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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

11,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Dairying Soft Cheese. Its Successful Manufacture

The Land · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 11

In a recent issue of the journal of the Victorian Department of Agriculture appeared an unresting article by Miss G. M. Davies. M.D.D.,…

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Victorian Farmers Organising

The Land · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 7

So far as Victoria is concerned the Rural Workers' Union is not to he allowed to have everything its own way, if it can be avoided. The…

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Dairy Produce

The Land · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 12

The heat that has prevailed in the city during the week under review, is responsible for the apathy that has ruled in all kinds, of dairy produce,…

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Victorian Farmers. Why They Pass to N.S.W.

The Land · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 8

It is a, well-known fact that for many years past there has been a considerable drift of Victoria's people into New South Wales, so much so…

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Polyglot Passengers. Arrival of the German Mail Steamer. Farmers From the Continent

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 10

Under command of Captain Miners, the G.M.S. Fredrick der Gross, from Bremen via ports, berthed at Circular Quay soon after 7 o'clock this morning and landed 500…

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Railway Czar. Farmers Complain of Service

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 5

BATHURST, Friday.—The present inefficient railway service came in for wholesale condemnation at an indignation meeting of farmers and pastoralists of the Bathurst district held…

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Harwood Farmers' Union

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

Mr. James Carey (president) presided at last monthly meeting of the Harwood Farmers' Union. The question of amalgamation with the…

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Farmers' Meetings and Movements

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

At the meeting of the Unanderra branch of the Dairy Farmers' Association, Messrs. R. Cochrane and J. Todd were appointed delegates from the…

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The Barellan Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 2

The recent good wheat and hay returns from the Barellan district, N.S.W., have done much to increase interest in the subdivisions which…

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Labor's Land Policy New Tenures: Homestead, Settlement, and Irrigation Farms. Reserves to Be Curtailed and Vested in the Shire Councils

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 2

Mr. Beeby, N.S.W. Minister for lands, in the course of a policy speech at Blayney, on Monday, announced that when Parliament resumed he…

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Land Settlement and Development Cheap Farming Land. 2100 Acres at Gilgandra

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 2

Messrs. Blacket and Son, of Dubbo, N.S.W., inform us that they have at present for sale some 2100 acres of freehold, C.P. and C.L. land (1200…

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Passing on the Land Tax. Tenant Farmers Get Notice to Quit

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 2

A large number of tenant farmers on the Macleay River, N.S.W., have received six months' notice to quit their farms. This has naturally…

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The N.S.W. Country Party an Effort to Oust the Minister for Agriculture. Castlereagh Farmers and Settlers and Liberals to Unite Forces

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 1

A conference of delegates to the Castlereagh Electorate Council, convened by the N.S.W. Farmers and Settlers' Association, was held in Gilgandra on…

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A Call to Queensland Farmers to Fight the Demands of Militant Unionism

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

The Darling Downs Farmers' Union, in an appeal to the primary producers of Queensland to rally their forces to fight the claims of the R.W.U., say:—…

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Farm Labor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

Moonbi Branch F.S.A. has decided to collect funds to fight the R.W.U. from every person who is dependent upon the man on the land for his…

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Farmers and the R.W.U. a Big Public Meeting at Wagga. to Fight the Claims Before the Arbitration Court

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

A public meeting was held at Wagga last Saturday, convened by the local branch F.S.A., to discuss the position of farmers with regard to the…

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THE N.Z. Dairy Record. 32 Acres: 24 Cows: £360 Returns

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 6

The N.Z. "Dairyman" vouches for this as the N.Z. record:—Twenty-four cows, thirty-two acres, £300 cash from the factory for butter-fat alone…

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The Blackberry Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 7

Blackberry picking about Bulli is now in full swing, but there is a great scarcity of pickers, and the crop is not so good as that of previous years. It…

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Rain on Fallow Land Its Effect on Succeeding Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 7

In his annual report of the Roseworthy College (S.A.) harvest, Professor Perkins has this to say regarding fallow rains:—…

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Motor Power on the Farm the Coming of Farmers' Cars and Lorries

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 5

In another column will be found an advt. of the well-known firm of Roy. W. Sandford, of 181 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, agents for the Chalmers motor…

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