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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

10,786 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Breadstuffs. N.s.w. Wheat and Flour Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

Exports of wheat for the week ended December 31 were 104.616 bushels, made up as follows:—United Kingdom and Continent, 104,570; South Sea Islands, 29; Fanning Island, 17…

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Six Blacks Arrested. Charged with Sheep Stealing. Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 9

Six blacks were arrested at Bulgandramine on Saturday by Sergeant M'Leay and Constables Mathison and Esler, and charged with sheep stealing. The blacks came from…

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Pastoral Personal Effort. the Shearer and Socialism. Men Who Are Paid by Results

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

At one time, and that not very long ago, the shearers were credited with being the most ardent advocates of Continental socialism to be found in Australia. Some of them were…

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Kimberley's Future. Report by Mr. A. Despeisses. Sheep-raising Being Favoured

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 10

M. A. Despeisses, a Commissioner of Tropical Agriculture, reporting on the possibilities of the north-weat, says Kimberley's natural conditions are much the same as in the…

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The Wool Combing Industry Some Vast Possibilities. What Australia Might Achieve. Winning the Markets of the East

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

Wool-combing as an Australian industry is just two years old. But it has good growth to show, and it is giving promise of great development. Already, as has been…

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Holiday on a Farm. a Break for the City Man

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

A bell races. a [?] the door slams, the [?] bistlo and skurry of the last [?] and we are in the team off for [?] a firm, Away…

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Success on the Land How to Start Farming with a Capital of £59 and Win Through Prize Competitions for All Who Are Able to Speak From Experience

Referee · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

Two prizes (of £6 and £1 will be Given the writers of the best letters setting forth how an absolute beginner at farming could start with a capital of £30…

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The North Coast. the Picture Sque Tweed. Opening Up Dairy Lands. Languishing Sugar Cane Industry. (By Our Special Reporter.) Xxi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

On the way overland from Byron Bay to the Tweed River, the most northerly and picturesque stream on the coast of New South Wales, is the thriving dairying centre of…

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The Dairying Season. Prospects in New Zealand. Wellington, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

According to the agricultural editor of the "New Zealand Times," the current dairying season is one of unique variation. In several districts it will be one of record production,…

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Argentina Crop Increases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

Statistics complied by the Statistical Department of the Argentina Ministry of Agriculture are interesting as showing the rapid development of agriculture in that country…

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Dairy Industry. Queenslands Record Week. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

The last week of 1910 saw a record in the quantity of butter put forward for export from Queensland. The graders attached to the' Department of Agriculture handled 13,017…

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The Wollongbar Experimental Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 35

THE Wollongbar State Farm is situated in the heart of the Richmond River country familiarly known as the Big Scrub. Dairying is the chief industry of that prolific district, and the inhabitants are a prosperous people…

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New Dairy Blood

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 11

The Department of Agriculture, recognising the good that has been done by the importation of new dairy stock of high quality, is repeating the experiment, and has ordered 17…

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Farming. Farm Life. Muscle Not Everything in Agriculture

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 11

Many people think that only strong youths should attempt to make a living on the farm. Everyone will admit that a robust constitution is of great advantage to a man in any…

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Dairying at Gundagai. Industry Awaiting Development

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

The Gundagai district, like other parts of the south, is enjoying a splendid season. The winter and spring rainfall has been plentiful and well timed, and the river flats and hills…

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Dairying. Show Judging. Awards in the Male Sections

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

It is a difficult proposition to judge bulls of the dairy breeds. This may not be true with regard to conformation, but when it comes to determining whether a sire will beget…

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Reclaimed Swamps. Valuable Results on the North Coast. Farmers, Ancient and Modern

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

The draining of the Casino and Mobail Swamps, under the conditions provided by the Water and Drainage Act, has now been practically completed, and the…

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American Farmers As Tourists

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

The State Government is distinctly favorable to a proposal advanced some time back that an effort should be made by the States and the Commonwealth to arrange a special tourist trip…

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Orange Farmers' Plots. the Value of Rotation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 7

ORANGE, Tuesday.--The harvesting of the crops on the Orange experiment plot at the new showground has finished. The results of the experiments are likely to prove eminently…

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Field Peas. Their Value As a Crop

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 12

The value of leguminous plants such as peas as soil enrichers, has long been known. Peas add nitrogen to the soil, which they have taken from the air by means of the nodules to be…

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