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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

11,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Wheat for the United Kingdom

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 16

The barque Medway, for Falmouth, has on board a cargo of 46,729 bags of wheat…

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The Wool Trade. Auctions Next Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 11

On Monday next the holiday[?]recess in the Sydney wool market will be brought to a conclusion by the resumption of auction sales, for the disposal of the balance of the clip…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes Issued under the direction of the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon J L. Trefle) Lucerne Seed

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 2

Our Economist Botanist (Mr. Mc.Kinnon) sum[?]rises a report in the December number of the "Agricultural, Gazette," concerning [?]lucerne…

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DAIRYING. Retiring Calves

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 2

The Dairy Instructor (Mr. W. G. A. Loe) "Wagga Experimental Farm, gives some good, advice in rearing calves. He says, that in order to…

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On the Warpath. Farmers Fighting Rural Workers' Union

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 2

TAREE, Saturday.—A conference, comprising delegates of the district Farmers' and Settlers' Association and the directors of the Co-operative Dairying companies throughout the…

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The Farmerette

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

Goddess of Ceres, Known of old. When men loomed large in rural scene. What is it that we now behold Guilding the ploughshare bright and keen?…

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Canadian Farmers' Bank

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 5

OTTAWA, Friday Evening—The Government of Canada has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the failure of the Farmers Bank…

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Defiant Dairymen. Position of the Union

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 6

Mr. J. B. O'Brien, who has been appointed organiser, collector, and supervisor of the recent award for the dairying industry in the county of Cumberland, has entered upon…

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"Discourteous!" Mr. Kelly M.l.a., Taken to Task. by Farmers and Settlers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 14

WEST WYALONG, Friday.--At a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association portion of the business transacted was in connection with the motion passed at the previous meeting…

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Coonamble Experiment Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 20

COONAMBLE, Friday.--Mr. G. Valder, Superintendent of Agriculture, has been on a visit to the experiment farm. He expressed himself as well satisfied with work…

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Farmers' Fighting Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 20

TAREE, Friday.--At a well-attended meeting yesterday of members of the farmers and settlers' delegates and representatives of the butter companies, Mr. Alex. Perrett's proposal that…

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Improved Sheep Drafting Plan

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 16

I send you herewith a plan of drafting for sheep yards, with explanatory remarks (writes a correspondent). They are the best kind I haves seen in Queensland, New South Wales, or Victoria, and will no doubt please your readers who have asked you for some samples. As will be seen, the sheep go straight through this yard without complications. Four lots…

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Points Worth Noting Regarding Rust in Wheat

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 16

It would be interesting were farmers to note the behaviour of early wheat crops in regard to rust. In districts such as those of the north-western slopes rust is prevalent. The…

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Farmers' Bank Failure

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 7

OTTAWA, Friday afternoon.—The Dominion Government has decided to appoint a royal commission to investigate the failure of the Farmers' Bank…

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Farm and Garden Roof Cistern and Underground Tank

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 16

"It was recently reported that a settler of Bordertown (Vic.) was seriously poisoned through drinking water from a well which had been sunk into an old discarded station dip,…

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Boy Scout Farmers

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 26

Twenty-one Boy Scouts on December 7 last year spent their first day in the Boy Scout Commonwealth, which had been formed for them at Buckhurst Farm, Wadhurst, Sussex, (Eng.)…

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Notes. Warwick Farm Races

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 8

The attendance at Warwick farm yesterday was a payable one, though scarcely as large as on many previous occasions. The sport, however, was excellent, with results against the layers, five of the six…

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Ready-made Farms and Orchards

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 6

One of the attractions offered by Canada to men of the Old Land who are considering settling abroad, is the ready-made farm. The immigrant simply has to take ship to…

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Death of a Dairy Expert

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 12

The death from consumption of Mr. John Kinsella, formerly Dairy Commissioner in New Zealand, took place at Rockwood Asylum for the Infirm on…

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Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 6

Feminity having turned a deaf car to the advice of its friends, and continued to skewer on its chapeaux with half-a-dozen hat-pins with points protruding like the…

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