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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

11,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Heavy Sheep Mortality

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

A message from Barcaldine (Q.), states:—"Very serious losses are reported among 51// owes travelling from…

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Stud Sheep From England

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

Mr. C. J, Britten, of Tamworth, has improted eleven Lincoln and Shop share and shern from England. These comprise five Lincoln ewes from Mr…

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A [?] Wool Team

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

A peculiar accident happened with a wool team on Corrowong Hill, just outside the town of Delegate, N.S.W. The driver, E. Christopher, had the team…

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Our Out-of-date System. What Wheat Farmere Are Losing

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

Mr. G. W. Walker, Sydney, writing on the bulk-handling question, says :- In order to get some compensation for the increase in cost of production…

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A Bolting Wheat Team

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

Whilst Mr. N. Tremain's wheat team was being driven into Wellington. N.S.W., the horses became frightened at a motor car on the Finger Post…

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Chemical Tests for Wheat

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

The late Mr. W. Farrer's name has now become almost a household word amongst producers, and, indeed, generally: but there may be many persons…

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Wheat for the United Kingdom

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 10

The ship Leon Blum, for Falmouth, has a large cargo of wheat, amounting to 41,505 bags…

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Wheat Growing. Grower's Private Experiments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

DUBBO.—Mr. J. Sawyer, of Sunderland, Dubbo, has been carrying out experiments in wheat culture for some years past. He writes: —"I have experimented in a small way for the…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Argentine Railways. Big Strike On. Wheat Crop Suffers

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

BUENOS AYRES, Monday Night.—The masters have accepted, but the men have rejected, the intervention of the Minister for the Interior in the railway troubles between the two…

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Other LIve Stock Questions a Cattle Brand

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

Dorrigo.—I shall be pleased to get your cattle brand registered, and in the meantime: i have sent you an application form. It is impossible to…

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Palestine Wheat in New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 15

Notices have appeared in the press from time to time regarding the reported hardiness of a variety of wheat which is stated to have grown wild on the stony mountain slopes and…

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Homebush Stock Market. Sheep. Light Supply—weak Demand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 11

A light supply of sheep was forward for yesterday's sales, only 15,000 sheep (including lambs) being advised and 15,099 head penned from 51 consignors. This was the first sales…

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Palestine Wheat Grown in New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

Reports have appeared in the press from time to time regarding the great hardiness of a variety of wheat which is stated to have grown wild on the stony mountain…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. in the Wheat Belt. Summary of the Season. Previous Estimate Adhered To. Xxi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

During the last six weeks reports of the condition of the wheat crop in most of the leading centres in this State have appeared in these columns. A summary of the result of…

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Big Cattle Runs. to Be Encouraged in the North

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

The land regulations, which are now being finally drafted in connection with leaseholds to be granted in the Northern Territory, are being framed on…

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Sheep-breeding in South Africa, More Stud Morinos Wanted

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

Mr. M, C. Muiias, a son of a large station-owner at Windberg. Orange River, South Africa, reached Hobatt, by the steamer Somerset last…

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Late Commercial. Melbourne Wool Sales. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 10

Supplies were very light in most lines, and insufficient to meet the demand. For maize the bidding on one occasion reached 4/5½, but this did not satisfy merchants. A few lots changed hands at 4/5…

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English Wool Market. the Closing 1911 Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

LONDON, December 8.--This week has witnessed no diminution in the demand for all classes of colonial wool. Few buyers, even among the Home representatives, went home…

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Malting Barley in Riverina. Mora Profitable than Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

Encouraged by the standing offer made by Tooth and Company, Limited, to take their entire yield of malting barley, a number of farmers in the…

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Contragious Mammitis the Dairy Farmer's Most Dreaded Enemy

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

It is not always an easy matter to diagnose what has been termed "the most deadly enemy of the dairying industry," namely, contagious mammitis…

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