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Farming & the land, 1912

11,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

English Wool Letter. a Healthy Outlook

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, December 29.--The week between Christmas and the beginning of a New Year is seldom, it ever, a time of business activity, and the week now closing has proved no…

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Victorian Wheat Standard. Fixed at 61½ lb

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 7

The corn trade sectional committee of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce on Friday tested 700 samples of new wheat with a view of fixing the…

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South Australian Wheat Traffic. Big Increase on Railways

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 4

The total quantity of wheat conveyed over the South Australian railway lines from November 4 to January 13 amounts to 113,796 tons, the figures for…

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The Wet Wool Trouble. Shearers Favor the Simpson Tester

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 6

Opportunity was taken of the conference of the A.W.U. in Sydney last week to give a demonstration of Simpson's wet-wood water. A fair number…

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W.A. AND S.A. Wheat Areas. Extending the Limits

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 7

In forwarding maps showing the average rainfall for the wheat-growing period, April to October inclusive, in Western and South Australia, the…

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Fat Stock Sales. Homebush Market. Monday, January 29. Sheep.--dull and Weaker

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 10

Upwards of GS owners advised consignments totalling 21,032 sheep, including lands, and the actual pennt[?] comprising all descriptions, was 19,801. The drafts wet chiefly small ones, ranging from 100 to 400 each, and…

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English Wool Trade. Features During 1911. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Dec. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 6

Another year has passed, and no more opportune time is furnished than the present to briefly epitomise what has transpired in the wool world during 1911. It has not been…

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Finance for the Farmer Loans and Advances

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 4

Red Range asks a number of questions regarding the scheme of lending of the N.S.W. Government Savings Bank…

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Farming Inventions

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 7

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Parent Office, Melbourne:—…

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Wagga Crowing Crops Competition. Amended Awards

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 7

The awards in the late growing crop competitions under the auspices of the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association have been amended. Information was…

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Farmers and the Income Tax. Strong Resentment it the Imposition

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Bagdad branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the following motion was unanimously carried—"That this…

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For the Farm Table Cold Water Beer. a Country Recipt:—Well Tried

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 8

An Inverell friend sends [?] the following [?] with which she [?] Three pound of sugar two [?]…

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Value of Cow Tails. Compensation Claimed by a Farmer

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 6

As the result of an outbreak of pneumonia in several dairy herds at Yannathan, Victoria, a year ago the veterinary officers of the…

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The Dairy Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 6

Mr. A. C. Lamond, the well-known breeder of Holsteins, of Shoalbaven, N.S.W., reports having sold, to go to New Zealand, to the order of Mr. G…

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The Income Tax Further Explanations of the Act. No Return Necessary From Farmers Making Less Than £[?] a Year

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

Every mail continues to bring a fresh batch of inquiries to Uncle Wiseman regarding the incidence of the N.S.W. income tax, and most of these,…

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Farm Labor

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

The Manilla Branch F.S.A. has contributed £11[?] as a first contribution to the defence fund…

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Clarence Dairymen's Opposition

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

At a meeting of the district council of the N.S.W. Dairymen's Association, held at Ulmarra, the wages log submitted by the R.W.U. was…

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Farmers' Disabilities. Income Tax, Truck Shortage and R.W.U. Demands

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

Hon C. A. Lee, M.L.C., speaking in the lucheon at the Farmers and Settlers sports at Tenterfield on…

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Farmer's Meetings and Movements

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

The F.S.A. last year added 127 branches to its membership roll, Most of these were new, but a few were simply resuscitated branches that had…

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British Tenant Farmers. a Land Bank Recommended

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 5

The British Agricultural Department committee's report on the position of tenant farmers recommends the establishment of a Land Bank to make…

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