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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Produce. Dairy. Advance in New-laid Eggs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 21

The market for new-laid suburban eggs was distinctly brighter on Tuesday. Supplies showed a considerable falling-off as compared with the previous day, and as there was a…

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Diseases in Barley Crops

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 41

THERE is not as much barley grown in New South Wales as there should be. The plant is, of course, subject to a number of diseases more or less serious in nature…

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"Dry Farming."

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 9

About a month ago it was intimated that Mr. H. W. Campbell, the "Father of Dry Farming," was contemplating a trip from America to Australia to deliver a course of…

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Farming in Kansas. "A Blessed Section of Country."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

Mr. E. A. Howe, editor of the "Atchison Globe," Kansas, U.S.A., was a passenger by the Sonoma, which arrived on Monday. Mr. Howe, who is making a world's tour, is the author of…

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Bathurst District Crops. Below the Average

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

BATHURST, Tuesday. -- Owing to lata germination, harvesting at the Bathurst Experiment Farm is about a fortnight later than usual, and complete returns are not yet…

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Canadian Farmers. Prepared to Stay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

There were halt a dozen Canadian farmers on board the Tahiti, which arrived yesterday from Vancouver. They are bound for Victoria. Three of their number, Messrs. J. P…

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Queensland Notes. Crops and Stock

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- The Department of Agriculture has received a telegram from Mr. Brown, recently appointed principal of the Gatton College, stating that in consequence of the…

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A Remarkable Crop. on Murray Lowland

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

A block of 115 acres of reclaimed land on Kildonan, the property of Mr. G. S. Kempe, near Morgan (S.A.), has given the extraordinary yield of 290 tons of sheaf hay, between 60 and…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Wheat Crop. Summary of Contitions. Estimated Yield of 23,000,000 Bushels. Xxiv

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 6

During the progress of the wheat harvest our reports have covered most of the leading centres in this State, and a review of conditions as we found them has been furnished…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9397 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 7
Also in Freeman's Journal

Two heavy catalogues, covering [?] bales—the pastoral pin[?] As [?] limited, 5066 being:and Barrison, Jones, and Davlin, Limited, 4796—were forward at to-day's wool sales…

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Commercial Adulterated Bluestone. Foe Pickling Seed Wheat. Hence Smutty Crops

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

It is opportune to again emphasise the fact that the wheat croes in some localities in New South Wales have turned out of patchy quality, owing to the deplorable and contemptible…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Again Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 11

There was a still better feeling in wheat yesterday than on the previous day, and both shippers and millers were bidding up for the grain, which the farmers were…

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Port Jackson for Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 4

The four-masted training barque Port Jackson has been chartered to load wheat at Sydney for the U.K. or Continent on behalf of Messrs. J. J…

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New Season's Wheat. First Sailer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 4

The well-known ship Mount Stewart, the first sailing vessel to leave Sydney this season wheat-laden for the Channel, cleared Sydney Heads at 4.10 p.m…

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Hobart Wool Sales. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 11

The wool sales to-day were very succesful, when 14,00 bales were offered. The top price for fine merino realised was /17[?]. Numerous merino lots sold at /13½ to /16[?]. There was good competition…

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The Markets Sydney Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 27

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The first wool sale of the New Year was held on 6th inst. The market was very firm at the closing rates of December…

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Cattle Poisoned. a Norfolk Outrage. London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 8

Twenty-one co[?] have been poisoned by arsenic at Bellingford, 15 miles north-west of Norwich. twelve of these are dead and six are [?]…

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Sydney Wool Sales. (Continued from page [?])

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 3

Harrtson Jones and Devin presented a catalogue comprised [?] of good useful wools. They once the market for both greasy and scoured as being very strong at…

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