Horsebreeders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

The Government is apparently only half[?]earted in its proposals for the improvement of horse stock in New South Wales. It is a fashion with Ministers to take up such a…

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Farmers' Needs. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 8

The Dominion Executive of the Farmers' Union has expressed the opinion that there is a real and prossing need for farm labourers. The effect of the shortage of labour has been…

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Stage, Song, and Show. Success of "The Dairymaids." Good Houses at the Criterion. To-morrow Night's 'Performances

The Australian Star · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 8

Her Majesty's; "The Dairymaids." Royal: "The Duke's Motto (first night). Criterion; "Jim the Penman." Palace;. "The Old Folks as Home."…

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Farm Products Sydney Auction Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

Chaff sold briskly at this morning's auction sales in the Sydney goods station yards, and the prices realised were considerably hotter than those accepted on the…

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Rain and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 3

BLAYNEY, Wednesday.--Splendid weather has prevailed durinfg the last week, and everything is growing luxuriantly. Showers have fallen almost everyday, whilst the weather has remained…

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Saturday, February 27. Pastoral, Session

The Methodist · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

A Pastoral Session was held on Saturday morning. Rev. H. Jones, of Robertson, applied to made a supernumerary. It was agreed to comply with the request. Several probationers applied to return to the…

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A Few Sheep's Heads

The St George Call · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 6

Ald. Green waxed eloquent at Monday's meeting of Kogarah Council over an application he handed in for a poultry raiser's license. He pointed out that…

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Butter Factories. and the Training of Factory Managers

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 1

In view of the controversy in regard to the necessity for the establishment of a state butter factory and school for the training of factory managers, the report of one of the officers of the Department of Agriculture,…

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A Consignment of Sheep. Not a False Declaration. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 11

At the Geraldton Criminal Sessions Patrick Stone, ex-M.L.A., was found not guilty on a charge of having made a false declaration in regard to a consignment of sheep by rail…

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Wool Sales. London, Friday, 10.45 a.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 13

At the Antwerp wool sales [?] were offered, and 3914 sold. Merinos advanced 5 to 10 centimes, and crossbreds 10 to 15…

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Wheat Steamer on Fire. the Inverkip Puts Into Vigo

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 13

The Sydney Marine Underwriters Association have received a cable announcing that the steamship Inverkip has put into Vigo, Spain, with her coal bunkers on fire. The…

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