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Farming & the land, 1912

11,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

The Butter Business. London Market Easier. Benefit of Grading. London, Dec. 8, 1911

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

And easier tone has to be reported in Tooley-street for Australasian butler, and the decline in prices may be put at 2s per cwt for choicest. As the various factors still make…

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Commercial. N.s.w. Wheat Brisk. Flour Dearer. Bread May Follow Suit

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

Business opened very firm in Sydney for wheat, the millers and shippers at this side being anxious buyers in view of the unfavorable crop reports from the Argentine. As…

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English Wool Trade. Prices Still Advancing. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, Dec. 8, 1911

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

The past week has been a remarkable one in Coleman-street, and instead of prices easing towards the finish, as many expected when the more urgent requirements of buyers…

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An Ideal Wool School South Australia's System of Field Tuition. Interview with the Man Who Runs the Machine

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

Mr. Henshaw Jackson, well known in wool circles in New South Wales, and now instructor in the sheep and wool section of the South Australian…

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Viotoria's State Farm. To Be Run on a Business Basil

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

Arrangements are now being made by the Victorian Superintendent for Agriculture (Mr. Richardson), under the direction of the Minister for…

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Soil for Vegetable How to Prepare for Big Crops

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

More Important than the location of n vegetable garden or small fruit farm is the variety of the toll. The position of a garden may be ever to ideal, but…

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Farmers' Meetings and Movements

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Elliott, of Grove Hill. Forbes, has been elected president of the Forbes branch F.S.A., in lieu of Mr. Chas. Burton, resigned…

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For the Farm Table Chillie Wine

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 8

Two small chillies, two [?] of [?] Acid two ponds of white sugar, and two quare of building water are the [?] of chillies wine…

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A Movable Fence to Enclose Small Areas of Fodder Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

A Tamworth correspondent recently wrote to Uncle Wiseman:—I have heard that in New Zealand some farmers use course wire netting attached…

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THE R.W.U. CLAIMS. The Farmers' Fighting Fund

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

The president of this Taree District Council F.S.A. (Cr. Alex. Perrett) has suggested that the dairy companies on the Manning should each contribute a…

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The Dairy Industry Premiums for Quality

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

A proposal is being considered by the Federal Minister for Customs that the department should offer towards to butter producers who obtain the…

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Farm Labor

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

There was a strike of wheat lumpers at Parkes, N.S.W., last week, but it was settled b the men being conceded 12s per day of eight hours,…

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Bush and Farm Craft

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

The porosity of a concrete of cemented wait may be greatly decreased by a coal of neat cement put on with a brush like whitewash…

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Finance for the Farmer Money to Buy Land

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

Baraba asks if it would be possible for him to borrow money in order to purchase part of an estate which is to be offered in January…

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Dry Conditions at Lismore. Farming it a Standatill

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

Droughty conditions continue at Lismore, N.S.W. Almost daily, rain ap-pears imminent, but passes off. The district is experiencing the worst period…

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The Cowra State Farm. Mr. Reynolds as Manager

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

Mr. Mark H. Reynolds, who was re-cently appointed to the management of the Cowra State Farm, left Sydney last week to enter upon his new duties…

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Storms Damage Crops

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

A message from Young Says:—Not-withstanding, the somewhat erratic nature of the weather, the season has turned out a fairly good one. The…

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Central American Coffee Crop

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

Saisfactory reports are being received as to the prospects of the next Central American coffee crop. One advice states that the quantity of coffee exported from Costa Rica…

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Value of Knowledge. What One Farmer Did

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

Some farmers of the old school who have won success and a good deal of practical experience profess to despise agricultural education for their sons, in spite of the fact that…

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Milk and Ice Carters and Dairying Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 12

It was recently decided by the Milk and Ice Carters and Dairying Employees' Union to appeal to the Industrial Court against the recent dairying award on a number of grounds. This decision has been…

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