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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

11,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Diseases of Farm Animals. Urinary, Reproductive, and Nervous System Complaints

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 13

The various forms of disease which affect the urinary, reproductive, and nervous systems of farm animals are those which tax the highest skill and most careful study on the part…

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The Dairy. Healthy Pigs. Effect of Food

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 4

Two factors which largely conduce to disease among pigs are overcrowding and injudicious feeding with more or less unsuitable, food. Wheat is at the…

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A Farmer Injured

Globe · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

A serious accident happened to Mr. W. V. Davey a well-known former and grazier, of Kewell (Vic.), last week. He was driving in to Minyip in a gig, when his horse took, fright and upset…

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Fodder for Dairy Cattle

Watchman · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 3

Indian cane is being largely used, with good results, in the North Coast districts, as a fodder for dairy cattle. It should not, however, be fed indiscriminately, but should…

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Butter Increasing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 6

CESSNOCK.—The fortnight shows another substantial increase in the output of butter at the Cessnock Co-operative Dairy Co.'s factory. The amount of butter manufactured for…

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High Wheat Freights

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 4

Firm prices, considering the position of the vessels, have been paid this week for further sailing tonnage[?] It is reported that the Gezina was fixed…

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Export Trade. the London Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 11

The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., has received the following letter from the Australian Co-operative Committee in London, under date November 24. regarding the state…

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Butter for Export. Queensland Customs Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday;--The Collector of Customs to-day arranged mutual statements for submission to the Minister in regard to the two instances of alleged contravention of a section…

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The Markets Sydney Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 26

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd, report:—Most of the buyers are out of town, enjoying a few days' respite from the arduous work of the season. On Monday, 15th…

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Hobart Wool Sales. Good Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 6

HOBART, Wednesday.--The annual wool sale to-day was very successful. Twelve thousand eight hundred and forty-nine tales were offered, and scarcely, any were passed in. Buyers from Sydney and Melbourne were…

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Hobart Wool Sales. Splendid Market. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 12

The annual wool sale held to-day was very successful, 12,840 bales being offered, and scarcely any passed in. Buyers for Sydney and Melbourne were in full force, and bidding from start to finish was very spirited,…

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DAIRYING. Intensive Diary Farming

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 37

A very interesting experiment was made recently at the illinois Agricultural Experiment Station showing a marked varintion in the profits from four different…

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Bathurst Experiment Farm. Crop Rotation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 6

BATHURST.—The rotation system of farming advocated by Mr. R. W. P[?]acock, manager, seems to have proved successful at the Bathurst Experiment Farm. Mr. Peacock state's…

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Encouraging the Dairy Farmer. Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 4

Commercial and dairying circles are greatly interested in the proposal that the Federal Government should find prizes for producers obtaining the highest number of…

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Commercial. Queensland Short of Wheat Queensland Millers Exploiting N.s.w. Sydney Flour for Queensland

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 5

After having been carried to a height of nearly 30ft. this fine new building at the corner of Rose-street and Paramatta-road Forest Lodge, which was being erected as a furniture store for Messrs. Grace Brothers, has developed bulge walls, which is so serious that it will have to be pulled down and [?]. The cause has not been satisfactorily expi[?]ned, but it is suggested that the walls were forced out of shape by a recent heavy gale, before there was a roof or cross wa[?] to support them. The timer "shores"…

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Training of Dairy Factory Managers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 37

In order to supply the [?] from all paris of Australia for men fully [?] to supervise and control the supply, manufacture, and marketing of…

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Farmer and Grazier Handy Hints Prepared by the Experts of the Agricultural Department Agriculture. Grasses

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 37

At the Glen Innes State Experimental Farm some good work has been done in demonstrating how, exotic grasses may be introduced and Maintained successfully as…

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Cowra State Farm. Mr. Reynolds Takes Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 6

Mr. Murk H. Reynolds, who was recently appointed to the management of the Cowra State Farm, left Sydney last night to enter upon his new duties. Mr. Reynolds has been…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Agriculture in Denmark. Comparison with Our Conditions. Milk Testing and Proper Feeding. X. (By Our Special Representative.) Average Milk Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 6

The difference in the average yield between Australian cows and Danish cows is a point to which attention is frequently directed, and critics of our Australian system, or lack of…

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Simple Seed Testing. for Farm and Garden. Saves Disappointment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 7

The health and strength of plants depends so very much on the germinating capacity of the seed that the latter should never be bought, strictly speaking, unless they have passed a…

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