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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

7,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

A Land and Sea Miscellany. the Wheat Harvest: Carting in the Grain at Ganmain, on the Southern Line. 80,000 bags of wheat in the railway station yard waiting for trucks

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 24

NOW that the wheat has all been harvested the busy scenes which were in…

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Water Board Defied. Appin Farmer Using Poison

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 7

From correspondence read at a meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board this morning it is clear there is trouble ahead for someone. W. Keil, a farmer at Appin, whose place…

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City Boys and Farmers. Rural Camp School at Nowra

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

The first session of the Rural Camp Schools for city boys this year is now being held in the Nowra district. The party, comprising 12 masters and 144 boys from a dozen schools in charge…

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Flocking to Canada. Artisans and Farm Hands

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—Reuter's correspondent at Montr[?] states that immigration is starting earlier than usual. According to the bookings, all the boats henceforth will be…

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Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

COWRA.—At the monthly meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association held on Saturday a subscription list was opened for the relief of those who suffered loss by the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Items

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

The South Australian wine crop, of better quality than last year, is estimated at three million gallons. Mr. W. P. Beahan, Cowra, reports the sale…

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What Dairying Can Do. Big North Coast Figures. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 9

Last month the 10 co-operative butter factories in Richmond and Tweed districts manufactured 1238 tons of bulter, paying suppliers over £113,000…

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Queensland Letter. Southern Queensland Dairy Co

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 11

A net profit of £1844 on a year's transactions with a paid-up capital of only £2321 is not at all bad business, but that is the happy position the shareholders of the above…

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Dairying When It Pays, Fair Play for the Juveniles

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 14

"Dairying will pay only when a man with a family undertakes it." This statement is frequently made by people "when discussing the question of going on to the land. But is this…

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Up-to-date Dairy. Ambitious American Project

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 14

America is a country in which big things are accomplished in most industries, and dairying is no exception. A concern known as the Broad-viewed Dairy Company has been…

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Hay Stacks Ablaze. Gundagai Farmers Suffer. Gundagai

The Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 5

There was a big blaze at South Gundagai yesterday afternoon, when nine stacks of hay, containing 250 or 300 tons, belonging to Messrs. T. and G. Woodbridge, of South…

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Farm Products. Sydney Auction Sales

The Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

Competition for all classes of produce was extremely dull at this morning's auction sales, held in the Sydney goods station yards, and of the 58 consignments…

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On the Catchme[?] Area. a Farmer and the Water Trust

The Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

At to-day's meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply, and Sewerage the secretary (Mr. Holmes) reported that for sonic weeks past correspondence had passed…

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Selling the Farmers' Produce at the Sydney Railway Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 11

GENERAL VIEW OF THE SALES OUTSIDE THE SHED, WHICH IS MUCH TOO SMALL TO ACCOMMODATE THE DAILY SUPPLIES. SAMPLING CHAFF PRIOR TO THE SALE. ONE OF THE OLDEST WIELDERS OF THE HAMMER…

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Rural Voice. Berry Dairy Science School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 14

To the Editor.--By the will of the late David Berry of Coolangatta, a large sum of money was left for the establishment of a Dairy Science School and Veterinary College, on the estate at Berry. After…

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Farmers' Experiment Plots Good Work by the Department of Agriculture

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 10

Of the various departments of the Government of the State of New South Wales, none have had greater difficulties to contend against than the Department of Agriculture. Most of…

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Farming in the Canowindra District

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 9

Our Canowindra correspondent writes:-- Farmers in the Eugowra portion of the district are experiencing some difficulty, in getting teams to cart away their wheat, and in consequence…

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A Rich Dairying Centre--Kangaroo Valley Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 29

The 25th annual show of the Kangaroo Valley Agricultural Association…

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Farm for Sale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 50

An opportunity of purchasing a farm of 1480 acres, In those fine wheat-growing districts of Temora and Wyalong will be afforded those on the look-out for such a property on April 9…

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Government Demonstration Farms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 50

There seems a strong possibility that in the near future a Government Demonstration Farm will be established on the Blrriwa Reserve (writes our Gulgong correspondent). Mr. H…

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